Paris Academic Network Project / High speed metropolitan area network for research and educational

Abstract

– a network made ‘’for and with the concerned community”, able to come up to the expectations and to fit the new plans. A total mastery in transparency (for its management, the control of development, . . . ) is the garanty for a network serving the community it was made for. – an optic structure in ‘’optical fibre” and DWDM (Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing), ATM and gigabit protocols, services with added value and an administration forming a coherent whole open to a large scale of possibilities for output as much as for protocols and offered services. – a financial cost which is competitive in investment and fair in functioning, considering the given prospects.