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Continuing provider of advanced
R&E
network access and global inter-connectivity.
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[text tag=”h6″]Innovative Partnerships & Strategic Alliances[/text]
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Establishing Innovative Partnerships & Strategic Alliances
to leverage the use of assets & services.
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[text tag=”h6″]Broadband & Network Services Delivery[/text]
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Enabling the development and sharing of services
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Deployed over 1,540 miles of dark fiber, the FLR network infrastructure provides for a dedicated statewide communications facility linking major nodes located in Pensacola, Crestview, Tallahassee, Tampa, Winter Haven, Miami, Orlando, Gainesville, Melbourne, Ft. Lauderdale and Jacksonville.
The foundation of the infrastructure is a dense wave division multiplexing (DWDM)-based optical footprint using Cisco Systems’ NCS 2000 optical electronic systems with a capacity of 40 wavelengths per fiber pair. Each wavelength can support transmission up to 100 billion bits per second (100 Gbps).
On top of the optical infrastructure is built an Ethernet based MPLS transport facility which provides for Internet, Internet2 and high speed IPv4 and IPv6 transit between participants. Additionally, private layer 2 or layer 3 services (VPN) may be provisioned.
Each Equity Partner is provided a primary 10 Gbps and a secondary 1 Gbps connection to the MPLS backbone. Through advanced technologies, multiple waves are available along the optical backbone in support of primary and secondary access for each partner institution, as well as dedicated waves for research activities across institutional boundaries.
The network operations center is hosted at the University of Florida. For more information, see the FLR NOC website.
Dynamic Bandwidth Allocation
Utilizing dedicated and shared 100 Gigabit Ethernet, 10 Gigabit Ethernet or 1 Gigabit Ethernet high-performance data circuits, FLR participants are provided with additional capacity “on demand” to accommodate bursts in data-traffic, videoconference, or other special requirements.
ISP Connectivity
Connectivity to Commercial Internet Service Providers is available in order to provide economical and reliable Internet service to FLR participants.
National and International Research Connectivity
Connectivity to advanced production regional and national networks, such as Internet2, the GLIF, and Energy Sciences Network supports new applications and services.
High Speed IP transit
High Speed IP transit paths between participants, supporting both IPv4 and IPv6 protocols. FLR is designed to allow growth in terms of the number of hosts connected as well as the amount of data transmitted.
Peering
Arrangements with other networks and traffic exchange points allow FLR to route and exchange network traffic, resulting in fewer hops and faster access to user destinations.
Dedicated Wavelengths
For research applications needing a dedicated wavelength service, FLR offers participants point to point 1.0, 2.5, 10 or 100 gigabits per second optical lambdas as a complement to the FLR optical-based backbone services.
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#Covid-19: Information for the FLR Community A compilation of Important Information and links related to the ongoing Covid-19 outbreak
As Florida's universities and colleges transitioned to on-line learning in response to the Covid-19 outbreak, we at Florida LambdaRail renewed our commitment to providing the same excellent service our members and affiliates have come to expect from us. We understand doing our job, and doing it well, is essential to ensuring college and university operations continue with no disruptions.
Should you have any questions or concerns regarding how FLR may help your institution during the on-going Covid-19 response, do not hesitate to reach out to us. As always, we make it our mission to ensure your needs are met.
The FLR team
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UCF Researchers Develop New Nanomaterial to Derive Clean Fuel from the Sea Researchers at the University of Central Florida have designed for the first time a nanoscale material that can efficiently split seawater into oxygen and a clean energy fuel — hydrogen.
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UF, UCF join global effort to track COVID-19 pandemic and others in future Researchers are joining an ambitious global effort led by The Rockefeller Foundation to better track the coronavirus and its variants and set up a network of collaborators to stop any nascent pandemic in the future.
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USF-developed AI system unites global agencies to identify emerging infectious diseases, receives support from Microsoft Professor Edwin Michael will develop a software system that teaches itself how to recognize the individual characteristics of airborne, waterborne and mosquito-borne diseases.
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USF: 2021 another banner year for brown seaweed Scientists at the USF College of Marine Science who have used NASA satellite imagery to track Sargassum, a brown seaweed, for 20 years, are detecting record-high amounts in the Caribbean, central west Atlantic, and Gulf of Mexico.
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1-2-3: UF supercomputer No. 1 in U.S. for energy efficiency; No. 2 in U.S., No. 3 worldwide in higher ed The University of Florida’s HiPerGator AI supercomputer has been named the one of the most powerful worldwide, according to rankings just released by TOP500, the most referenced global ranking of high-performance computing systems. The rankings mean UF is home to the most powerful university-owned supercomputer in the nation.
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Board of Governors Hosts Panel with Business Leaders in Information Technology and Cybersecurity Business leaders from Florida’s information technology and cybersecurity industries, critical fields for Florida’s economy, joined the Board of Governors to discuss future talent needs and how the State University System can address those needs.
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5 Florida Universities Rank Among Top 100 for Patents Filed in 2020 UF, USF, FIU, UCF, and FSU are recognized in the annual report published by the National Academy of Inventors (NAI) and the Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) on top university patent holders.
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USF inventors post record patent numbers, ranking in the nation’s top 10 university producers USF is eighth among American public research universities and 15th among more than 1,000 universities worldwide in generating new, novel and useful inventions granted intellectual property protection from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
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FAMU-FSU College of Engineering Researcher finds external magnetic field makes stronger alloys In a new study, researchers from the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering, National High Magnetic Field Laboratory and the School of Materials Science and Engineering at Northeastern University in China, are collaborating to understand the effect of the magnetic field on the microstructure of magnetic materials.
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UNF: Applications open for NSA Healthcare Cybersecurity Workforce Certificate program The certificate focuses on enhancing student knowledge in the realm of cybersecurity with specific focus in the healthcare industry. As technology becomes more of an integral piece of our everyday lives, a strong cybersecurity industry and workforce are the most important protections to keep financial and healthcare systems secure.
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FSU: MagLab director named to National Academy of Sciences Greg Boebinger joins eight current and retired Florida State University faculty as members of a national academy, including current MagLab Chief Scientist Laura Greene.
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University of Florida Health, NVIDIA develop artificial intelligence model to hasten clinical trials, boost medical decision-making Researchers created GatorTron™, an artificial intelligence transformer natural language processing model intended to accelerate research and medical decision-making by extracting insights from massive volumes of clinical data with unprecedented speed and clarity.
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