IRNC: Backbone: AmLight Express and Protect (ExP)

得益于美国、巴西和其他拉美国家的共同投资，美国与南美国家之间的科学研究和教育活动一直在不断发展。天文学、高能物理学、生物多样性比较研究、生态学和基因组学、材料科学、地震学、未来互联网研究、超高清（UHD）视频和流媒体研究共同代表了一套协作科学研究社区，其资源和网络基础设施地理上分散在美国和拉丁美洲各国，具有不同的网络服务需求。随着科学应用的数据生产的增加，对高吞吐量生产网络服务的需求也在增加，以便从数据收集、处理和存档的地方传输数据。为了响应这些美国-拉丁美洲合作科学研究社区的网络需求，AmLight Express和Protect （ExP）实施了一种混合网络战略，结合了光谱（Express）和租用容量（Protect），为研究和教育建立了一个可靠的、领先的多样化网络基础设施。研究人员将能够利用AmLight ExP的资源来促进网络创新，并解决美国和南美国家之间日益增长的网络服务需求。AmLight ExP是一个可靠的、领先的研究和教育基础设施。在巴西<s:1>圣保罗学术网络（ANSP）、巴西国家信息研究中心（RNP）和天文研究大学协会（AURA）的大力投资下，AmLight ExP在美国和南美洲之间提供的总带宽预计将在2015年至2020年间增长到每秒680吉比特以上。这是一个灵活的跨区域基础设施，使科学家社区能够通过访问海底电缆上的非照明光谱和AmLight ExP在生产环境中使用动态电路来扩展他们的研究、教育和学习活动。AmLight ExP提高了美国和整个西半球的发现率。更快的发现意味着更快地关注社会的最大利益。AmLight ExP作为研究人员和学习者的新社区的催化剂，通过连接西半球拉丁美洲的桥梁，使美国的西班牙裔学生，教师和研究人员受益。FIU致力于通过将学生和网络社区与各个领域的科学家聚集在一起的模式来满足研究生和本科教育的需求。

Science research and education activities between the U.S. and nations in South America have been evolving, benefiting from the shared investments between the U.S., Brazil and other nations in Latin America. Astronomy, High-Energy Physics, Comparative research in Biodiversity, Ecology and Genomics, Materials Science, Seismology, Future Internet Research, Ultra-High Definition (UHD) video and streaming research collectively represent a suite of collaborative science research communities, with resources and cyberinfrastructure geographically dispersed across the U.S. and the nations of Latin America with diverse network services requirements. As data production of science applications increases, so to is the demand for high-throughput production network services to transport data from where it is collected, processed, then archived.In response to the network requirements of these U.S.-Latin America collaborative science research communities, the AmLight Express and Protect (ExP) implements a hybrid network strategy that combines optical spectrum (Express) and leased capacity (Protect) that builds a reliable, leading-edge diverse network infrastructure for research and education. Researchers will be able to leverage the resources of AmLight ExP to foster network innovation and to address increasing network services requirements between the U.S. and the nations in South America.AmLight ExP is a reliable, leading-edge infrastructure for research and education. With significant investments from the Academic Network of São Paulo (ANSP), and Rede Nacional de Ensino e Pesquisa (RNP) and the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA), the total bandwidth provided by AmLight ExP between the U.S. and South America is expected to grow to more than 680 Gibabits per second in aggregate capacity between 2015 and 2020. This serves as a flexible inter-regional infrastructure, enabling communities of scientists to expand their research, education, and learning activities uniquely empowered through access to unlit optical spectrum on submarine cables, and through AmLight ExP's use of dynamic circuits in a production environment. AmLight ExP increases the rate of discovery in the U.S. and across the Western Hemisphere. Faster discovery means quicker focus on the greatest benefit for society. AmLight ExP acts as a catalyst for new communities of researchers and learners with a bridge linking Latin Americans of the Western Hemisphere, benefiting U.S Hispanic students, teachers and researchers. FIU is committed to serving the needs graduate and undergraduate education through models that bring together students and the networking community with scientists from all domains.