IRNC: Backbone: AmLight Express and Protect (ExP)

美国和南美洲国家之间的科学研究和教育活动一直在发展，受益于美国、巴西和拉丁美洲其他国家之间的共同投资。天文学、高能物理、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的科学研究社区，资源和网络基础设施分散在美国和拉丁美洲国家，具有不同的网络服务需求。随着科学应用程序的数据产量增加，对高吞吐量生产网络服务的需求也在增加，以便从收集、处理和存档的地方传输数据。为了响应这些美国-拉丁美洲协作科学研究社区的网络需求，AmLight Express and Protect(EXP)实施了一种混合网络战略，将光纤频谱(Express)和租用容量(Protect)相结合，为研究和教育构建可靠的、尖端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，并满足美国和南美洲国家之间日益增长的网络服务需求。AmLight EXP是一种可靠的尖端研究和教育基础设施。在S圣保罗学术网络(ANSP)、国家天文学研究中心(RNP)和天文学大学研究协会(AURA)的大力投资下，AMLight EXP提供的美国和南美之间的总带宽预计在2015年至2020年期间将增长到超过680千兆比特每秒的总容量。这是一个灵活的跨地区基础设施，使科学家社区能够扩大他们的研究、教育和学习活动，通过在海底电缆上访问未点亮的光纤频谱，以及通过AmLight EXP在生产环境中使用动态电路，获得了独特的授权。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专注于为社会带来最大利益。AMLight EXP是新的研究人员和学习者社区的催化剂，是连接西半球拉丁美洲人的桥梁，使美国拉美裔学生、教师和研究人员受益。FIU致力于通过将学生和网络社区与来自所有领域的科学家聚集在一起的模式来服务于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.