CUDI is a non-profit consortium to build and operate a Mexican high-performance backbone

Backbone network

A backbone network or network backbone is a part of computer network infrastructure that interconnects various pieces of network, providing a path for the exchange of information between different LANs or subnetworks. A backbone can tie together diverse networks in the same building, in different...

 network

Computer network

A computer network, often simply referred to as a network, is a collection of hardware components and computers interconnected by communication channels that allow sharing of resources and information....

 for research and education, Internet-2 Mexico

Mexico

The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...

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Overview

Established in 2000, the RedCUDI backbone has a capacity of 155 Megabits per second (STM-1) with 3 international links to Abilene Network

Abilene Network

Abilene Network was a high-performance backbone network created by the Internet2 community in the late 1990s. In 2007 the Abilene Network was retired and upgraded network was known as the "Internet2 Network".-History:...

, one Gigabit link to the California Research and Education Network (CalREN) managed by CENIC, and one 45Mbit/s link to RedCLARA. There are over 150 members institutions (research centers, universities) participate in RedCUDI, some corporate and affiliate institutions, in all of the 31 states

States of Mexico

The United Mexican States is a federal republic formed by 32 federal entities .According to the Constitution of 1917, the states of the federation are free and sovereign. Each state has their own congress and constitution, while the Federal District has only limited autonomy with a local Congress...

. Its purpose is to develop and deploy advanced network applications and technologies such as IPv6

IPv6

Internet Protocol version 6 is a version of the Internet Protocol . It is designed to succeed the Internet Protocol version 4...

, IP multicasting, quality of service

Quality of service

The quality of service refers to several related aspects of telephony and computer networks that allow the transport of traffic with special requirements...

and other technologies.