Real-Time Applications

GLVF: The Solutions Server over Media Lightpaths

URL:
www.westgrid.ca/support/collab/collabviz.php
www.irmacs.ca
www.evl.uic.edu/cavern/glvf

Contact:
Brian Corrie, Simon Fraser University, Canada, bcorrie @ sfu.ca

Collaborators:
Simon Fraser University, Canada: Brian Corrie, Todd Zimmerman
University of Alberta, Canada: Pierre Boulanger

The University of Alberta’s Solutions Server is a suite of tools that couples live computational simulation with visualizations. The Solutions Server, combined with SGI’s VizServer software, streams visualizations to computer consoles of distantly located scientists and engineers over the WestGrid dedicated Gigabit network. The Media Lightpaths project seeks to move toward configurable lightpaths to support on-demand visualizations among non-WestGrid collaborators. Ultimately, the goal is to integrate the User Controlled LightPath (UCLP) technology with the Access Grid. WestGrid peers with Canada’s CA*net 4 infrastructure at a number of locations. Simon Fraser University and the University of Alberta are participants in the Global Lambda Visualization Facility (GLVF).

The WestGrid core network is provided by BCNet (British Columbia advanced Network), Netera (Alberta advanced network) and CANARIE. The Media LightPaths project is funded by CANARIE.