National Knowledge Network (NKN) is a multi-gigabit national research and education network, whose purpose is to provide a unified high speed network backbone for educational and research institutions in India. The network is managed by the National Informatics Centre.}National knowledge network (NKN) is planned as a Smart Ultra High Bandwidth. It flawlessly interconnects the main Scientific and Technological establishments that are seeking world-class innovative work. It is intrinsically proactive. It considers the necessities that may arise in close term and long haul.
NThe remarkable components of the NKN are:
• Establishing connectivity for knowledge and data sharing.
• Enabling collaborative research in rising ranges, for example, Climate Modelling.
• Facilitating separation instruction in particular fields, for example, pharmaceutical, rising cutting-edge regions covering information bio-nano innovation, etc.
• Facilitating an ultra-fast e-administration spine for data sharing.
Major benefits of NKN system
• High level accessibility
• Robust and dependable availability
• High level scalability
The Administrations of NKN
• Generic Services- Domain Name System, Internet, Intranet, Network Management Views, email, Messaging Gateways, Caching Gateways, Web Hosting, Voice over IP, Multipoint Control Chapter (MCU) Services, Video Portals, SMS Gateway, Co-Location Services, Video Streaming, and so on.
• Common Services- Authentication Service, Shared Storage, email List Software Application (LISTSERV), EVO, Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), Collaboration Service, Content Delivery Service, International Collaborations with EU-India Grid, Global Ring Network for Advanced Applications Development (GLORIAD) and so on.
The application ranges imagined, under the National Knowledge Network cover are-
• Agriculture
• Education
• Health
• E-administration
• Grid Computing
• High Performance Computing