NDeX, National Data eXchange in Korea

NDeX 국가데이터 교환노드, AS9695 KOEXP-AS-KR (written in Korean)

Overview

Ultra-high-performance network infrastructure for seamless exchange of large-scale data btw providers and consumers

Improving limits of transmitting large-scale data via traditional internet exchange nodes

Addressing challenges public and private sectors in big data transmission and exchange

Non-Commercial driven data exchange service including co-location space and neutral peering point

Network

AS NumberAS9695
AS NameKOEXP-AS-KR
ManagerKREONET Center of KISTI

PoPs

Busan

Song-jeong Cable Landing Station (KT)
DaejeonKREONET PoP (KISTI)
SeoulTBD

Comparison


Data eXchange

Internet eXchange

Purpose

Large-scale data exchange

Internet access

Users

Data providers and demands

Internet users around the world

Initiative

Non-Commercial Driven

Commercial Driven

Korea

NDeX/KISTI

KT, SKB, LG-U+, KINX

Global

GAIA-X Data Exchange/EU

AMdEX/Netherlands

Shanghai’s Data Exchange/China

AtlanticWave-SDX/US

AMS-IX/Netherlands, DE-CIX/Germany,

LINX/UK, Equinix/US, HK-IX/China,

IX.br/ Brazil, etc

Access

Heterogeneous

  • Internet Protocol
  • Interconnect for HPC & Data Center,
  • SDN, Lightpath, etc

Single

  • Internet Protocol (BGP peering) 

Performance

Guaranteed up to
10~100 Gbps

About 20 Mbps
(actual measurement via IX)