AS4717 — AI3 WIDE Project

Network type: education

AS4717 announces 0 IPv4 prefixes covering 0 addresses and 1 IPv6 prefixes.

About this network

AI3 is the Asian Internet Interconnection Initiatives network, an international research testbed run by Japan's WIDE Project.

What it's used for

• Research and education networking for the AI3 consortium, which links universities and research institutes across Asia.
• AI3 was established in 1995 by the WIDE Project to accelerate internet development in Asia, with hub stations in Japan (Keio University and NAIST).

Notable

• AI3 is unusual among research networks in that its testbed was built on satellite links (Ku-band transponder capacity) rather than terrestrial fibre, specifically to reach partner sites in Southeast Asia.
• Research topics carried over the testbed have included IPv6, web caching and replication, and multimedia communication.

Interesting

• The WIDE Project is one of the foundational forces of the Japanese internet, and AI3's satellite design also made it useful for restoring connectivity after disasters, where terrestrial paths are the first thing to fail.

This description is AI-generated, best-effort context — not authoritative, and provided without any guarantee of accuracy.

Announced prefixes

• 2001:d30::/32

Upstream networks

• AS2500 WIDE Project

Adjacent networks

• AS2500 WIDE Project