In my view, the topics that this group has charted have pollinated in different (albeit very related) contexts. For instance: * the Global Lambda Integrated Facility (GLIF, http://www.glif.is/) has a working group devoted to control plane evolutions towards Grid requirements; * ETSI has a new working group (http://www.etsi.org/pressroom/Previous/2006/2006_07_grid.htm) which focuses on the use of telecommunications infrastructures for Grids and e-Utilities; * the ITU-T has taken an interest in the convergence of NGN and Grids. In October 23-24, there will be a 2-day workshop jointly organized by ITU and OGF, http://www.itu.int/ITU-T/worksem/grid/programme.html, with great participation by researchers, telco operators, and network vendors; * the "Phosphorous" multi-year effort (funded in part by EU) takes on the interoperability of multi-domain agile optical networks; not to mention the various tenders, RFPs, and such wherein Grid requirements are increasingly popular. This is mighty good news. Although it may feel as the house is empty, we have a great opportunity to liaise with these external activities and converge on a high-quality, broadly accepted set of standards (noting that the OGF has an established document process with which to produce standards). For instance, our chair Dimitra is busy organizing a live joint session of the GHPN in DC and the GLIF in Tokyo. Logistics permitting, we want it to be the kick-off of closer cooperation between the teams. Lastly, the GHPN as much as the whole OGF are a volunteer army. If you have a topic in mind, you should not hesitate to advance it on the mailing list or via a draft (btw, the agenda in DC is still open). -franco At 09:18 PM 8/6/2006, wangdonghui 52440 wrote:

Hi Joe,Leon,Michael, Thanks for the help! Hope we have a more active group.

Best regards, Andrew.

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You may be interested in reviewing a recent edition of the journal - Future Generation Computer Systems "Grid Computing: Theory Methods and Applications," Vol 22, Issue 8 October 2006, from Elsevier Press ==============Original message text=============== On Thu, 03 Aug 2006 10:37:34 pm CDT wangdonghui 52440 wrote:

Hi all, GHPN-WG is inactive for a long time .What's wrong. In addition to,i have a confused problem.One goal of the GHPN- RG is that advanced networking features that are not being utilized by grid applications. I could not understand entirely .Would you please give some examples of grid applications that require these advanced networking features.

Thanks in advance. Andrew.

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