MARWAN is the Moroccan National Research and Education Network created in 1998.

MARWAN 4 is made of a VPN/MPLS backbone infrastructure from the ISP INWI.

MARWAN 4 interconnects via IP all of academic and research institutions’ networks in Morocco.

Institutions are connected via leased line VPN/LL layer 2 circuits.

Important characteristics of MARWAN 4 are:

•    More than 200 connected institutions over 80 links covering 30 cities in Morocco.
•    Offered bandwidth ranges from 100Mbps to 5Gbps.
•    Total bandwidth currently at 35Gbps.
•    MARWAN 4 is connected to the Internet via 2 links of 10Gbps each in Rabat and Casablanca.
•    All links are in Fiber Optic
•    IPv6 is deployed natively in Dual Stack. MARWAN 4 is the first network in Morocco with an IPv6 deployement on a large scale that is currently operational.
•    IP multicast support.
•    Multiple Classes of Service offered to ensure quality of service for critical applications for the Ministry and Universities.
•    Reinforced security: Addition of Firewall and IPS dedicated to MARWAN