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Internet2: what is it and why should you care?

Internet2: what is it and why should you care?. Heather Boyles heather@internet2.edu Institutional Opportunities in Advanced Networking Austin, TX. Overview. History Goals Members Applications Engineering Architecture Abilene Technology Transfer. History of Internet2.

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Internet2: what is it and why should you care?

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  1. Internet2: what is it and why should you care? Heather Boyles heather@internet2.edu Institutional Opportunities in Advanced Networking Austin, TX

  2. Overview • History • Goals • Members • Applications • Engineering • Architecture • Abilene • Technology Transfer

  3. History of Internet2 • September 1995: Monterey Futures Conference • August 1996: Cheyenne Mountain Workshop • October 1996: Internet2 Project formed • January 1997: First Internet2 Member Meeting • October 1997: UCAID formed • April 1998: Abilene Project Announced • September 1998: Middleware Initiative Announced • January 1999: Abilene in Production

  4. Commercialization Privatization 21st Century Interoperable Networking High Performance SprintLink Research &Education InternetMCI Networks US Govt Networks ANS ARPAnet NSFNET Active gigabit Nets testbeds wireless Internet2, Abilene, vBNS WDM Advanced US Govt Networks Quality of Service (QoS) Research and Development Partnerships

  5. Internet2 Project Goals • Enable new generation of applications • Re-create leading edge R&E network capability • Transfer capability to the global production Internet

  6. UCAID Member Universities135 Members as of November 1998 University of Puerto Rico not shown

  7. 3Com Advanced Network & Services, Inc. AT&T Cabletron Systems Cisco Systems FORE IBM Lucent Technologies MCI Worldcom Newbridge Networks Nortel Networks Qwest Communications StarBurst Communications Internet2 Corporate Partners

  8. Bell South Packet Engines SBC Technology Resources StorageTek Torrent Technologies Internet2 Corporate Sponsors

  9. Alcatel Telecom Ameritech Apple Computer AppliedTheory Bell Atlantic Bellcore British Telecom Compaq/DEC Deutsche Telekom Fujitsu GTE Internetworking Hitachi IXC Communications KDD Nexabit Networks Nokia Research Center Novell NTT Multimedia Pacific Bell RR Donnelley Siemens Sprint Sun Microsystems Sylvan Learning Telebeam Teleglobe Williams Communications Internet2 Corporate Members

  10. Internet2 Applications “Enable new generation of applications” • Deliver qualitative and quantitative improvements in the conduct of: • Research • Teaching • Learning • Require advanced networking

  11. Sciences Arts Humanities Health care Business/Law Administration … Instruction Collaboration Streaming video Distributed computation Data mining Virtual reality Digital libraries … Many Disciplines and Contexts

  12. Interactive research and instruction Real-time access to remote scientific instruments Virtual Laboratories Images courtesy of the University of Michigan

  13. Real-time access to remote instruments University of Pittsburgh,Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center3-D Brain Mapping Virtual Laboratories

  14. Video and audio Indiana UniversityVariations Project Digital Libraries

  15. Multi-site databases Old Dominion University Chesapeake Bay Simulation Distributed Computation Image courtesy of Old Dominion University

  16. Large-scale computation University Corporation for Atmospheric Research Distributed Computation Image courtesy of UCAR

  17. Shared virtual reality University of Illinois at ChicagoVirtual Temporal Bone Teleimmersion Images courtesy Univ of Illinois-Chicago

  18. Engineering Objectives“Re-create leading edge R&E network capability” • It’s about end-to-end, to-the-desktop services • campus infrastructure • gigapop infrastructure • inter-gigapop infrastructure • Establish quality of service (QoS) • Support native multicast

  19. I2 Interconnect Cloud Network Architecture GigaPoP One GigaPoP Two GigaPoP Three GigaPoP Four “Gigabit capacity point of presence” an aggregation point for regional connectivity

  20. I2 Interconnect Cloud GigaPoPs, cont. University A E.g. vBNS, Abilene GigaPoP One Commodity Internet Connections Regional Network University B University C

  21. Internet2 GigaPoPs

  22. Abilene Project • Provide advanced network testbed • Support Internet2 applications development • Demonstrate next generation operational and quality of service capabilities • Create facilities for network research

  23. Abilene Router Node Abilene Access Node Operational January 1999 Planned 1999 Abilene NetworkJanuary 1999 Seattle Cleveland New York Sacramento Denver Indianapolis Kansas City Los Angeles Atlanta Houston

  24. Abilene Characteristics • 2.4 Gbps (OC48) among gigaPoPs, increasing to 9.6 Gbps (OC192) • Connections at 622 Mbps (OC12) or 155 Mbps (OC3) • IP over Sonet technology • Access PoPs very close to almost all of the anticipated university gigaPoPs

  25. Abilene Schedule • Fall 1998: Demonstrated network at member meeting, in pre-production at several universities, connected to Chicago switch for STAR TAP, peering with vBNS • January 1999: Initial group of members in production mode • December 1999: Approximately 65 members plan to be connected

  26. Now I know what it is -- but why should I care? “Transfer capability to the global production Internet” • “Coming Soon!” • Technology Transfer • Regional community role • Industry role

  27. Internet2 <--> NGI Relationship • Similar technical objectives • Focused on different, but complementary communities • NGI: Federal Mission agencies • UCAID/Internet2: university research and education community • Working to interconnect, make interoperable federal research networks and Abilene

  28. More Information • Me: Heather Boyles • heather@internet2.edu • +1 202 331 5342 • Internet2 • www.internet2.edu

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