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Internet2 Overview

Internet2 Overview. Gary R. Bachula Vice President for External Relations, Internet2. Internet2 Universities 188 Universities as of November 2001. 3Com Advanced Network & Services Alcatel AT&T Cisco Systems IBM Intel Corporation. ITC^Deltacom Lucent Technologies Microsoft

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Internet2 Overview

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  1. Internet2 Overview Gary R. Bachula Vice President for External Relations, Internet2

  2. Internet2 Universities188 Universities as of November 2001

  3. 3Com Advanced Network & Services Alcatel AT&T Cisco Systems IBM Intel Corporation ITC^Deltacom Lucent Technologies Microsoft Nortel Networks Qwest Communications SBC Communications Spirent Communications WorldCom Internet2 Corporate Partners

  4. Internet2 Affiliate Members Alabama Supercomputer Authority Alliance for Higher Education Army Systems Engineering Office Assn. Of Univs. For Research in Astronomy Bradley University CERN NOAA, NIST, NTIA – Boulder Labs DePaul University Desert Research Institute EDUCAUSE Ellemtel ERIM EROS Data Center (USGS) Howard Hughes Medical Institute Jet Propulsion Laboratory Merit Network, Inc. Goddard Space Flight Center (NASA) Marshall Space Flight Center (NASA) National Institutes of Health NOAA National Science Foundation New World Symphony NYSERNet, Inc. Southeastern Universities Research Assn Southwest Research Institute Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation UCAR & NCAR

  5. Internet2 Mission • Develop and deploy advanced network applications and technologies, accelerating the creation of tomorrow’s Internet.

  6. Internet2 Goals • Re-create leading edge Research & Education network capability • Enable new generation of applications • Transfer technology and experience to the global production Internet

  7. Internet Development Spiral Commercialization Privatization Today’sInternet Internet2 Research and Development Partnerships Source: Ivan Moura Campos

  8. Abilene NetworkCore Map, October 2001

  9. 22 August 2001 OC12 Abilene International Peering SEA/SNNAP AARNET, CA*net3 (TANET2, TransPAC) CHICAGO/STAR TAP APAN/TransPAC, Ca*net3, CERN, CERnet, GEMnet, IUCC, KOREN/KREONET2, MIRnet, NORDUnet, RENATER, SURFnet, SingAREN, SINET, TAnet2 (ANSP, RNP2) NYCM BELNET, CA*net3, HEANET, JANET, NORDUnet, SURFnet, TEN-155* SNVA GEMNET, SingAREN, WIDE (SINET) LOSA SINET, UNINET AmPATH REUNA, RNP2 (RETINA) CALREN2 CUDI OC3 UT El Paso CUDI * ARNES, CARNET, CESnet, DFN, GRNET, HEAnet, RESTENA, SWITCH, HUNGARNET, GARR-B, POL-34, RCCN, RedIRIS

  10. Internet2 GigaPoPs28 as of October 2001

  11. Download of “The Matrix” DVD(Comparison of the Internet2 Land Speed Record)

  12. Middleware • A layer of software between the network and the applications • Authentication • Identification • Authorization • Directories • Security

  13. Engineering • Quality of Service: QBone • http://www.internet2.edu/qbone/ • Scalable IP Multicast • http://www.internet2.edu/multicast/ • IPv6 • Network Security • Network Management • Measurement

  14. Advanced Applications • Distributed computation • Virtual laboratories • Digital libraries • Distributed learning • Digital video • Tele-immersion • All of the above in combination

  15. Space Physics & Aeronomy Research Collaboratory (SPARC) University of Michigan NSF Virtual Laboratories

  16. Real-time access to remote instruments University of North Carolina, Chapel HillDistributed nanoManipulator Virtual Laboratories

  17. Mauna Kea Observatories AURA University of Hawaii Virtual Laboratories

  18. Real-Time Tele-Operation of Remote Equipment North Carolina State University • Computerized excavation backhoe • Remotely operated, used in hazardous situations. • Quality of Service is Guaranteed http://CARL.ce.ncsu.edu/

  19. Teaching Music with Advanced Network Videoconferencing University of Oklahoma • Real-time interaction with the world’s foremost master teachers of music • Accurate representation of sound • Supplement to traditional music teaching http://music.ou.edu/internet2/

  20. Recording Studio that Spans a Continent McGill University • Twelve uncompressed high-quality audio channels streamed over Abilene and CA*net3 • Engineers mixed the recording in LA http://ww2.mcgill.ca/icc/canarie/

  21. Virtual Aneurysm University of California at Los Angeles • A simulation and virtual reality visualization of brain blood flow • Researchers examine critical flow pattern and evaluate simulated surgical interventions http://www.cs.ucla.edu/~dalee/radsci/

  22. Realistic, Life-Sized, 3D Tele-Immersion Advanced Network & Services, Brown University, University of North Carolina, University of Pennsylvania • Brings together geographically distant participants and shared virtual objects • Tele-immersive recreation of office environment http://www.cs.unc.edu/Research/stc/office/

  23. End-to-End Performance Initiative • The Problem • High-bandwidth network links don’t guarantee high-performance networking • The Vision • Users routinely obtain optimal performance from the available network infrastructure

  24. End to End PerformanceFocus Areas • Applications • Host Computer and Operating Systems • The Network • Operational Support

  25. End-to-End (e2e) PerformanceInitiative • Human to Human Collaboration Experience • User perception EYEBALL • Application CORE APP • Operating system • Host IP stack STACK • Host network card • Local Area Network (LAN) JACK • Campus backbone network • Campus connection to regional network/GigaPoP • GigaPoP connection to Internet2 national backbone • International connections

  26. Sponsored Education Group Participants – Approved, Oct 2001

  27. Sponsored Education Group Participants – Applied, Oct 2001

  28. Sponsored Education Group Participants – Inquiries, Oct 2001

  29. Sponsored Education Group Participants – Other Possible

  30. Internet2 Member Meeting Attendance

  31. Virtual Internet2 Member Meeting, October 2-5, 2001 • received 7,494 Unique Visitors to the VIMM website (DHCP not included) • delivered 386 max simultaneous streams across 5 unique video streaming technologies (11 streams were used) • had over 40 Participation Sites across the United States • …all built in 10 days!

  32. Network of the Future: New Abilene Agreement, Oct. 2001 • Abilene partnership with Qwest extended through 2006 • Backbone to be upgraded to 10-Gbps in three phases by late 2003 • Capability for flexible wavelength () provisioning in support of future experimentation in optical networking • Overall approach to the new technical design and business plan is for an incremental, non-disruptive transition

  33. www.internet2.edu

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