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Internet2: update on new activities in networking, middleware and applications

This update provides an overview of the latest developments in networking, middleware, and applications within Internet2. Topics include network infrastructure, network services, middleware developments, and various applications. Find out about the scope of Internet2's activity and their plans for the future.

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Internet2: update on new activities in networking, middleware and applications

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  1. Internet2: update on new activities in networking, middleware and applications Heather Boyles <heather@internet2.edu> APAN 22 – Singapore 21 July 2006

  2. Introduction APAN and Internet2 • APAN and Internet2 partners since June 1999 • Joined meetings in 2001, 2004, 2008 • Extensive APAN participation in Internet2 Member Meetings • Broad Internet2 community participation in APAN • TransPAC/Indiana University and US Pacific Consortium as Associate Members

  3. Introduction Who is Internet2 today? • Membership: • 207 US University members • 66 Corporate members • 47 Affiliate members • Including US government research labs • Several state/regional research and education networks • 48 International partnerships • Community: • ~700 people twice/year at Member Meetings • 19 active workings groups; 13 active SIGs; 10 Advisory Groups • Staff to facilitate, coordinate, support the work of the member community

  4. Applications End-to-end Performance Security Motivate Enable Middleware Services Networks Introduction Internet2 Scope of Activity

  5. Introduction Coordinating Across Geographic Scales

  6. Network Infrastructure National: e.g. new Internet2 Network = 13,000 route miles State/Regional: 35,740+ route miles of dark fiber owned Campus:?

  7. Network Infrastructure Courtesy: Steve Wallace, Indiana University

  8. Network Infrastructure New Internet2 Nationwide Backbone http://networks.internet2.edu

  9. Network Services New Network Services Development • Dynamic provisioning: control plane work • HOPI developments: using NSF-funded DRAGON software • International joint development • HOPI/DRAGON + GEANT2 • ESnet OSCARS + Internet2 BRUW = BRUSCI joint development • Point to point services trials • Internet2 & GEANT2 service trial for 1GE ‘lightpaths’ - underway http://networks.internet2.edu/hopi/

  10. Network Services Network Services: Measurement and Monitoring • Provide an Infrastructure users can access • International joint development of PerfSONAR • Internet2 e2dpIPes + GEANT2 JRA activity • Joined now by ESnet, RNP (Brazil) in developing tools/infrastructure elements http://perfsonar.net

  11. Middleware Middleware Developments

  12. Middleware Got Federation? • Federations: • Inter-institutional trust infrastructure • Exchange identify information, authentication, authorization • US Federation for higher education: • InCommon: based on Shibboleth architecture/federating software • Proliferation of national federations: Swiss, UK, Finland, Norway, Australia, Netherlands….. • European-based work to connect federations

  13. Middleware What’s it good for? • Content providers • ElsevierScienceDirect, OCLC and more: http://shibboleth.internet2.edu/seas.html • perfSONAR: authentication required to run some tests • Point to point services: authentication required to reserve bandwidth • GridShib: providing authentication and authorization services to grid infrastructure

  14. What’s any of this good for? • Network research – further development of networking infrastructure, technology and applications • Research, teaching, learning, clinical, outreach uses – across the broad set of disciplines (not just science)

  15. Network Research Internet2 and Network Research • Collocation Projects: • PlanetLab, AMP, PMA • Abilene Observatory Data Research: • ~ 33 research projects using this data • http://abilene.internet2.edu/observatory/research-projects.html • New network infrastructure: committed to continuing

  16. Civil War shipwreck site off North Carolina coast first National Marine Sanctuary Institute for Exploration, Mystic, CT & NOAA July 15-20 using a satellite telecommunication link to Internet2 networks netcast streaming video feeds and to answer questions from shore in real time Applications

  17. Applications IRADS: Integrated Radar Data ServicesUniversity of Oklahoma – using NEXRAD Level II data • 4 NWS Regional Headquarters (RHQ) sites receive data from each of 140 Doppler radars • Each RHQ server is linked to the Internet2's Abilene Network • Data are transmitted directly to University of Oklahoma

  18. Applications • Co-organized by Internet2, MedPresence Corporation, Research Channel, Microsoft Research and VIDE project • Focus on health science community’s ability to effectively use and manipulate image/video resources irrespective of location

  19. Applications Other examples of actual uses: IDEA Awards Interactive Music Education http://www.internet2.edu/idea/2006/ e-VLBI Megaconference and its spin-offs Trans-continental Persistent Archives

  20. State of the Organization • 10 years in October! • Undertaking revision of governance, advisory structure • Opportunity around new network to explore new network connection/participation/usage models

  21. Please join us! • Next Internet2 Member Meetings • Chicago – December 4-7, 2006 • Washington, DC – April 23-25, 2007 • Next ESCC/Internet2 “Joint Techs” Meeting • Minneapolis – February 11-14, 2007 • Next joint APAN/Joint Techs • Hawaii – January 20-25, 2008

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