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Internet2: update on new activities in networking, middleware and applications. Heather Boyles <heather@internet2.edu> APAN 22 – Singapore 21 July 2006. Introduction. APAN and Internet2. APAN and Internet2 partners since June 1999 Joined meetings in 2001, 2004, 2008
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Internet2: update on new activities in networking, middleware and applications Heather Boyles <heather@internet2.edu> APAN 22 – Singapore 21 July 2006
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
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
Applications End-to-end Performance Security Motivate Enable Middleware Services Networks Introduction Internet2 Scope of Activity
Introduction Coordinating Across Geographic Scales
Network Infrastructure National: e.g. new Internet2 Network = 13,000 route miles State/Regional: 35,740+ route miles of dark fiber owned Campus:?
Network Infrastructure Courtesy: Steve Wallace, Indiana University
Network Infrastructure New Internet2 Nationwide Backbone http://networks.internet2.edu
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/
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
Middleware Middleware Developments
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
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
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)
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
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
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
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
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
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
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