Internet2: Today, Tomorrow and the GTRN

1. Internet2: Today, Tomorrow and the GTRN Douglas E. Van Houweling President and CEO, Internet2 dvh@internet2.edu

2. Introduction • Delighted to join our partners • CERNET • CSTNET • NSFCNET • Privileged to join distinguished colleagues from the Chinese and US networking community • My fourth Chinese – American Networking Symposium • 11 January 1999 -- Maryland • 26 May 2000 -- Beijing • 12 March 2001 – Maryland • 22 August 2002 - Shanghai

3. Internet2 Mission and Goals • Develop and deploy advanced network applications and technologies, accelerating the creation of tomorrow’s Internet. • Enable new generation of applications • Create leading edge R&E network capability • Transfer technology and experience to the global production Internet

4. University Leadership • 200 university members • University presidents/chancellors are the voting representatives • Strong board • Advisory councils with board seats • Applications Strategy • Network Planning and Policy • Network Research Liaison • Industry Liaison Council

5. Internet2 Members +200 universities (yellow dots)

6. Additional Membership • Over 60 Internet2 Corporate Members • Over 40 Affiliate Members • Government Research Agencies • Internet2/U.S. Government: • separate but interdependent • Internet2 is led by higher education • Focused on research and education needs • Internet2 International Partner Program

7. Internet2/U.S. Government Separate but Interdependent • U.S. Government • NSF leadership role in NSFnet • NSF’s vBNS served as first Internet2 backbone • NSF and other agencies fund next generation internet research, infrastructure, applications • Internet2 • Led by higher education • Focused on research and education needs • Interdependent: • Government agency funding to research, connections, applications development • Science and engineering funded projects increasingly dependent on persistent, high-performance infrastructure provided by Internet2 community (at campus, regional and national levels)

8. Internet2 Focus Areas • Advanced Applications • Middleware • Engineering • End to End Performance • Advanced Network Infrastructure • Partnerships

9. 2.4Gbps upgrading to 10Gbps Driving deployment of advanced services - native IPv6, native multicast, measurement infrastructure, QoS 215 participating institutions Lead connectors at backbone speed Connect millions of students, faculty, and staff Internet2 Backbone Network:Abilene

10. Extending Availability:State Educational Networks • Internet2 members sponsor Abilene participation • Currently 18 State-based education networks • Enables collaboration using advanced networking for K20, museums, libraries, etc • Additional regional and state investment

11. 09 January 2002 Sacramento Washington Los Angeles Abilene International Peering (August 2002) STAR TAP/Star Light APAN/TransPAC, CA*net3/4 CERN, NAUKAnet, GEMnet, HARNET, HEANET, IUCC, KOREN/KREONET2, NORDUnet, RNP2, SURFnet, SingAREN, TAnet2 Pacific Wave AARNET, APAN/TransPAC, CA*net3, TANET2 NYCM CA*net3, GEANT*, HEANET, NORDUnet SNVA GEMNET, SINET, SingAREN, WIDE LOSA UNINET OC3->OC12 San Diego (CALREN2) CUDI AMPATH ANSP, REUNA, RNP2, RETINA El Paso (UACJ-UT El Paso) CUDI * ARNES, CARNET, CESnet, DFN, GRNET, JANET, NORDUNET, RENATER, RESTENA, SWITCH, HUNGARNET, GARR-B, POL-34, RCCN, RedIRIS

12. IPv6 • Focus 1: Running native, high-performance IPv6 on Abilene backbone routers • IPv4-IPv6 dual stack running on Cisco GSR 12008 routers • Will run dual stack on Juniper T640 from installation (starting August 2002) • Motivations • Resolving IPv4 address exhaustion issues • Preserving original End-to-End Architecture model • International collaboration • Router and host OS capabilities • Focus 2: hands-on training at campus level, 6-10 workshops this year

13. End to End Performance Initiative • To enable the researchers, faculty, students and staff who use high performance networks to obtain optimal performance from the current infrastructure on a consistent basis. Raw Connectivity Applications Performance

14. E2E Performance Initiative Work • Understand applications and their performance requirements • Technical Advisory Group • Provide best practices/experience for network operators • Collecting Performance Stories • Help the application user troubleshoot problems • Measurement Architecture Document • H.323 Beacon • Reflector Development • Bring all of this together for the end user • Performance Analysis Station and GUI for End-User Solution

15. Internet2 Middleware Initiative • Focus on core middleware as infrastructure • Issues: • Interoperability • Implementation on campuses • Integrate with and support applications (upper) middleware, e.g. Grid

16. Shibboleth • Facilitates inter-institutional sharing of web resources subject to access controls • Examples: • Students enrolled in a course across multiple universities accessing class materials and Learning Mgmt Systems • Research workgroups sharing controlled resources (the original web) • Users register only at their “home” or “origin” institution • The release of the beta code is due in August and a production code release scheduled for October

17. Result: uses of Internet2 networking environment • Numerous applications in use/being developed • Remote instrument access • High-quality video-conferencing

18. Internet2 Tomorrow • Nationwide backbone capable of gbps+ flows • Explore optical technologies • New types of transport technologies • Wavelength switching • Potential for another 10x leap in bandwidth • Cooperatively managed, high-performance global network infrastructure • End to End Performance analysis tools • Middleware components built into popular applications • Shibboleth for video-conferencing

19. Global Terabit Research Network (GTRN)http://www.gtrn.net/ • Cooperatively, cohesively manage intercontinental infrastructure • Focus on end to end performance on global basis for global science • Initial partners: • Europe NREN Consortium/DANTE • Internet2 • Need global engagement by continent • CANARIE engaged • Asian partnership • Assisted by public & private infrastructure investment

20. DANTE-provided router in NYC in GTRN AS DANTE-provided 2.5gbps links across Atlantic to GEANT Abilene providing tunnel between New York, (Chicago), Seattle NSF-funded StarLight will provide GNAP Pacific Wave hosting GNAP in Seattle Global NOC at Indiana University GTRN Current Infrastructure

21. E2E piPES: End to End Performance Initiative Performance Environment System E2E piPES will provide contact information when a segment in the path appears to have a problem Campus X Abilene PMP Gigapop S Regional Network M PMP PMP PMP Host A PMP Host B PMP Campus Y piPES Test Analysis Looks like a problem In Gigapop T. Pass these test result to: Joe@gigapopT.net PMP PMP PMP Regional Network J GigapopT The test results obtained by the End-User will be passed on to the contact person

22. Supporting New uses, applications

23. Internet2 in the Dot.com/Telecom Collapse Environment • Advanced infrastructure for research & education more difficult to acquire. • Corporate R&D spending greatly reduced • Labs & startups • Internet2 has a more clearly defined but broader mission • Requires partnership across the planet