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Internet2. IBM Internet2 Day Watson Research Center July 26, 2001. Internet2 Mission. Develop and deploy advanced network applications and technologies, accelerating the creation of tomorrow’s Internet. Internet2 Goals. Enable new generation of applications
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Internet2 IBM Internet2 Day Watson Research Center July 26, 2001
Internet2 Mission • Develop and deploy advanced network applications and technologies, accelerating the creation of tomorrow’s Internet.
Internet2 Goals • Enable new generation of applications • Re-create leading edge R&E network capability • Transfer technology and experience to the global production Internet
Internet2 Partnerships • Internet2 universities are recreating the partnerships that fostered the Internet in its infancy • Industry • Government • International
Internet2 • Who we are • 187 university members • 70+ corporation members • 40+ affiliate members • including 9 government Labs • 35 international partners • 50 central staff
3Com Advanced Network & Services Alcatel AT&T Cisco Systems IBM Intel Corporation ITC^Deltacom Lucent Technologies Marconi Communications Microsoft Nortel Networks Qwest Communications SBC Communications Spirent Communications WCI Cable WorldCom Internet2 Corporate Partners
US based--but with International collaboration Not-for-profit organization supported by dues of membership; grants; corporate support $21M/year central budget from member dues & fees $400M/year effort Main offices: Ann Arbor, Michigan Washington, DC Armonk, New York Board of Trustees Largely composed of University Presidents 4 Advisory Councils-Each with a seat on the Board Internet2 Organization
Funding Models • Organization and core activities: • Membership dues • Shared infrastructure: • Combination of industry contributions, membership contributions (fees), grants • Example: Abilene Backbone Network • $Multi-million contribution: Qwest, Cisco, Nortel, Indiana University • User fees
Yesterday’s Internet • Thousands of users • Remote login, file transfer • Interconnect mainframe computers • Applications capitalize on underlying technology
Today’s Internet • Millions of users • Web, email, low-quality audio & video • Interconnect personal computers and servers • Applications adapt to underlying technology
Tomorrow’s Internet • Billions of users and devices • Convergence of today’s applications with multimedia (telephony, video-conference, HDTV) • Interconnect personal computers, servers, and embedded computers • New technologies enable unanticipated applications (and create new challenges)
Why Internet2? • The Internet was not designed for: • Millions of users • Congestion • Multimedia • Real time interaction • But, only the Internet can: • Accommodate explosive growth • Enable convergence of information work, mass media, and human collaboration
Internet DevelopmentSpiral Commercialization Privatization ANS/Core PSI MichNet Today’s Internet AOL UUNet SURANet InternetMCI NYSERNet ANS Intelligent Networks GigaBit Testbeds ARPANet NSFNet NGI MBone Internet2 Research and Partnerships Development
Internet2 Partnerships • Internet2 universities are recreating the partnerships that fostered the Internet in its infancy • Industry • Government • International
Internet2 and the Next Generation Internet Initiative Internet2 NGI Federal agency-led University-led Developing education and research driven applications Agency mission-driven and general purpose applications Building out campus networks, gigaPoPs and inter-gigapop infrastructure Funding research testbeds and agency research networks Interconnecting and interoperating to provide advanced networking capabilities needed to support advanced research and education applications
National Networks • Internet2 Backbone Networks • vBNS • Abilene • Federal Backbone Networks • DREN • ESnet • NREN • SuperNet • …
Technology Transfer Conduits • Collaborating on advanced applications • Deploying pre-commercial infrastructure and protocols • Establishing expertise and human capital • Large-scale proof of concept
International Partnerships • Ensure global interoperability of advanced networking technologies and applications • Enable collaborations between US researchers at Internet2 institutions and their non-US counterparts
Unanticipated Innovation • Lesson of the Web • Network growth and value are non-linear • New technologies enable qualitatively different uses • Users become innovators