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The Internet2 Project

The Internet2 Project. Heather Boyles heather@internet2.edu NCTT Technology Transfer Conference Springfield, MA April 8, 1999. Overview. History Goals Members Applications Engineering Architecture Abilene Technology Transfer. History. ARPAnet origins 1987 -- NSFnet

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The Internet2 Project

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  1. The Internet2 Project Heather Boyles heather@internet2.edu NCTT Technology Transfer Conference Springfield, MA April 8, 1999

  2. Overview • History • Goals • Members • Applications • Engineering • Architecture • Abilene • Technology Transfer

  3. History • ARPAnet origins • 1987 -- NSFnet • Privatization in 1995 • Higher ed planning in 1995/1996 • Are our research and education needs being met by today’s internet?

  4. History of Internet2 • September 1995: Monterey Futures Conference • August 1996: Cheyenne Mountain Workshop • October 1996: Internet2 Project formed • January 1997: First Internet2 Member Meeting • October 1997: UCAID formed • April 1998: Abilene Project Announced • September 1998: Middleware Initiative Announced • January 1999: Abilene in Production

  5. Commercialization Privatization 21st Century Interoperable Networking High Performance SprintLink Research &Education InternetMCI Networks US Govt Networks ANS ARPAnet NSFNET Active gigabit Nets testbeds wireless Internet2, Abilene, vBNS WDM Advanced US Govt Networks Quality of Service (QoS) Research and Development Partnerships

  6. Internet2 Project Goals • Enable new generation of applications • Re-create leading edge R&E network capability • Transfer capability to the global production Internet

  7. Internet2 Universities146 Members as of March 1999 University of Puerto Rico not shown

  8. 3Com Advanced Network & Services Ameritech AT&T Cabletron Systems Cisco Systems FORE Systems IBM ITC^Deltacom Lucent Technologies MCI Worldcom Newbridge Networks Nortel Networks Packet Engines Qwest Communications Sprint StarBurst Communications Internet2 Corporate Partners

  9. Bell South SBC Technology Resources StorageTek Torrent Networking Technologies Internet2 Corporate Sponsors

  10. Alcatel Telecom Apple Computers, Inc. AppliedTheory Communications Inc. Bell Atlantic Bellcore British Telecommunications Compaq Deutsche Telekom Fujitsu Laboratories of America GTE Internetworking Hitachi IXC Communications Inc. KDD Litton Network Access Systems Nexabit Networks Nippon Telephone and Telegraph (NTT) Nokia Research Center Novell Pacific BellProject Oxygen, Ltd. RR Donnelley and Sons Company Siemens Sun Microsystems Sylvan Learning Systems, Inc. TeleBeam Inc. Teleglobe TransMedia Communications Williams Communications Group WorldPort Communications Inc. Internet2 Corporate Members

  11. Advanced Internet Benefits • Richer content through higher bandwidth • Video, audio • Virtual reality • Dynamic not static • More interactivity via minimal delay • Reliable content delivery through quality of service model

  12. Applications and Engineering Applications Motivate Enables Engineering

  13. Internet2 Applications “Enable new generation of applications” • Deliver qualitative and quantitative improvements in the conduct of: • Research • Teaching • Learning • Require advanced networking

  14. Sciences Arts Humanities Health care Business/Law Administration … Instruction Collaboration Streaming video Distributed computation Data mining Virtual reality Digital libraries … Many Disciplines and Contexts

  15. Interactive research and instruction Real-time access to remote scientific instruments Virtual Laboratories Images courtesy of the University of Michigan

  16. Real-time access to remote instruments University of Pittsburgh,Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center3-D Brain Mapping Virtual Laboratories

  17. Video and audio Indiana UniversityVariations Project Digital Libraries

  18. Multi-site databases Old Dominion University Chesapeake Bay Simulation Distributed Computation Image courtesy of Old Dominion University

  19. Large-scale computation University Corporation for Atmospheric Research Distributed Computation Image courtesy of UCAR

  20. Shared virtual reality University of Illinois at ChicagoVirtual Temporal Bone Teleimmersion Images courtesy Univ of Illinois-Chicago

  21. Middleware Initiative • Objective: a “Services Rich” Network Environment • Functional services available to users and developers • Enabling new collaborations and applications • Supported as production quality • An integrated framework • Scaled to the size of the research and education community

  22. Applications: Horizontal, Vertical, Spot Solutions Standard APIs Middleware: Security, Directory, Quality of Service, Audio/Video Frameworks, Accounting, Collaboration Frameworks, Multicast Standard APIs Operating system and network services Interoperable Protocols

  23. QoS Digital video/audio Security Collaboration Directories Multicast File systems Measurement Remote instruments IMS Transaction systems Meta-computing Management IP telephony Accounting/billing E-commerce Object brokers Search mechanisms Printing Technology Scope

  24. Engineering Objectives“Re-create leading edge R&E network capability” • It’s about end-to-end, to-the-desktop services • campus infrastructure • gigapop infrastructure • inter-gigapop infrastructure • Establish quality of service (QoS) • Support native multicast

  25. I2 Interconnect Cloud Network Architecture GigaPoP One GigaPoP Two GigaPoP Three GigaPoP Four “Gigabit capacity point of presence” an aggregation point for regional connectivity

  26. I2 Interconnect Cloud GigaPoPs, cont. University A E.g. vBNS, Abilene GigaPoP One Commodity Internet Connections Regional Network University B University C

  27. Internet2 GigaPoPs

  28. Abilene Project • Provide advanced network testbed • Support Internet2 applications development • Demonstrate next generation operational and quality of service capabilities • Create facilities for network research

  29. Abilene Router Node Operational January 1999 Planned 1999 Abilene NetworkFebruary 1999 Seattle NGIX North Startap New York Chicago Sacramento Cleveland NGIX West Denver NGIX East Indianapolis D.C. Kansas City Los Angeles Atlanta Peering Point Houston

  30. Abilene Characteristics • 2.4 Gbps (OC48) among gigaPoPs, increasing to 9.6 Gbps (OC192) • Connections at 622 Mbps (OC12) or 155 Mbps (OC3) • IP over Sonet technology • Access PoPs very close to almost all of the anticipated university gigaPoPs

  31. For UCAID Members • Involvement in the decisions • Responsive to continuing needs • Driven by member research • Potential for increasing connectivity for all UCAID university members wanting to participate in Research Goals.

  32. Now I know what it is -- but why should I care? “Transfer capability to the global production Internet” • “Coming Soon!” • Technology Transfer • Regional community role • Industry role

  33. Internet2 <--> NGI Relationship • Similar technical objectives • Focused on different, but complementary communities • NGI: Federal Mission agencies • UCAID/Internet2: university research and education community • Working to interconnect, make interoperable federal research networks and Abilene

  34. Internet2 International Collaborations • Building peer to peer relationships • Looking for similar goals/objectives and similar constituencies • Mechanism: Memoranda of Understanding • Signed: CANARIE, Stichting SURF, NORDUnet • In process: TERENA, SingAREN, JAIRC, APAN and others

  35. More Information • Me: Heather Boyles • heather@internet2.edu • +1 202 331 5342 • Internet2 • www.internet2.edu

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