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GEC11 Glenn Ricart. U.S. ignite. America’s Network for Next-gen Applications. Vision. Jumpstart a new era of advanced apps and infrastructure for mainstream America Couldn’t run on today’s mainstream Internet Order of magnitude greater speed or more GENI-style
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GEC11 Glenn Ricart U.S. ignite America’s Network for Next-gen Applications
Vision • Jumpstart a new era of advanced apps and infrastructure for mainstream America • Couldn’t run on today’s mainstream Internet • Order of magnitude greater speed or more • GENI-style • Public-private partnership between • GENI community • Cities and their small businesses, homes,and community anchors • Carriers and hardware vendors
Ignite Next Generation of Apps • Characteristics • Couldn’t run on today’s mainstream Internet • Need order of magnitude greater speed and/or • Built on layer 2 and OpenFlow • Need slices, programmability, unique resources • NSF intends to ignite next-gen apps • Contest for ideas • Contest for prototypes • Solicit development requests from teams
Advanced Testbed • GENI network (built on Internet2 + NLR) plus • Connections to small businesses and homes - Chattanooga - Cleveland- DC - Lafayette- Philadelphia - Utopia + UEN And possibly other community anchors • With • 100 Mbps+ symmetric • GENI-style layer 2 + OpenFlow • Unique resources
Expected Growth of U.S. Ignite Growth is expected via the “buddy system”
Activities • May 16th Workshop • www.nsf.gov/cise/usignite/usignite_workshop.jsp • June 9-10th Workshop • www.cccblog.org/2011/05/16/live-webcast-the-u-s-ignite-gigabit-applications-workshop/ • Possible early fall NSF workshop • Let me know if you want an invite • Watch for a contest announcement • Recruiting for phase 2 cities / carriers • U.S. Ignite official announcement
Contacts • OSTP: Nick Maynard • Nicholas_C._Maynard@ostp.eop.gov • NSF: Suzanne Iacono • SIacono@nsf.gov • Consultant to GPO: Glenn Ricart • GRicart@gmail.com
U.S. ignite America’s Network for Next-gen Applications