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Internet2. Heather Boyles Director, Government and International Relations AFTEL-CEE 7 October 1999. Computers on the Internet. Millions of Computers. Source: Internet Domain Survey. People on the Internet. Millions of People. Source: Nua Internet Surveys.

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  1. Internet2 Heather Boyles Director, Government and International Relations AFTEL-CEE 7 October 1999

  2. Computers on the Internet Millions of Computers Source:Internet Domain Survey

  3. People on the Internet Millions of People Source:Nua Internet Surveys

  4. Internet Economy Facts and Figures • 64 Million US Adult Regular Users • Seven new people every second • $301 Billion in 1998 revenue • Doubling every 9 months • Internet Advertising generated $1.92 billion in 1998 Sources:Internet Indicators, Internet Advertising Bureau

  5. Yesterday’s Internet • Thousands of users • Remote login, file transfer • Applications capitalize on underlying technology

  6. Today’s Internet • Millions of users • Web, email, low-quality audio & video • Applications adapt to underlying technology

  7. Tomorrow’s Internet • Billions of users and devices • Convergence of today’s applications and services • New technologies enable unanticipated applications (and create new challenges)

  8. Internet Development Spiral Commercialization Privatization Today’s Internet Internet2 Research and Partnerships Development

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

  10. Enabling advanced applications...

  11. Advanced Applications • Digital Libraries • Virtual Laboratories • Collaboration • Visualization and virtual reality • All of the above in combination

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

  13. Informedia Project Carnegie Mellon University Digital Libraries

  14. Television News Archive Vanderbilt University Digital Libraries

  15. Distributed nanoManipulator University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Virtual Laboratories

  16. Real-time 3-D Brain Mapping University of Pittsburgh,Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center Virtual Laboratories

  17. Collaborations • Link instruments, data sources, researchers and students

  18. The CAVE Source: University of Illinois-Chicago

  19. Virtural Temporal Bone University of Illinois at Chicago Teleimmersion Images courtesy Univ. of Illinois-Chicago

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

  21. Re-creating leading edge networking capabilities...

  22. Middleware Initiatives • Quality of Service: QBone • www.internet2.edu/qbone • Multicast • Distributed Storage: I2-DSI • dsi.internet2.edu • Digital Video: I2-DV • I2MI: GlueWorks • www.internet2.edu/middleware

  23. Ubiquitous Digital Video • Scalable and easy to use • Integrated into applications • Streaming and interactive • Real-time and asynchronous (stored) • Unicast and native multicast • Single source to multi-source • Resolutions up to HDTV

  24. I2-DSI Model: Replicated Services • Clients access nearby server • Everyone gets performance • Local resources implement a global service

  25. 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

  26. Internet2 Working Groups • IPv6 • Measurement • Multicast • Network Management • Network Storage • Quality of Service • Routing • Security • Topology

  27. Applications and Engineering Enables NetworkedApplications NetworkEngineering Motivate

  28. Internet2 GigaPoPs

  29. Abilene Router Node Abilene Access Node Operational January 1999 Planned 1999 Abilene Network Seattle Cleveland New York Sacramento Denver Indianapolis Kansas City Los Angeles Atlanta Houston

  30. Abilene Characteristics • 2.4 Gbps (OC48) capacity today • 13,000+ miles of circuits • 70+ universities connected by end of 1999 • National testbed for leading edge technologies • Interconnecting with other national R&E networks

  31. Transferring technology and experience...

  32. Internet2 Universities159 Members as of July 1999 University of Puerto Rico not shown University of Puerto Rico not shown

  33. University Corporation for Advanced Internet Development (UCAID) • formed by Internet2 members in September 1997 • not-for-profit corporation tat leads the Internet2 project • membership is self-selecting • based on ability of an organization to make investment ($, time, personnel) towards Internet2 goals

  34. Board of Trustees • David Ward, (Chair, Board of Trustees) University of Wisconsin • Henry S. Bienen, Northwestern University • William G. Bowen, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation • Molly Corbett Broad, University of North Carolina • Larry R. Faulkner,University of Texas at Austin • Steven B. Sample, University of Southern California • Graham B. Spanier, Pennsylvania State University • Eric Bloch, (Chair, Industry Strategy Council) • Thomas A. DeFanti, University of Illinois at Chicago(Chair, Applications Strategy Council) • James Bruce, MIT (Chair, Networking Policy and Planning Advisory Council) • David Meyer, Cisco & Univ. of Oregon(Chair, Networking Research Liaison Council ) • Douglas E. Van Houweling

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

  36. Internet2 Corporate Sponsors • Bell South • Compaq • Ericsson (formerly Torrent Networking Technologies) • Litton Network Access Systems • Novell • SBC Technology Resources • StorageTek

  37. Alcatel Telecom Apple Computer AppliedTheory Communications Bell Atlantic British Telecom Deutsche Telekom Fujitsu Laboratories of America GTE Internetworking Hitachi IXC Communications KDD Motorola Nexabit Networks Nokia Research Center NTT Multimedia Pacific Bell Project OXYGEN RR Donnelley Siemens Sprint Sun Microsystems Sylvan Learning Tachyon Telcordia Technologies (formerly Bellcore) Telebeam Teleglobe TransMedia Communications VTEL Williams Communications Grp. Worldport Communications Inc. Internet2 Corporate Members

  38. International Activities • Ensure global interoperability of advanced networking technologies and applications • Enable collaborations between US researchers at Internet2 institutions and their non-US counterparts

  39. GIP RENATER (France) JAIRC (Japan) SingAREN (Singapore) CUDI (Mexico) APAN (Asia-Pacific region) Israel-IUCC (Israel) AAIREP (Australia) HEAnet (Ireland) CANARIE (Canada) Stichting SURF (Netherlands) NORDUnet (Nordic countries) TERENA (pan-European association) UKERNA (UK) INFN-GARR (Italy) DFN-Verein (Germany) International Partners

  40. International Infrastructure Canada CERN Czech Rep. Denmark Finland France Germany Iceland Ireland Israel Italy Netherlands Norway Russia Sweden UK Australia Japan Korea Singapore Taiwan Mexico Courtesy of STAR TAP

  41. Technology Transfer Conduits • Collaborating on advanced applications • Deploying pre-commercial infrastructure and protocols • Establishing expertise and human capital

  42. Innovating to Close the Gap More hype technological potential Performance reality gap actualperformance Less Time

  43. For More Internet2 Information • www.internet2.edu • info@internet2.edu • heather@internet2.edu

  44. www.internet2.edu TM

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