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Join experts Marjory Blumenthal, Steve Crocker, William Lehr, Cheryl Munn-Fremon, and Kevin Werbach to learn about Internet2's mission to accelerate advanced network technologies. Discover the capabilities and challenges facing Internet2, including the last mile broadband access issue and solutions being proposed.
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National Summit On Broadband Deployment Implications From Internet2
Today’s Panel Members • Marjory Blumenthal, Computer Science and Telecommunications Board • Steve Crocker, Longitude Systems, Inc. • William Lehr, MIT Center for Technology Policy and Industrial Development • Cheryl Munn-Fremon, Internet2 • Kevin Werbach, EDVenture Holdings Inc.
What is Internet2? • A project of the university community working with our corporate colleagues and government to close the gap between the potential and reality of the Internet
Internet2 Mission • Develop and deploy advanced network applications and technologies, accelerating the creation of tomorrow’s Internet.
Internet2 • 187 University Members • Over 70 Internet2 Corporate Members • Over 40 Affiliate Members • Over 30 International Partners
Internet2 Network Infrastructure Today • Backbones operate at 2.4 Gbps (OC48) capacity today • GigaPoPs provide regional high-performance aggregation points • Local campus networks provide 100 Mbps to the desktop
Internet2 Backbone Networks Donna Cox,Robert Patterson, NCSA
Internet2 Abilene Backbone Connections • 200 leading-edge universities in all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico • 37 Research and education networks in other countries • 14 state education networks
22 August 2001 OC12 Abilene International Peering SEA/SNNAP AARNET, CA*net3 (TANET2, TransPAC) CHICAGO/STAR TAP APAN/TransPAC, Ca*net3, CERN, CERnet, GEMnet, IUCC, KOREN/KREONET2, MIRnet, NORDUnet, RENATER, SURFnet, SingAREN, SINET, TAnet2 (ANSP, RNP2) NYCM BELNET, CA*net3, HEANET, JANET, NORDUnet, SURFnet, TEN-155* SNVA GEMNET (SingAREN, SINET,WIDE) LOSA SINET, UNINET AmPATH REUNA, RNP2 (RETINA) CALREN2 CUDI OC3 UT El Paso (CUDI) * ARNES, CARNET, CESnet, DFN, GRNET, HEAnet, RESTENA, SWITCH, HUNGARNET, GARR-B, POL-34, RCCN, RedIRIS
Tomorrow’s Internet • Billions of users and devices • Convergence of today’s applications with multimedia (telephony, video-conference, HDTV) • Support mission-critical applications • Interconnect personal computers, servers, and embedded computers • New technologies enable unanticipated applications and create new challenges
Real-time access to remote instruments University of North Carolina, Chapel HillDistributed nanoManipulator Virtual Laboratories
Shared virtual reality University of Illinois at ChicagoVirtual Temporal Bone Tele-immersion Images courtesy Univ. of Illinois-Chicago
Tele-cubicles and the CAVE Source: University of Illinois-Chicago
ViDeNet The Video Development Initiative • Video and Voice over IP environment • Users communicate over IP phone or desktop videoconferencing systems • A project of the Video Development Initiative http://www.vide.net/
Internet2 December 2003 • 10 Gigabits per second backbone • Optical transport capability (Lambda) using DWDM • Flexible provisioning to support point to point optical connection • Native IPv6 deployment concurrent with IPv4
Challenges • Last Mile • Only 13% of our homes have access to broadband services • Options: slow dial-up or other expensive services
Last Mile • Not just individuals • Universities • Large Corporations • Small Businesses
Public Good • Compete for jobs • Improve education • Train the Internet workforce • Eliminate the digital divide
One Solution • Re-architect the Cable System • The cable system as a LAN • 1 GBPS • Multiple Applications over IP • Think differently
Chicago CivicNet • City of Chicago • Uses city infrastructure and resources • Vendor-neutral or carrier’s carrier element • Open to all • Run by private enterprise