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Introduction to Internet2

Introduction to Internet2. Laurie Burns Director of Member Activities, Internet2. University of Maryland Internet2 Day March 30, 2001. What is Internet2?. A member-based organization focused on advanced applications and advanced networking in research and education

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Introduction to Internet2

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  1. Introduction to Internet2 Laurie Burns Director of Member Activities, Internet2 University of Maryland Internet2 Day March 30, 2001

  2. What is Internet2? • A member-based organization focused on advanced applications and advanced networking in research and education • A project of the University Corporation for Advanced Internet Development (UCAID) • More than “a network” – it’s an umbrella term for many activities undertaken by the organization and the membership • The organization its staff work for

  3. Why Internet2? • Yesterday’s Internet • Thousands of users • Remote login, file transfer • Applications capitalize on underlying technology Today’s Internet • Millions of users • Web, email, low-quality audio & video • Applications adapt to underlying technology

  4. Today’s Internet Doesn’t • Provide reliable end-to-end performance • Encourage cooperation on new capabilities • Allow testing of new technologies • Support development of revolutionary applications

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

  6. Higher Education’s Role • History of leadership for advanced networking nationally • Collaborative research is a primary driver for development of advanced applications • Diversity of institutions, disciplines, and people • Large-scale testbed environment

  7. Internet2 Beginnings and Growth • Fall 1996 • Internet2 project is created as a collaboration among 34 leading research universities • Fall 1997 • University Corporation for Advanced Internet Development is incorporated • Spring 1998 • 123 regular University members, 30 Corporate members, and 22 Affiliate members • Today • 185 regular University members, 74 Corporate members, and 41 Affiliate members

  8. Internet2 Mission • Develop and deploy advanced network applications and technologies, accelerating the creation of tomorrow’s Internet.

  9. Internet2 Goals • 1: Enable new generation of applications not supported in current commodity Internet • 2: Re-create leading edge R&E network capability • 3: Transfer technology and experience to the global production Internet

  10. Internet2 Membership • Regular • US institutions of higher education • Corporate • Members • Sponsors • Partners • Affiliate • Non-profit and other research or education organizations

  11. Internet2 Membership • Expectations: • Engage in the activities and goals of Internet2 • Commit to the sustained deployment of high-performance network infrastructure • Contribute to the advancement of research and educational uses of high-performance networking • Self select

  12. University Members by Carnegie Classification • 131 Doctoral Research/Extensive (out of 148) • 40 Doctoral Research/Intensive (out of 105) • 5 Masters I • 2 Engineering schools • 5 Medical schools • 2 System Offices

  13. Internet2 Universities185 Universities as of March 2001

  14. Corporate Membership • Corporate Membership by Type • 16 Partners • 9 Sponsors • 49 Members • Diversity of Corporate Membership • telecommunications and networking companies • educational content providers • application service providers • pharmaceuticals • start-ups

  15. Internet2 Affiliate Members • 14 research organizations (e.g., UCAR, CERN) • 8 universities or system offices • 8 federal labs (e.g., NASA, NOAA) • 8 regional or state networking organizations • 1 performing arts organization (New World Symphony) • 1 digital archive (Visual History Foundation)

  16. International Connectivity • International MOU Partners • Over 30 networks in countries around the world • Memoranda of Understanding are established with international networking organizations that share Internet2’s goals and objectives • MOU’s define the interconnection agreements between these networks and Abilene

  17. AAIREP (Australia) APAN (Asia-Pacific) APAN-KR (Korea) ARNES (Slovenia) BELNET (Belgium) CANARIE (Canada) CARNET (Croatia) CERNET, CSTNET, NSFCNET (China) CESnet (Czech Republic) CUDI (Mexico) DANTE (Europe) DFN-Verein (Germany) Fundacion Internet 2 Argentina (Argentina) GIP RENATER (France) GRNET (Greece) HEAnet (Ireland) HUNGARNET (Hungary) INFN-GARR (Italy) Israel-IUCC (Israel) JAIRC (Japan) JISC/UKERNA (UK) JUCC (Hong Kong) NORDUnet (Nordic countries) POL-34 (Poland) RCCN (Portugal) RedIRIS (Spain) RESTENA (Luxembourg) REUNA (Chile) RPN2 (Brazil) SENACYT (Panama) SingAREN (Singapore) Stichting SURF (Netherlands) SWITCH (Switzerland) TAnet2 (Taiwan) TERENA (Europe) Internet2 International MoU Partners

  18. Internet2 Governance Structure • UCAID Board of Trustees • Four Advisory Councils: • Applications Strategy Council • Industry Strategy Council • Networking Planning and Policy Advisory Council • Network Research Liaison Council

  19. Internet2 Goals Enable a new generation of applications • Collaborative or group process support • Access to remote resources • Distributed computation and data handling • Immersive data visualization and virtual reality

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

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

  22. Video and audio Indiana UniversityVariations Project Digital Libraries

  23. Applications Initiatives • Health Sciences • Focus on telemedicine, electronic medical records, imaging, etc. • Arts and Humanities • Focus on performing arts, fine arts, multimedia

  24. Internet2 Goals 2: Re-create leading edge R&E network capability • End-to-End Environments • Core Middleware • Advanced Network Services (Multicast, QoS, IPv6) • Testbed network environment for networking research use

  25. Internet2 Network Infrastructure • Backbones operate at 2.4 Gbps (OC48) capacity today • GigaPoPs provide regional high-performance aggregation points • Local campus networks provide 100 Mbps (or better) to the desktop

  26. University A Internet2 Interconnect Cloud GigaPoP Regional Network Commercial Internet Connections University C University B Internet2 Network Architecture

  27. Internet2 GigaPoPs27 as of March 2000

  28. Advanced Networks • Abilene • vBNS • vBNS+ • ESnet • NREN • DREN

  29. Internet2 End-to-End Performance Initiative • Goal: To enable the end-user to obtain optimal performance from the available current and future infrastructure on a routine basis. • Network • Host • Applications • Distributed and coordinated support • Knowledge building and dissemination

  30. Middleware • A layer of software between the network and the applications • Authentication • Identification • Authorization • Directories • Security

  31. Internet2 Middleware Initiative • Early Harvest and Early Adopters • PKI • Shibboleth (authentication) • Computational middleware (Beta Grid) • Medical middleware • Directories (eduperson)

  32. Abilene • 10,000 miles of national backbone operating at 2.4 Gbps (OC48) among GigaPoPs • Connections to Abilene at 155 Mbps (OC3), 622 Mbps (OC12), and 2.4 Gbps (OC48) • Packet/IP over SoNet technology (PoS) Supported and operated by a partnership among Qwest, Cisco Systems, Nortel, and Indiana University

  33. Abilene History • April 1998: Abilene Network announced • February 1999: Abilene Network launched • March 2000 - ~180 signed Participation Agreements

  34. Abilene Conditions of Use Governs • the types of organizations that can connect • the types of traffic that can be sent/received Promotes • traffic that primarily and clearly serves the teaching, learning, research, and clinical missions of US higher education • traffic that is primarily the result of collaboration and other related work on instructional, clinical, and/or research projects, content, and services • Internet2's goal of encouraging and enabling the development of advanced network applications

  35. Abilene Participation • Participation vs. Membership • Primary Participation • Regular Members • Affiliate and Corporate Members with Collaboration Site Status* *Collaboration Site Status: Allows Affiliate Members and Corporate Members to designate a physical location, such as a research lab, to connect to Abilene.

  36. Abilene Participation • Sponsored • Sponsored Individual Institutions Individual educational or research-oriented institutions, museums, art galleries, libraries, hospitals, etc. who are sponsored by a Regular University member • Sponsored Educational Groups State networks of predominantly educational organizations, such as state K-12 networks who are sponsored by a Regular University member in the same state

  37. Internet2 Goals 3: Transfer technology and experience to the global production Internet • Collaborating on advanced applications • Deploying pre-commercial infrastructure and protocols • Establishing expertise and human capital • Supporting large-scale proof of concept

  38. Marconi Communications Microsoft Nortel Networks Qwest Communications SBC Communications Spirent Communications WCI Cable Worldcom 3Com Advanced Network & Services Alcatel AT&T Cisco Systems IBM ITC^Deltacom Lucent Technologies Internet2 Corporate Partners

  39. Internet2 Working Groups IPv6 Measurement Multicast Network Management Quality of Service Routing Security Topology • Digital Video • Digital Imaging • ResearchChannel • Video Conferencing • Voice over IP • Network Storage • MACE (Architecture) • MACE-DIR (Directories) • HEPKI-TAG • HEPKI-PAG http://www.internet2.edu/html/working-groups.html

  40. Advanced Networking on the Web General Internet2: • http://www.internet2.edu Abilene: • http://www.internet2.edu/abilene/ Federal Next Generation Internet: • http://www.ngi.gov vBNS: • http://www.vbns.net National Teleimmersion Initiative: • http://www.advanced.org/teleimmersion • Quality of Service: QBone • http://www.internet2.edu/qbone/ • Scalable IP Multicast • http://www.internet2.edu/multicast/ • Digital Video: I2-DV • http://dv.internet2.edu/ • I2MI: GlueWorks • http://www.internet2.edu/middleware/

  41. Thank you! • Laurie Burns lburns@internet2.edu

  42. Membership Dues • Regular • $25,000/year • Affiliate • $10,000 • $25,000 including Collaboration Site Status* *Collaboration Site Status: Allows Affiliate Members and Corporate Members to designate a physical location, such as a research lab, to connect to Abilene.

  43. Membership Dues • Corporate Members • $10,000-$25,000 depending on annual revenues and on Collaboration Site Status • Corporate Sponsors • Dues plus in-kind contributions of $100,000 or more • Corporate Partners • Dues plus in-kind contributions of $1,000,000 or more

  44. Abilene Fees • Primary Participants • $20,000/year • Sponsored Individual Institution Participants • no fees to Internet2 • Sponsored Educational Group Participants • $30,000/year, plus $2,000/congressional representative, paid by the connector to Internet2

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