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Pan-Continental Perspective: Key Issues seen by Internet2

Pan-Continental Perspective: Key Issues seen by Internet2. Guy Almes almes@internet2.edu Heather Boyles heather@internet2.edu Steve Corbat ó corbato@internet2.edu. Where Internet2 is coming from. University-led Partnership model

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Pan-Continental Perspective: Key Issues seen by Internet2

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  1. Pan-Continental Perspective: Key Issues seen by Internet2 Guy Almes almes@internet2.edu Heather Boyles heather@internet2.edu Steve Corbató corbato@internet2.edu

  2. Where Internet2 is coming from • University-led • Partnership model • Abilene built & operated in partnership with Qwest, Cisco, Juniper, Indiana University • Hierarchical network model • International – GTRN? • National – Abilene • State/Regional – CENIC/CALREN2, SURA/SoX • Metro/Campus • Gov’t Mission and University Split • ESnet, NREN, DREN – gov’t labs • Somewhat blurred: several gov’t labs connected to Abilene • Reflects close ties between gov’t labs and U.S. univs.

  3. Technical Outlook • Goal: support advanced/leading-edge/high-performance applications of the research and education community • Approach is technical direction that has pragmatic benefit to applications • Illustration: Internet2 Quality of Service Work • Premium Service experience • Raw HDTV/IP – single UDP flow of 1.5 Gbps (Seattle  Washington DC over Abilene)

  4. Technical/Economic • Unique window in time for fiber assets • Cause: fiber glut, bankruptcies and telcos in distress • Within a year, opportunity on national scale closes? • Hedge against a regression to ‘bad old days’ of monopolies • Technically, getting fiber means controlling the network down to layer 1 (0?) • Would allow deployment of different wavelengths for differentiated networks (high perf advanced services, network research, more general EDU access) • Path to doing optical switching when it makes sense • Technically and economically, we see this emerging chronologically from bottom of hierarchy to top

  5. Optical network project differentiation

  6. National Fiber Facility • Research and education community investment in national-scale fiber assets • Discussions among a number of partners in US ongoing • “National Light Rail” – being led by members of Internet2 community – CENIC, the Pacific NorthWest Gigapop and other partners • SURA – focused on specific bankruptcy opportunity • UCAID is a participant in both efforts • Once the national fiber footprint (~15,000 km) is obtained, significant investments in ULH optronics and ongoing maintenance/operations are required

  7. Economic/Political Issues • Current Abilene infrastructure funded by universities • With important initial seed money from NSF to universities • Expect to follow partnership model to extent possible for national fiber facility • Corporate partnership essential for ongoing maintenance on fiber plant & co-location and next generation optronics • Interestingly, optronics vendors now are becoming aware of the enterprise (non-carrier) market for their WAN gear • US government support critical • Cyber Infrastructure report from NSF

  8. www.internet2.edu

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