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Developments in Internet2

Developments in Internet2. Doug Van Houweling Chinese-American Networking Symposium January 10-14, 1999 University of Maryland. Commercialization. Privatization. 21st Century. Interoperable. Networking. High Performance. SprintLink. Research &Education. InternetMCI. Networks.

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Developments in Internet2

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  1. Developments in Internet2 Doug Van Houweling Chinese-American Networking Symposium January 10-14, 1999 University of Maryland

  2. Commercialization Privatization 21st Century Interoperable Networking High Performance SprintLink Research &Education InternetMCI Networks US Govt Networks ANS ARPAnet NSFNET Active gigabit Nets testbeds wireless Internet2, Abilene, vBNS WDM Advanced US Govt Networks Quality of Service (QoS) Research and Development Partnerships

  3. History of Internet2 • September 1995: Monterey Futures Conference • August 1996: Cheyenne Mountain Workshop • October 1996: Internet2 Project formed • January 1997: First Internet2 Member Meeting • October 1997: UCAID formed • April 1998: Abilene Project Announced • September 1998: Middleware Initiative Announced • January 1999: Abilene in Production

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

  5. UCAID Member Universities135 Members as of November 1998 University of Puerto Rico not shown

  6. 3Com Advanced Network & Services, Inc. AT&T Cabletron Systems Cisco Systems FORE IBM Lucent Technologies MCI Worldcom Newbridge Networks Nortel Networks Qwest Communications StarBurst Communications Internet2 Corporate Partners

  7. Bell South Packet Engines SBC Technology Resources StorageTek Torrent Technologies Internet2 Corporate Sponsors

  8. Alcatel Telecom Ameritech Apple Computer AppliedTheory Bell Atlantic Bellcore British Telecom Compaq/DEC Deutsche Telekom Fujitsu GTE Internetworking Hitachi IXC Communications KDD Nexabit Networks Nokia Research Center Novell NTT Multimedia Pacific Bell RR Donnelley Siemens Sprint Sun Microsystems Sylvan Learning Telebeam Teleglobe Williams Communications Internet2 Corporate Members

  9. Applications and Engineering Applications Motivate Enables Engineering

  10. Internet2 Applications • Deliver qualitative and quantitative improvements in the conduct of: • Research • Teaching • Learning • Require advanced networking

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

  12. Interactive research and instruction Real-time access to remote scientific instruments Virtual Laboratories Images courtesy of the University of Michigan

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

  14. Video and audio Indiana UniversityVariations Project Digital Libraries

  15. Multi-site databases Old Dominion University Chesapeake Bay Simulation Distributed Computation Image courtesy of Old Dominion University

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

  17. Shared virtual reality University of Illinois at ChicagoVirtual Temporal Bone Teleimmersion Images courtesy Univ of Illinois-Chicago

  18. Middleware Challenges • Identify technologies that are scalable and interoperable • Increase deployment of middleware technologies as part of a pre-commercial production environment • Examples: • Distributed storage - I2DSI initiative • Multicast video tools - I2DVN initiative

  19. Engineering Objectives • Deploy a production network to support applications R&D • Establish quality of service (QoS) • Qbone initiative • Support native multicast • Establish gigaPoPs as effective service points

  20. I2 Interconnect Cloud Network Architecture GigaPoP One GigaPoP Two GigaPoP Three GigaPoP Four “Gigabit capacity point of presence” an aggregation point for regional connectivity

  21. I2 Interconnect Cloud GigaPoPs, cont. University A E.g. vBNS, Abilene GigaPoP One Commodity Internet Connections Regional Network University B University C

  22. Internet2 GigaPoPs

  23. Abilene Project • Provide advanced network testbed • Support Internet2 applications development • Demonstrate next generation operational and quality of service capabilities • Create facilities for network research

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

  25. Abilene Characteristics • 2.4 Gbps (OC48) among gigaPoPs, increasing to 9.6 Gbps (OC192) • Connections at 622 Mbps (OC12) or 155 Mbps (OC3) • IP over Sonet technology • Access PoPs very close to almost all of the anticipated university gigaPoPs

  26. Abilene Schedule • Fall 1998: Demonstrated network at member meeting, in pre-production at several universities, connected to Chicago switch for STAR TAP • Janurary 1999: Initial set of members connected in production mode • By December 1999: around 65 institutions connected

  27. For UCAID Members • Involvement in the decisions • Responsive to continuing needs • Driven by member research • Potential for increasing connectivity for all UCAID university members wanting to participate in Research Goals.

  28. Current Priorities • Establish backbone connectivity • Facilitate middleware implementation • Support network research • Identify and develop first phase applications • Build international collaboration opportunities

  29. US Federal Government: Next Generation Internet (NGI) Programhttp://www.ngi.gov • Established in parallel with Internet2 • multi-agency research and development (R&D) program to develop, test, and demonstrate advanced networking technologies and applications • via testbeds that are 100 to 1,000 times faster end-to-end than today's Internet

  30. Internet2 <--> NGI Relationship • Similar technical objectives • Focused on different, but complementary communities • NGI: Federal Mission agencies • UCAID/Internet2: university research and education community • Working to interconnect, make interoperable federal research networks and Abilene

  31. Internet2 <--> NGI Relationship cont’d • Cooperative programs: • NSF High Performance Connections grants: UCAID universities using to connect to achieve Internet2 connectivity • Abilene <-> Energy, NASA network interconnection: being planned to provide high performance access for universities to research labs • Applications: researchers benefit from numerous federal grants that help develop applications

  32. Internet2 International Collaborations • Building peer to peer relationships • Looking for similar goals/objectives and similar constituencies • Mechanism: Memoranda of Understanding • Signed: CANARIE, Stichting SURF, NORDUnet • In process: TERENA, SingAREN, JAIRC, APAN and others

  33. What kind of collaborations? • Network interconnection • Abilene and CA*net2, SURFnet, NORDUnet, etc. • Specific project collaboration • QBone • middleware • research/learning applications • Technology transfer • mutual industrial participants?

  34. Information exchange • International task force • to advise our Board, management on issues of international collaborations • Greater participation in international groups • CCIRN • GIBN

  35. More Information • Internet2 • www.internet2.edu • Abilene • www.internet2.edu/abilene • UCAID • www.ucaid.edu

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