Title: Internet2 K20 Initiative
1Internet2 K20 Initiative SEGP Update
- 2003 Gathering of State Networks
- Heather Bruning, Abilene Program Manager
February 5, 2003
2Abilene Focus
- Goals
- Enabling innovative applications and advanced
services not possible over the commercial
Internet - Backbone regional infrastructure provides a
vital substrate for the continuing culture of
Internet advancement in the university/corporate
research sector - Advanced service efforts
- Multicast
- IPv6
- QoS
- Measurement
- Security
3Partnership approach
- The Abilene Network is a UCAID project done in
partnership with - Cisco Systems (routers, switches, and access)
- Juniper Networks (routers)
- Nortel Networks (SONET kit)
- Qwest Communications (SONET DWDM circuits,
co-location) - Indiana University (network operations center)
- Internet2 Test Evaluation Centers (ITECs)
- North Carolina and Ohio
4Abilene February 2003
- IP-over-DWDM (OC-192c) and IP-over-SONET backbone
(OC-48c) - 50 direct connections (OC-3c ? 10-Gbps)
- 1 (soon 2) 10-Gbps (10 Gig Eth) connection
- OC-192 SONET also supported
- 7 OC-48c 1 Gig Eth connections
- 24 connections at OC-12c or higher
- 221 participants research univs. labs
- All 50 states, District of Columbia, Puerto
Rico - Expanded access
- 62 sponsored participants and 25 state education
networks
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6Next Generation Abilene status
- 10 of 11 next generation router nodes in place
- Deploying two racks in each location Juniper
T640 router four measurement servers - OC-48c SONET interconnects to Cisco 12008 routers
- Atlanta awaiting co-location site selection
- Very pleased to date with new router performance
and interoperability with 1st generation backbone - Transcontinental 10-Gbps ?s in place
- Six ?s connected to network
- DC-NYC-Chicago-Indy-KC-Sunnyvale CA-Los Angeles
- First ? outage (3.5 hours) fiber cut in NYC
- ITEC network performance validation test
- 8 Gbps of 2-way traffic (50 v4/v6 and 100 v6)
transmitted transcontinentally without loss or
reordering
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8Internet2 K20 Initiative - Overview
- Goals
- Structure
- Communications Strategy
- Communities/Partnerships
- Projects/Activities
9Past Lessons Learned
- The more innovators brought on board early ? the
greater the progress. - The more broadly shared the tech platforms and
tools ? the greater the leverage. - A disproportionate share of important innovations
come from the .edu realms. - There are many important opportunities for the
use of technology in teaching, learning and
access. - We need to do a better job of evaluation and
timely communication. - Internet culture (loose consensus and working
code) plus partnerships works for this -- much
better than traditional education
process/planning models.
10K20 Initiative GoalsBeyond Connectivity
- To bring innovators in K-12, community colleges,
universities, libraries and museums into
appropriate regional, national and international
advanced networking efforts, via the "Sponsored
Education Group Participant" (SEGP) process. - To encourage and help sustain partnerships among
these education institutions, the private sector
and government. - To enhance teaching and learning by facilitating
projects that explore the ways in which advanced
network applications, services, tools and digital
content can extend access to education and
educational resources. - To develop mechanisms for timely communication
across all educational sectors and regions in
order to enable quick, pervasive technology
diffusion.
11Internet2 K20 Approach
- Projects will be carried out by multi-state,
often multi-sector, project teams - Project leadership will come from the team, with
support from Internet2 K20 project staff - Initial projects will seek to leverage current
Internet2 projects and innovative efforts among
Internet2 members, institutions, sponsored
participants and SEGPs
12K20 Advisory Committee
- Representatives from each state
- Designated by Internet2 sponsors
- Represent the broad programmatic interests of the
SEGP sponsor(s), connector, as well as the
spectrum of participants/audiences (e.g., K12,
colleges and universities, public libraries,
museums, science centers, zoos, etc.) - Provide input, ideas, feedback to help shape,
guide, and inspire the national Initiative
13K20 Advisory Committee Roles
- Identify and engage innovators within their state
-- among the K12, higher education, library and
museum communities -- in Internet2 K20 projects - Bring forward projects for multi-state
participation - Encourage SEGP participation in existing
Internet2 working groups where appropriate - Serve as an information conduit between
local/regional/state efforts and the national
initiative - Provide feedback to the project directors as the
Initiative evolves
14K20 Executive Committee
- Group of 13 individuals from various states
around the SEGP community - More nimble than the larger advisory committee
- Help shape overall initiative goals and strategy
- Identify possible working group areas to engage
other Advisory Committee membersand their
constituencies.
15K20 Communication Strategy
- Demo Materials
- materials need not be themselves Internet2
applications but need to capture applications and
projects in a compelling way - Featured SEGP
- opportunity to overview the work and
accomplishments underway in SEGP states - Internet2 K20 Newsletter
- focuses on the work being done by K20
institutions and is shared broadly with the K20
community via listserv and the web site
16K20 Communication Strategy (continued)
- Resources
- guides K20 constituents to important SEGP and
Internet2 related information - Opportunities
- a list of opportunities to help various
communities get involved in the Internet2 K20
Initiative - Tearsheet glossy
- single-page glossy overview of the Initiative.
Available in print and pdf on the web site
17A Few Relevant Communities
- Sponsored Education Group Participants (state
networks) - Museums, libraries, archives, cultural
institutions - Beltway societies and associations
- Key sponsored research agencies, e.g., NSF, NIH,
NEA - Education and learning research organizations,
including think tanks, research groups, national
academies - UCAID Internet2 members
- International partners (e.g., CANARIE)
18K20 Initiative Partnerships
- American Library Association's Office for
Information Technology Policy - working with the K20 Initiative to shape a
strategy for using advanced networks and
applications in public and academic libraries. - The Quilt
- UCAID project whose participants are non-profit
advanced regional network organizations dedicated
to furthering research and education in the
United States.
19Current K20 Projectsa few examples
- eMINTS Pioneers
- Imagining the Future
- Virginia Jason Project
- NEPTUNE
- Labscape for Education
- PacificLighthouse
- K12 Middleware
20A Sampling of Areas of Interest
- Digital Content actively seeking out local
resources - Music (e.g., ethnomusicology and music education)
- Documentary films, animation arts, local history
- Presidential libraries
- Historical information, primary source documents
- Learning courseware curriculum repositories
- Video H.323 and future interactive video and
multimedia technologies, digital video, low- to
high-end video multicast - Remote instrumentation other scientific
apparatus which could be shared across
educational communities - Middleware deployment and partnerships
- Engaging public libraries uses of advanced
networks - Internet2 server technologies, caching,
co-location
21Get Involved!
- Contact Louis Fox or James Werle with ideas or
questions - Read about what is going on
- Get to know your friendly SEGP representative
- Make frequent visits the Opportunities section of
the Internet2 K20 website
22Abilene Access
- Primary Participants research universities,
corporations, etc. - Affiliate Corporate members
- Sponsored Participants individual locations
- And now..
- SEGPs Sponsored Education Group Participants
23Sponsored Education Group Participant (SEGP)
Fundamentals
- SEGP status targeted at both developed and
emerging state-based education networks - One or more Internet2 University Members in the
same state act as sponsor(s) - Connectors take overall fiscal and operational
responsibility for the SEGP - Periodic SEGP progress updates to Abilene
required (e.g., how are SEGPs implementing
advanced applications?)
24Approved SEGPs
California New Mexico
Florida New York
Georgia North Carolina
Hawaii North Dakota
Illinois Ohio
Indiana Oklahoma
Iowa Oregon
Louisiana Pennsylvania
Maryland Rhode Island
Michigan Virginia
Minnesota Washington
Missouri Wisconsin Utah
25Sponsored Education Group Participants as of
February 5, 2003
26SEGP Inquiries
- Alabama
- Colorado
- Connecticut
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Massachusetts
- Nevada
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- South Carolina
- Tennessee
- Texas (approval imminent)
27SEGP Connectivity SurveyFall 2002
- Survey Goals
- Provide a high level view of the connectivity and
enabled technologies within the SEGPs - Also, totals for the entire SEGP program (as of
August 2002) - Provide contact information for pursuing
additional information - The goal is NOT to provide a detailed site survey
as this is too resource intensive and hard to
maintain
28SEGP Connectivity SurveySummary of Results (Fall
2002)
- 62 of the state education networks can access
the Internet2 backbone network at gt155 Mbps - As of late 2002, there are 25 state k12/k20
networks participating connecting about 9800 K20
institutions - 7173 k12 schools (73 of total)
- 1482 public libraries (15 of total)
- 551 community colleges (6 of total)
- 526 four-year colleges and universities (5 of
total) - 102 museums, zoos, aquariums, and science centers
(1 of total) - For more information http//k20.internet2.edu/seg
p/stateconnect/segpsurvey.shtml
29SEGP Process
- Sponsor(s) complete SEGP Application
- SEGP Connector completes Abilene Connection
Agreement Addendum - Connector submits SEGP routing information to
UCAID at abilene_at_internet2.edu - UCAID reviews and approves routes and submits
them to the Abilene NOC - Abilene NOC begins passing additional SEGP
traffic on the network - Appoint Internet2 K20 Initiative Representatives
30SEGP Connector Requirements
- A Connector supporting the Sponsored Education
Group Participant(s) must - Maintain a 7x24 Network Operations Center (NOC)
- Register its routing information and that of the
Participant(s) in the Internet2 Routing Registry
(I2db) or equivalent - Provide UCAID a quarterly report on the relative
utilization of the Abilene connection by the SEGP - Assure compliance with the Abilene CoU by the
Participant(s) - Inform the Participant(s) that Abilene does not
provide transit to the commodity Internet - These steps will be implemented through an
amended Abilene Connection agreement
31SEGP Related Costs
- Annual participation fee
- 30,000 2,000 x (size of States U.S. House
delegation) - Delegation size provides a readily auditable
population metric - This annual fee
- will be charged on a per-connecting
organization, per-state basis - will be paid directly by the Abilene Connector
on behalf of the Sponsored Participant - is not eligible for E-rate discount
32Contact Information
- On the Web
- k20.internet2.edu/
- abilene.internet2.edu/
- Email
- Louis Fox lfox_at_internet2.edu
- Heather Bruning heather.bruning_at_internet2.edu
- Abilene (general inquiries) abilene_at_internet2.edu
- Phone
- Louis Fox (206) 685-4745
- Heather Bruning (734) 352-4955
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