Internet2

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Internet2

• Eastern Michigan University
• Ellen Vaughan

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Internet2 Mission

• Develop and deploy advanced network applications
  and technologies, accelerating the creation of
  tomorrows Internet.

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Internet2 Goals

• Enable new generation of applications
• Re-create leading edge RE network capability
• Transfer technology and experience to the global
  production Internet

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Internet2 Members 205 University Members,
December 2003
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Additional Internet2 Members

• Over 60 Internet2 Corporate Members
• Over 30 Affiliate Members
• Over 30 International Partners

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Internet2 Corporate Partners
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Internet2 Corporate Sponsors

• Arbor Networks
• BellSouth
• BroadSoft
• Ford Motor Company
• Foundry Networks

• inSORS Integrated Communications
• Ixia
• Polycom Worldwide
• RADVision
• VBrick Systems

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Internet2 Corporate Members

• Advanced Infrastructure Ventures
• Apparent Networks
• Apple Computer, Inc.
• Aventis
• Avici Systems
• Blackboard, Inc
• C-SPAN
• Ceyba Corporation
• CIENA
• Comcast Communications, Inc.
• Community of Science, Inc.
• EBSCO Information Services
• Eli Lilly Corporation
• Enterasys Networks, Inc.
• Fujitsu Laboratories of America
• General Motors
• Hewlett-Packard Company
• Interoute
• Japan Telecom Co., LTD

• Level 3 Communications
• Motorola Labs
• Network Associates, Inc.
• Nippon Telephone and Telegraph (NTT)
• PaeTec Communications, Inc.
• Ping Identity Corporation
• Pfizer
• Procket Networks
• Progress Software
• ProQuest Information and Learning
• Prous Science
• Star Valley Solutions, Inc.
• Syntel, Inc.
• Telecom Italia Lab
• TippingPoint Technologies
• Verizon Communications
• Video Furnace, Inc.
• Warner Bros.
• Wave Three Software

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Internet2 Affiliate Members

• Altarum
• American Distance Education Consortium
• Association of Universities for Research in
  Astronomy (AURA)
• CENIC
• CERN
• Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia
• Cleveland Institute of Music
• Cleveland Museum of Art
• Department of Commerce, Boulder
• Desert Research Institute
• EDUCAUSE
• Food and Drug Administration
• Howard Hughes Medical Institute
• Indiana Higher Education Telecommunications
  System (IHETS)

• Jet Propulsion Laboratories
• LaNet
• Manhattan School of Music
• MCNC
• Merit Network, Inc.
• MOREnet
• NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
• NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
• National Archives and Records Administration
• National Institutes of Health
• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
  Silver Spring
• National Science Foundation
• New World Symphony
• NYSERNet, Inc.
• Oak Ridge National Labs
• OARnet
• OneNet

• Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
• PeachNet
• Southeastern Universities Research Association
  (SURA)
• Southwest Research Institute
• State University of New York System
• State University System of Florida
• Survivors of the Shoah-Visual History Foundation
• TOPIX
• University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
• University of Missouri System
• University of North Carolina, General
  Administration

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How are members engaged?

• Member Meetings, Joint Technical Meetings,
  Workshops
• Research collaborations and joint development
• Internet2 Working Group participation
• Test bed opportunities
• Participation in Internet2 networks

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Why are they involved?

• Mindshare and PR for being a part of a leading
  edge activity
• Association with the Internet2 brand
• Visibility for products and services
• Market Development
• Collaboration/Connection with research
  universities

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More Reasons.

• Seek influence to technical directions help
  define the future
• Participation in developing standards, pre
  standards work
• Product development, testing, scaling
• Early Adopter for new technology
• Beyond Broadband environment

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People on the Internet
Millions of People
SourceNua Internet Surveys
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Yesterdays Internet

• Thousands of users
• Remote login, file transfer
• Interconnect mainframe computers
• Applications capitalize on underlying technology

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Todays Internet

• Millions of users
• Web, email, low-quality audio video
• Interconnect personal computers and servers
• Applications adapt to underlying technology

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Tomorrows Internet

• Billions of users and devices
• Convergence of todays applications with
  multimedia (telephony, video-conference, HDTV)
• Interconnect personal computers, servers, and
  embedded computers
• New technologies enable unanticipated
  applications (and create new challenges)

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Why Internet2?

• The Internet was not designed for
• Millions of users
• Congestion
• Multimedia
• Real time interaction
• But, only the Internet can
• Accommodate explosive growth
• Enable convergence of information work, mass
  media, and human collaboration

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Todays Internet Doesnt

• Provide reliable end-to-end performance
• Encourage cooperation on new capabilities
• Allow testing of new technologies
• Support development of revolutionary applications

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Providing Leadership

• The Internet came from the academic community
• Stanford -- the Internet protocols
• NSFNet -- the scaled-up Internet
• CERN -- the WWW protocols
• University of Illinois -- the Web browser
• Universities research and education mission
  require an advanced Internet and have
  demonstrated they can develop it

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Internet Development Spiral
Commercialization
Privatization
Todays Internet
Internet2
Research and
Development
Partnerships
Source Ivan Moura Campos
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Internet2 Today
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Internet2 Focus Areas

• Advanced Network Infrastructure
• Middleware
• Engineering
• Initiatives
• Partnerships
• Advanced Applications

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Internet2 Network Infrastructure

• Backbones operate at 2.4 Gbps (OC48) to 10 Gbps
  (OC192) capacity today
• GigaPoPs provide regional high-performance
  aggregation points
• Local campus networks provide 100 Mbps to the
  desktop

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Download of The Matrix DVD(Comparison of the
Internet2 Land Speed Record)
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Internet2 Network Architecture
GigaPoP One
GigaPoP Two
GigaPoP Four
GigaPoP Three
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Network Architecture
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Abilene Network Core Map, December 2003
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Abilene Network Logical Map
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Internet2 GigaPoPs31 as of December 2003
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Sponsored Education Group Participants
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Internet2 Focus Areas

• Advanced Network Infrastructure
• Middleware
• Engineering
• Initiatives
• Partnerships
• Advanced Applications

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Middlewarehttp//middleware.internet2.edu/

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

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Internet2 Middleware Initiative

• Internet2 community has unique needs and
  capabilities
• Middleware Architecture Committee for Education
• Early Harvest and Early Adopters
• Internet2 PKI Labs
• Shibboleth (authentication)
• Computational middleware (Beta Grid)
• Medical middleware
• Directories
• Security

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Internet2 Focus Areas

• Advanced Network Infrastructure
• Middleware
• Engineering
• Initiatives
• Partnerships
• Advanced Applications

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Engineering Working Groups

• IPv6
• Measurement
• Multicast
• Quality of Service
• Routing
• Security
• Topology

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Internet2 Focus Areas

• Advanced Network Infrastructure
• Middleware
• Engineering
• Initiatives
• Partnerships
• Advanced Applications

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Initiatives

• End to End Performance
• K 20
• The Commons
• Convergence / Voice over IP

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Internet2 Partnerships

• Internet2 seeks to recreate the partnerships that
  fostered the Internet in its infancy
• Universities
• Industry
• Government
• International

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Internet2 Focus Areas

• Advanced Network Infrastructure
• Middleware
• Engineering
• Initiatives
• Partnerships
• Advanced Applications

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Advanced Applications http//apps.internet2.edu/

• Distributed computation
• Virtual laboratories
• Digital libraries
• Distributed learning
• Digital video
• Tele-immersion
• All of the above in combination

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High Performance Video Delivery with Logistical
Networking
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Virtual Laboratories

• Real-time access to remote instruments
• University of Pittsburgh,Pittsburgh
  Supercomputing Center3-D Brain Mapping

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Virtual Laboratories

• Real-time access to remote instruments
• University of North Carolina, Chapel
  HillDistributed nanoManipulator

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Virtual Laboratories

• Mauna Kea Observatories
• AURA
• University of Hawaii

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Virtual Laboratories

• Space Physics Aeronomy Research Collaboratory
  (SPARC)
• University of Michigan
• NSF

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Tele-immersion

• Shared virtual reality
• University of Illinois at ChicagoVirtual
  Temporal Bone

Images courtesy Univ. of Illinois-Chicago
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Tele-cubicles and the CAVE
Source University of Illinois-Chicago
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Technology Transfer Conduits

• Collaborating on advanced applications
• Deploying pre-commercial infrastructure and
  protocols
• Establishing expertise and human capital
• Large-scale proof of concept

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National Networks

• Internet2 Backbone Networks
• Abilene
• vBNS
• NLR
• Federal Backbone Networks
• DREN
• ESnet
• NREN
• SuperNet

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International Partnerships

• Ensure global interoperability
• of the next generation of Internet technologies
  and applications
• Enable global collaboration
• in research and education providing/promoting the
  development of an advanced networking environment
  internationally

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International Partners

• Build effective partnerships in other countries
  with organizations of similar goals/objectives
  and similar constituencies
• Mechanism Memoranda of Understanding

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International Partnerships
Current MoU Partners
Developing Partnerships
Related Efforts in Formation
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Internet2 International Partners
Last updated 7 October 2003
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Networks reachable via Abilene - by country
Last updated 30 June 2003
Europe-Middle East
Asia-Pacific
Americas
Austria (ACOnet) Belgium (BELNET) Croatia
(CARNet) Czech Rep. (CESNET) Cyprus
(CYNET) Denmark (Forskningsnettet) Estonia
(EENet) Finland (Funet) France (Renater) Germany
(G-WIN) Greece (GRNET) Hungary
(HUNGARNET) Iceland (RHnet) Ireland
(HEAnet) Israel (IUCC) Italy (GARR) Latvia
(LANET) Lithuania (LITNET) Luxembourg (RESTENA)
Argentina (RETINA) Brazil (RNP2/ANSP) Canada
(CAnet) Chile (REUNA) Mexico (Red-CUDI) United
States (Abilene, vBNS) Venezuela
(REACCIUN-2)
Malta (Univ. Malta) Netherlands (SURFnet) Norway
(UNINETT) Poland (POL34) Portugal (RCTS2) Romania
(RoEduNet)Russia (RBnet) Slovakia
(SANET) Slovenia (ARNES) Spain (RedIRIS) Sweden
(SUNET) Switzerland (SWITCH) United Kingdom
(JANET) Turkey (ULAKBYM) CERN
Australia (AARNET) China (CERNET, CSTNET,
NSFCNET) Hong Kong (HARNET) Japan (SINET, WIDE,
IMNET, JGN) Korea (KOREN, KREONET2) Singapore
(SingAREN) Philippines (PREGINET) Taiwan (TANet2,
ASNet) Thailand (UNINET, ThaiSARN)
More information at http//abilene.internet2.edu/
peernetworks/international.html
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Abilene International PeeringNovember 2003
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Unanticipated Innovation

• Lesson of the Web
• Network growth and value are non-linear
• New technologies enable qualitatively different
  uses
• Users become innovators

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More Internet2 Information

• On the Web
• www.internet2.edu
• www.internet2.edu/about/lists.html
• Email
• info_at_internet2.edu

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