Internet2 Overview

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Internet2 Overview

• By Lee Perlis
• Membership Services Manager
• lperlis_at_internet2.edu
• Brandeis University

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Internet2 FAQ

• What (and why) is Internet2?
• Will Internet2 replace todays Internet?
• Will there be an Internet3?
• How (or when) can I connect to Internet2 from
  home?
• Whats your stock ticker symbol?

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People on the Internet
Millions of People
SourceNua Internet Surveys
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Computers on the Internet
Millions of Computers
SourceInternet Domain Survey
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Yesterdays Internet

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

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Todays Internet

• Millions of users
• Web, email, low-quality audio video
• 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
  imbedded computers
• New technologies enable unanticipated
  applications (and create new challenges)

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The Network Performance Gap
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technological potential
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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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What Is Internet2?

• A project of the university community working
  with our corporate colleagues and government to
  close the gap between the potential and reality
  of the Internet

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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
• Internet2 is focused on theInternets potential
  for our future

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Why University Leadership?

• The Internet came from the higher research
  university community
• Stanford -- the Internet protocols
• NSFNet -- the scaled-up Internet
• CERN -- The WWW protocols
• University of Illinois -- The Web browser
• Research universities require an advanced
  Internet and have demonstrated they can develop it

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Internet Development Spiral
Commercialization
Privatization
ANS/Core
MichNet
PSI
Todays Internet
AOL
SURANet
UUNet
InternetMCI
NYSERNet
ANS
NSFNet
ARPANet
GigaBit Testbeds
Intelligent Networks
NGI
MBone
Internet2
Research and
Partnerships
Development
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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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Organization Membership

• Regular members 199 U.S. research universities
• Corporate members 70 companies
• Affiliate members 30 non-profits supporting
  Internet2

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Requirements for Regular Membership

• Campus Infrastructure -- more than 100 million
  bit/second network
• Connectivity to national Internet2 backbone --
  155 million bit/second or greater
• Share Internet2 backbone expense
• Support for application development and common
  software
• 1-2 million/year typical expenditure

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Internet2 Focus Areas

• Advanced Applications
• Middleware
• Advanced Network Infrastructure
• New Network Capabilities
• Partnerships

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Advanced Applications

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

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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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Distributed Computation

• Large-scale computation
• University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

Image courtesy of UCAR
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Middleware

• 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
• PKI
• Shibboleth (authentication)
• Computational middleware (Beta Grid)
• Medical middleware
• Directories

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Applications and Engineering
Applications
Motivate
Enables
Engineering
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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 to the
  desktop

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National Networks

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

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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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Internet2 Backbone Networks
Donna Cox,Robert Patterson, NCSA
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Internet2 GigaPoPs40 August 2002
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New Network Capabilities

• Quality of Service QBone
• http//www.internet2.edu/qbone/
• Scalable IP Multicast
• http//www.internet2.edu/multicast/
• IPv6
• Distributed Storage I2-DSI
• http//dsi.internet2.edu/
• Digital Video I2-DV
• http//dv.internet2.edu/
• I2MI GlueWorks
• www.internet2.edu/middleware/

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Internet2 Universities 199 Universities as of
August 2002
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Internet2 Partnerships

• Internet2 universities are recreating the
  partnerships that fostered the Internet in its
  infancy
• Industry
• Government
• International

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Internet2 Corporate Partners

• 3Com
• Advanced Network Services
• Alcatel
• ATT
• Cabletron Systems
• Cisco Systems
• IBM
• ITCDeltacom
• Lucent Technologies

• Marconi
• Microsoft
• Netcom Systems
• Nortel Networks
• Qwest Communications
• SBC Communications
• WCI Cable
• WorldCom

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Internet2 International Partners

• AAIREP (Australia)
• APAN (Asia-Pacific)
• ARNES (Slovenia)
• BELNET (Belgium)
• CANARIE (Canada)
• 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)
• NORDUnet (Nordic countries)
• POL-34 (Poland)
• RCCN (Portugal)
• RedIRIS (Spain)
• RESTENA (Luxembourg)
• REUNA
• SingAREN (Singapore)
• Stichting SURF (Netherlands)
• SWITCH (Switzerland)
• TAnet (Taiwan)
• TERENA (Europe)

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Additional Participation

• Over 70 Internet2 Corporate Members
• Over 30 Affiliate Members

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Membership Activities

• Member Meetings 2/yr -Atlanta,GA Fall 2000
• Joint Techs Workshops 4/yr
• Campus Networking Workshops
• Working Groups
• Internet2 Days
• Mailing Lists

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Internet2 Working Groups

• IPv6
• Measurement
• Multicast
• Network Management
• Network Storage
• Quality of Service
• Routing
• Security
• Topology

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Internet2 and the Next Generation Internet
Initiative
Internet2
NGI
Federal agency-led
University-led
Developing education and research driven
applications
Agency mission-driven and general purpose
applications
Building out campus networks, gigaPoPs and
inter-gigapop infrastructure
Funding research testbeds and agency research
networks
Interconnecting and interoperating to provide
advanced networking capabilities needed to
support advanced research and education
applications
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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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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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Advanced Networking on the Web

• www.internet2.edu
• www.internet2.edu/abilene/
• www.ngi.gov
• www.vbns.net
• www.advanced.org/teleimmersion(National
  Teleimmersion Initiative)

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For More Internet2 Information

• On the Web
• www.internet2.edu
• www.internet2.edu/html/lists.html
• Email
• info_at_internet2.edu
• lperlis_at_internet2.edu

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www.internet2.edu
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Internet Development Spiral
Commercialization
Privatization
Todays Internet
Internet2
Research and
Development
Partnerships
Source Ivan Moura Campos