Networking

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Networking

• The State of the Nation
• April19, 2006
• WiscNet Future Technologies Conference
• Annie Stunden, CIO, UW-Madison

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History

• ARPA Net
• A gleam in Lickliders eye in 1962
• Four nodes implemented in 1969
• Publicly demonstrated in 1972
• Packet Switching technology
• Originally conceived for resource sharing
• UseNet
• Started by Duke grad students in 1979
• Purpose was for sharing information

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• BitNet
• Started by Fuchs and Freeman in 1981
• A university cooperative
• Point-to-point store and forward
• TCP/IP
• Transmission control protocol/internet protocol
• DNS matters
• Adopted by ARPANet in 1983
• NSFNet
• Adopted internet protocol (IP) in 1986
• Favored protocol of research and education
• The Internet!!

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• Internet
• 1988 Eudora (University of Illinois)
• 1989 POP Mail (University of Minnesota)
• 1991 Gopher (University of Minnesota)
• 1992 Mosaic (University of Illinois
• Internet2
• 1997 UCAID - University Consortium for --
  Advanced Internet Development
• 1998 Abilene Backbone
• 207 Members

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• National Lambda Rail
• 2003
• Owned fiber infrastructure
• Research capability
• I2/NLR Merger
• The Current Dilemma

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Internet 2
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Northern Tier
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The USA Northern Tier - Who Are We?

• GEOGRAPHICAL CONTEXT
• Civilization at the end points Seattle
  (Washington), Minneapolis (Minnesota), and
  Madison (Wisconsin), Chicago (Illinois)
• Close to Nowhere eastern Washington most of
  Minnesota and Wisconsin Iowa and Nebraska
• REAL NOWHERE IN BETWEEN
• South Dakota Warren Wilson
• North Dakota Bonnie Neas
• Montana Ray Ford
• Idaho Harvey Hughett
• Apologies to ME, VT, NH, NY, MI -- northern
  tier northwestern tier

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The USA Northern Tier - Whats Our Motivation?

• If this was 1803-1806
• Wed be Lewis Clark wishing that the Missouri
  River system went all the way across the Northern
  Tier
• If this was 1870
• Wed be looking at the map trying to assure that
  railroad lines go into and across the Northern
  Tier
• If this was 1955
• Wed be looking at the map trying to assure that
  the interstate highway system goes into and
  across the Northern Tier
• But because this is 2005
• Were looking at the map trying to assure that
  next generation networking goes into and across
  the Northern Tier

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The USA Northern Tier - Whats the Networking
Challenge?

• In our region we have a lot of dirt between the
  light bulbs.
• Attributed to Conrad Burns, US Senator from
  Montana
• That is, in a world where network costs tend to
  be directly proportional to physical distance,
  and network cost models are highly sensitive to
  the number of network users, having relatively
  few users spaced relatively far apart presents a
  real challenge.

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WHO? NORTHERN TIER NETWORK CONSORTIUMwww.ntnc.or
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• HISTORY
• Formed Spring 2003 by reps from WA, MT, ND, SD,
  MN, WI -- later joined by ID, IA, NB AK?, MI?
• - Charter members major universities across the
  region, with GigaPoPs at each end
• - Joined by other academic, non-profit, and
  state/federal government entities
• - Sponsored as a project by Internet2
• Goal 1 Upgrade east to Chicago and west to
  Seattle links, extending and connecting state
  networks
• Goal 2 Build golden spike link to complete
  Seattle/Chicago throughway
• Form Build, combine, coordinate state networks
  (in/into the region) and extend the national
  network footprint (across the region)
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Additional Information NTNC Distances

• Or, Consider Linear Distance
• Route Drive Dist. Fiber Miles
• Seattle/Spokane 282 379
• Spokane/Missoula 199 199
• Missoula/Bozeman 200 203
• Bozeman/Billings 145 151
• Billings/Wibaux 245 300
• Wibaux/Bismark 165 170
• Bismark/Fargo 191 200
• Fargo/Minneapolis 240 250
• Minneapolis/Madison 272 280
• Madison/Milwaukee 77 117
• Milwaukee/Chicago 92 104
• Total - Seattle/Chicago run 2353 miles

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NTNC Summary

• Were not connected yet, but
• We are active in promoting a vision of
  collaboration across the region, across
  organization types
• Some of us are active in looking for money and
  partners for state and regional efforts
• Some of us are building out in smaller regions
• The Dakotas, Montana and Idaho have an NSF
  planning grant.
• Ideally the NSF planning grant will provide
  material to support the search for funding in the
  toughest parts of the the Northern Tier
• Stay tuned

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BOREAS Initial Implementation
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BOREASPossible Future Implementation
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And What Is BOREAS?

• Broadband Optical Research, Education and
  Academic Network
• University of Wisconsin - Madison, University of
  Minnesota, Iowa State University, and the
  University of Iowa

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BOREAS is

• Based on owned infrastructure
• Dark fiber IRUs
• -Wisconsin DOT
• -FiberLink
• -Wiltel - now Level 3
• -ISHTA and Chicago Transit from WI to Chicago
• Gigabit network capability

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BOREAS will

• Purchase electronic equipment this summer
• Work to be operational by early 2007
• Be connected to the CIC Chicago OmniPop
• Be an important part of the national higher
  education network infrastructure

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The CIC Chicago OmniPOP is?

• First off, the CIC is the Big Ten plus the
  University of Chicago
• The OmniPOP is a network around the city of
  Chicago that we own that connects to national and
  global network resources
• It also connects to commercial network providers
• We expect the OmniPOP to be operating this fall
  (2006)

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Whats Going On Here?

• The national research and education network
  picture is changing
• From leased circuits to network providers and
  Abilene (Internet2)
• To Regional Optical Networks (RONs) with owned
  fiber infrastructure
• Built by collaborations within states (MILER) or
  between higher education institutions across
  states (BOREAS)

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And this I2/NLR thing?

• A merger of these two organizations was proposed
  a couple of years ago
• Most of us believe we need just one higher
  education network infrastructure in this country
• Making this merger happen is tough - and we are
  at a critical juncture right now
• Cant tell whether or not we will be successful

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What does it mean to WiscNet?

• WiscNet and UW-Madison are long term partners
• We share infrastructure, for example WiscWaves to
  Chicago
• We expect to continue to share infrastructure
• WiscNet, the State willing, can take advantage of
  the BOREAS infrastructure
• Did you see the Research Channel presentation?
  This national network infrastructure brings such
  capabilities to all of us

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The times they are a changin

• And we need to keep at work to be sure they
  change in great new directions, and that we are
  able to take advantage of the those directions.
• We need to keep demanding the best for ourselves
  and for each other!!

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