Transcript Internet2 101 US R&E Networking From the ARPANET to Today

Internet2 101
US R&E Networking
From the ARPANET to Today
Internet2 Fall Member Meeting
13-Oct-03 – Indianapolis
JJ Jamison (and Guy Almes)
Agenda
Some History
 US R&E Projects and Networks
 US International R&E Connectivity
 Pointers to More Info
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ARPANET
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1969 – 1990
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Funded by ARPA
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Connected Universities, Federally Funded and
Private Research Labs, and DoD Labs and other
Facilities
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1983
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Cutover from NCP to TCP/IP
ARPANET split into ARPANET and MILNET
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ARPANET December 1969
From ARPANET Completion Report, BBN, 1978
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ARPANET July 1977
From ARPANET Completion Report, BBN, 1978
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NSFnet
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1985 – 1995
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Started off connecting 5 Supercomputer Centers
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JvNSC, SDSC, NCSA, CTC, PSC
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Grew to connect Universities and Regional Nets
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Served as the Internet’s backbone
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1995
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Internet is served by multiple commercial backbones
NSF shuts the NSFnet down
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NSFnet 1986
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NSFnet 1986–1995
56Kbps - T3 (45Mbps)
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vBNS/vBNS+
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1995 – Today
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vBNS comes up as the NSFnet goes offline
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1997
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vBNS’s role expanded to serve the Top 100 US Research
Universities
2000
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Connects 5 Supercomputer Centers
 CTC, NCAR, NCSA, PSC, SDSC
And 4 NAPS: Ameritech, MFS, PacBell, Sprint
NSF grants a 3-year no-cost (to NSF) extension of the vBNS
project
vBNS+ now serves R&E networking needs of several Federal
agencies
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USGS; NMCI; DREN
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vBNS 1995
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Served only Supercomputer
Centers
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Abilene
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1998
 14-April announcement at the White House
 Demonstration at Fall Member Meeting
1999
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2000
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OC-48 network operational at end of January
Native IP multicast operational by mid-year
Abilene begins to serve a larger community including K12 schools
2002
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Native IPv6 operational
OC-192 upgrade initiated
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Agenda
Some History
 US R&E Projects and Networks
 US International R&E Connectivity
 Pointers to More Info
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US R&E Networks and Projects
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NGI
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Abilene
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TeraGrid
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National Fiber/Wave Projects
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JET
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TeraGrid
CA*net4
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TeraGrid Backplane
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Embedded IP Network that serves as the backplane
of the TeraGrid (a distributed Supercomputer)
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The TeraGrid is distributed across 4 facilities
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NCSA, ANL, SDSC, and Caltech
PSC recently added
There are plans to expand to:
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Oak Ridge
Indiana
Texas
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DTF
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National Fiber/Wave Projects
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USA Waves
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National Light (Lambda) Rail
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SURA (Southern University Research Association) initiative
Outgrowth of SURA National Buyers Consortium
Proposed cooperative agreement with AT&T
National facilities based approach for optical networking and
network research
Outgrowth of Pacific Light Rail
Leadership: CENIC, Pacific Northwest GigaPoP
Corporate Partners: Level3, Cisco
Fiberco
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A fiber holding company
Can hold national/regional fiber assets with the capability of
assign to other organizations
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JET (Joint Engineering Team)
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The JET coordinates networking activities,
operations, and plans among federal agency
networks (represented by DOD, DOE, NASA,
and NSF) and Internet2
3 NGIXes (Next Generation Internet eXchanges)
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NGIX-E: University of Maryland
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NGIX-C: StarLight in Chicago
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NGIX-W: NASA Ames
Work together on tough problems
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e.g., links to Hawaii & Alaska
www.itrd.gov/iwg/pca/lsn/jet/
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Agenda
Some History
 US R&E Projects and Networks
 US International R&E Connectivity
 Pointers to More Info
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US International R&E Connectivity
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STARTAP
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ITN
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GTRN
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STAR TAP
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International Connection Point for Research and Education
Networks at the Ameritech NAP in Chicago
Facilitates the long-term interconnection and
interoperability of advanced international networking
Hosts the 6 TAP - IPv6 Meet Point
Migrating to STAR LIGHT location at Northwestern
University
www.startap.net
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ITN
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International Transit Network
A collaboration between STAR TAP, CA*net3 and Abilene to
support International Research Net Transit across North
America
Joins together International Meet Points
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STAR TAP, AMPATH, PNW GigaPoP, NYC PoPs
Transit provided to Research Nets from Europe, Asia, & Latin
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GTRN
Global Terabit Research Network
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A collaborative effort between Asian, North
American, and European R&E Networks
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Spearheaded by Michael McRobbie & Steven
Wallace of Indiana University
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Effort to create a world wide R&E “network” via
ITN like transit agreements
 www.indiana.edu/~gtrn
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Agenda
Some History
 US R&E Projects and Networks
 US International R&E Connectivity
 Pointers to More Info
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More Info and Maps
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ARENA
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Advanced Research and Education Network Atlas
A web accessible compendium of information about
research and education (R&E) networks around the world
Map Making Tools
arena.internet2.edu
SLAC Networking Page
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SLAC = Stafford Linear Accelerator
A really good set of Research Network Home Page
Pointers and Maps
Warren Matthews <[email protected]>
www-iepm.slac.stanford.edu/about/networks
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Some Web Links
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www.internet2.edu
www.abilene.iu.edu
www.vbns.net
www.ngi.gov
www.itrd.gov/iwg/pca/lsn/jet
www.startap.net
www.ampath.fiu.edu
www.indiana.edu/~gtrn
www.teragrid.org
arena.internet2.edu
www-iepm.slac.stanford.edu/about/networks
Hobbe's Internet Timeline
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Thank You
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