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Internet2
Ann O’Beay
Director, Corporate Relations
British Telecommunications PLC
26/27 October 1998
Topics
History
Organization
Applications
Engineering
International Efforts
History
History
ARPAnet origins with Defense Dept.
NSFnet-National Science Foundation
• Research and development cycle
• Privatization in 1995
Higher ed planning in 1995/1996
• Are our research and education needs
being met by today’s internet?
• If not, what should we do?
History, cont.
October 1996 I2 organizing meeting
• 34 institutions in attendance; all 34
signed up
Membership commitment
• $25,000/year in membership dues
• I2 connectivity and campus upgrades
Organization
UCAID Mission
Provide leadership and direction for
advanced networking development
within the university community
Organization
University presidents/chancellors are
voting representatives for regular
members/member dues income base
Structured as an agile organization
capable of responding to rapid change.
4 Councils with Board seats
• Applications/Policy Operations/Network
Research/Industry Council
Activities
Internet2 Project
Abilene Project
Member Services
• Network Operations/Consulting
Community Development
• Workshops/Demonstrations
Base for development of other
advanced network projects
Internet2 Mission
Facilitate and coordinate the
development, deployment, operation
and technology transfer of advanced,
network-based applications and
network services to further research
and higher education and accelerate
the availability of new services and
applications on the Internet.
Internet2 Goals
Enable new generation of applications
Re-create leading edge R&E network
capability
Transfer capability to the global
production Internet
Internet2 Member Universities
132 Members as of October 1998
Hawaii
Membership
132 university members
20 affiliate members
44 corporate members
Current Priorities
Establish backbone connectivity
Facilitate middleware implementation
Support network research
Identify and develop first phase
applications
Build international collaboration
opportunities
Board of Trustees
David Ward, Chair (UW-Madison)
Henry Bienen (Northwestern)
William Bowen (Mellon Foundation)
Molly Corbett Broad (UNC)
Larry Faulkner (UT-Austin)
Steven Sample (USC)
Graham Spanier (Penn State)
Board, cont.
Gary Augustson (Penn State,
Network Planning and Policy)
Tom DeFanti (UI-Chicago,
Applications Strategy)
Larry Landweber (UW-Madison,
Network Research Liaison)
Doug Van Houweling (CEO)
Internet2/NGI Relationship
Separate but interdependent
U.S. Next Generation Internet
• Led by Federal government
• Focused on Federal agency needs
Internet2
• Led by higher education
• Focused on research and education
needs
Internet2/NGI, cont.
Cooperate on connectivity
• NSF High Performance Connection
Grants (100 institutions connected at
speeds 100 times faster than today)
 www.cise.nsf.gov/anir
Applications
Internet2 Applications
What are “I2 applications”?
They deliver qualitative and
quantitative improvements in how we
conduct research and engage in
teaching and learning
They require advanced networks to
work
Different Disciplines/Contexts
Sciences
Arts
Humanities
Health care
Business/Law
Administration
…
Instruction
Collaboration
Streaming video
Distributed
computation
Data mining
Virtual reality
Digital libraries
…
Application Attributes
Interactive
research
collaboration and
instruction
Real-time access
to remote
scientific
instruments
Attributes, cont.
Large-scale, multisite computation
and database
processing
Shared virtual
reality
Any combination
of the above
Variations/Music Archives
Indiana University
American Sign Language
and English Captions
Gallaudet University
Upper Atmospheric
Research Collaboratory
University of Michigan
Remote Scanning
Electron Microscope
University of Michigan
Philips XL30
Globally Interconnected
Object Databases
California Institute of
Technology
Second Web
National Center for
Atmospheric Research
Cyclone Visualization
3D Brain Mapping:
“Watching the Brain
in Action”
University of Pittsburgh
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center
Shared Virtual Environment
Ohio Supercomputer Center
Ohio State University
Real-Time Remote
Surgical Collaboration
Ohio State University
Tele-immersion
University of Illinois-Chicago
University of Illinois-NCSA
Old Dominion University
The CAVE
Source: University of Illinois-Chicago
Chesapeake Bay Simulation
Source: Old Dominion University and University of Illinois-Chicago
Engaging Developers
Outreach
• Go to faculty on campus and at discipline
meetings
• See apps.internet2.edu/i2-day.html
Educating about development issues
• Portability, interoperability, scaling, ...
• Adaptive apps, multicast, QoS, …
• E.g., see dast.nlanr.net/
I2 Middleware Initiative
Middleware Challenges
Identify technologies that are
scalable, interoperable, and with
standard APIs
Increase deployment of middleware
technologies as part of a precompetitive production environment
Challenges, cont.
Network-aware applications
• How do we create adaptive applications
that adjust functionality gracefully as
network conditions change?
• How do applications know they’re
getting the requested service levels?
Applications:
Horizontal, Vertical, Spot Solutions
Standard APIs
Middleware:
Security, Directory, Quality of Service,
Audio/Video Frameworks, Accounting,
Collaboration Frameworks, Multicast
Standard APIs
Operating system and network services
Interoperable Protocols
Technology Scope
Emphasis is on technologies that
enable developing and deploying
advanced research and education
applications across our institutions
Technology Scope
 QoS
 Digital video/audio
 Security
 Collaboration
 Directories
 Multicast
 File systems
 Measurement
 Remote instruments
 IMS
 Transaction systems
 Meta-computing
 Management
 IP telephony
 Accounting/billing
 E-commerce
 Object brokers
 Search mechanisms
 Printing
Initiative Overview
Deliverables
• Identification of a small number of key
community projects
• Information dissemination
• Demos
• Workshops
Principles
Focus on problems where
• we have a unique incentive to solve
• the benefit to our community is clear and
compelling
• results are attainable in a reasonable
timeframe
I2-Digital Video Network
Ubiquitous
Digital Video
Scalable and easy
to use
Integrated into applications
Streaming and interactive
Real-time and asynchronous (stored)
Unicast and native multicast
Single source to multi-source
Resolutions up to HDTV
Distributed Storage Initiative
Objective
Develop and deploy a reliable,
scalable, high performance network
storage capability enabling broad
access to stored video, very large
data sets, etc.
Advanced Internet Benefits
Richer content through higher
bandwidth
• Video, audio
• Virtual reality
• Dynamic not static
More interactivity via minimal delay
Reliable content delivery through
quality of service model
Content Opportunities
Licensed educational materials
Copyright-expired audio/video works
Sensor data
Financial data
“Brown bag channel”
Engineering
Engineering Objectives
Deploy a production network for
applications R&D
Establish quality of service
• Allow applications to request and receive
performance attributes
Objectives, cont.
Support native multicast
• Deliver lots of information efficiently to
lots of people
Establish GigaPoPs as effective
service points
Working Groups
Multicast
Topology
Routing
Measurement
Security
Quality of Service
IPv6
Network Management
Network Architecture
I2 Interconnect
Cloud
GigaPoP
One
GigaPoP
Two
vBNS:
OC-12 ATM-based
I2 Interconnect
Abilene: OC-48
Cloud (-> OC-192)
IP over SONET
GigaPoP
Three
GigaPoP
Four
“Gigabit capacity point of presence” an
aggregation point for regional connectivity
Interconnect
Today we use the vBNS (very high
speed backbone network service)
• Five year (1995-2000) cooperative
agreement between the NSF and MCI
• Currently operating at OC12 (622 mbps)
The vBNS peers with other federally
sponsored networks
Now joined by Abilene Network
GigaPoPs
Variety of services and styles
• Technical and organizational differences
• Mixture of technologies
Some things must be the same
• IP as common bearer service
• Inter-GigaPoP routing policy and design
• Measurement
• Trouble tickets among network
operations centers
Abilene GigaPoP
GigaPoPs, cont.
University A
I2 interconnect
GigaPoP
One
Regional Network
University B
University C
Commodity
Internet
connections
Internet2 GigaPoPs
Abilene Network
vBNS & Abilene
Leading edge connectivity for
Internet2
Speeds ranging from 60 million to 1
billion characters/second
very high performance Backbone
Network Service (vBNS) -- sponsored
by NSF and MCI
Abilene sponsored by the University
Corporation for Advanced Internet
Development, with support from
Qwest, Nortel, and Cisco
Abilene Announced 14 April
Abilene Objectives
High availability backbone network
for advanced research applications
Separate network to test advanced
network capabilities
Separate network to do network
research
Project Team
Overall direction by UCAID
Qwest Corporation
Nortel (Northern Telecom)
Cisco Systems
Open to other contributors
Collaborate with related efforts in
network or applications research
Abilene Characteristics
2.4 gbps (OC48) among gigaPoPs,
increasing to 9.6 gbps (OC192)
Connections at 622 (OC12) or 155
mbps (OC3)
IP over Sonet technology
Access PoPs very close to almost all
of the anticipated university
GigaPoPs
Abilene and other networks
UCAID supports member access to
other advanced networks
Important for Abilene to interconnect
with other high performance networks
• vBNS, Government Agency networks
• Collaborate to provide QoS across multiple
interconnected networks
• Peering plans in process
• Outside of North America
Schedule
Set of members with full access to
Abilene by January 1st, 1999
Bring other members online as
mutually planned
Nov-Dec 1998 is “pre-production”
mode
• Some or all of the initial members attached
Abilene Schedule
Fall ’98: demos and pre-production
Initial group connected by Jan ’99
Others as mutually planned in ’99
Connecting to Abilene
Many physical points of access
Initially at 622 or 155 mbits/sec
Contract in advance when to start
Cost recovery fee for each year’s
access
Final cost depends on number of
contracts
Members responsible for own
access paths
Abilene Network
1999
Seattle
Eugene
Westfield
Minneapolis
New York
Cleveland
Detroit
Salt Lake City
Pittsburgh
Lincoln
Sacramento
Oakland
Indianapolis
Newar
Trent
k
on
Philadelp
Wilmington
hia
Columbus
Washington
Denver
Kansas City
Raleigh
Albuquerque
Nashville
Los Angeles
Atlanta
Anaheim
Phoenix
Dallas
Abilene
Router Node
Access Node
New Orleans
Planned 1999
Houston
Peering Point - NGIX
Miami
33 Total Access Points
New Haven
Abilene Network
1999 Network - All Participants
Seattle
Eugene
Minneapolis
Westfield
New York New Haven
Cleveland
Detroit
Salt Lake City
Pittsburgh
Lincoln
Sacramento
Oakland
Indianapolis
Newar
k
Trent
Philadelp
on
Wilmington
hia
Columbus
Washington
Denver
Kansas City
Raleigh
Albuquerque
Nashville
Los Angeles
Atlanta
Anaheim
Phoenix
Dallas
Abilene
Router Node
Access Node
GigaPop Connected Participant
Any color
GigaPoPs
New Orleans
Directly Connected Participant
UW Pacific North West One Net
OARnet
CENIC
Texas
Pittsburgh (CMU)
Westnet
MREN
MCNC
Great Plains
MERIT
MAX
MAGPI
Houston
Miami
33 Total Access Points
Serving 64 Members
Raleigh Work Room
Abilene - a tremendous
opportunity
High performance backbone network
• advanced applications research
• advanced network design research
At a reasonable cost
Increasing diversity of advanced
networks
AND
Stimulate industry to
commercialize the results
For UCAID Members
Involvement in the decisions
Responsive to continuing needs
Driven by member research
with the
Potential for increasing
connectivity for all UCAID
university members wanting to
participate in Research Goals.
Corporate Collaboration
Engaging in working groups,
workshops, collaborative activities
with university members
Strategic focus and technology
transfer
Market making impact
Additional projects
UCAID/I2 Corporate Partners
 3Com
 Advanced Network &
Services, Inc.
 AT&T
 Cisco Systems
 FORE Systems.
 IBM
 Lucent Technologies
 MCI WorldCom
 Newbridge Networks
 Nortel Networks
 Qwest Communications
 StarBurst
Communcations
UCAID/I2 Corporate Sponsors
 Bell South
 Packet Engines
 SBC Technology
Resources
 StorageTek
 Torrent Technologies
UCAID/I2 Corporate Members
 Alcatel
 Ameritech
 Apple
 AppliedTheory
Communications, Inc.
 Bell Atlantic
 Bellcore
 British
Telecommunications
PLC
 Compaq
 Deutsche Telekom
 Fujitsu Laboratories of
America
 GTE Internetworking
 Hitachi Computer
Products (America), Inc.
 IXC Communications
 KDD
UCAID/I2 Corporate Members
 Nexabit Networks
 Nokia Research
Center
 Novell
 Pacific Bell
 R.R. Donnelley
 Siemens
 Sprint
 Sun Microsystems
 Sylvan Learning
 TeleBeam, Inc.
 Teleglobe
Communications
Corporation
 Williams
Communications Group
UCAID/Internet2/Abilene and
International Relations
Enable collaboration between
researchers within and beyond the
US that pushes the state of advanced
networking technology and
applications development.
Form mutually beneficial bilateral
relationships with initiatives similar
(in goals, scope) to UCAID, Internet2
and Abilene outside the US.
International Collaboration
Focus
UCAID Board and management
exploring best policies and options
to achieve this.
MOU signed by UCAID and CANARIE
(Canadian Advanced Research and
Education Network) a possible model
Advanced, pre-commercial
networks and revolutionary
technologies
International Opportunities
International Efforts
Focus on researcher partnerships
working on advanced applications
Cooperate on QoS, etc. to maintain
global interoperability
Use STARTAP (Science, Technology,
and Research Transit Access Point)
for connectivity
• www.startap.net
More Info ...
www.internet2.edu
[email protected]
Ann O’Beay
Internet2
3025 Boardwalk Suite 100
Ann Arbor, MI 48108
+1.734.913.4258