Transcript Abilene Network

Internet2 and Abilene
Advanced Networking
in Higher Education
Greg Wood
Director of Communications
Internet2 Project Goals
Enable new generation of applications
Re-create leading edge R&E network
capability
Transfer capability to the global
production Internet
Commercialization
Privatization
21st Century
Networking
SprintLink
MCI/Worldcom
US Govt
Networks
ANS
Interoperable
High Performance
Research &Education
Networks
ARPAnet
Active
Nets
Broadban
d Wireless
gigabit
testbeds
Research and
Development
NSFNET
Quality of Service
(QoS)
Abilene, vBNS
Advanced US Govt Networks
Partnerships
Source: Ivan Moura Campos
Current Internet2 Priorities
Identify and develop first phase
applications
Establish nationwide high performance
end-to-end connectivity
Facilitate middleware implementation
Support network research
Build international collaboration
opportunities
Internet2 Universities
133 as of September 1998
University of Puerto Rico not shown
Internet2 Corporate Partners
3Com
Lucent Technologies
Advanced Network MCI Worldcom
& Services, Inc.
Newbridge Networks
AT&T
Nortel Networks
Cabletron Systems Qwest
Communications
Cisco Systems
FORE
IBM
StarBurst
Communications
Internet2 Corporate Sponsors
Bell South
Packet Engines
SBC Technology
Resources
StorageTek
Torrent
Technologies
Internet2 Corporate Members
 Alcatel Telecom
 Ameritech
 Apple Computers
 AppliedTheory
 Bell Atlantic
 Bellcore
 British Telecom
 Deutsche Telekom
 GTE Internetworking
 Hitachi
 IXC Communications
 KDD
 Nexabit Networks
 Nokia Research Center
 Novell
 Pacific Bell
 RR Donnelley
 Siemens
 Sprint
 StorageTek
 Sun Microsystems
 Sylvan
Learning
 Telebeam
 Williams
Communications
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 (QoS) model
Internet2 Applications
Deliver qualitative and quantitative
improvements in the conduct of:
• Research
• Teaching
• Learning
Require advanced networking
Many Disciplines and 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
Images courtesy of the
University of Michigan
Attributes, cont.
Large-scale, multisite computation
and database
processing
Shared virtual
reality
Any combination
of the above
Images courtesy of Old Dominion University
and Univ of Illinois-Chicago
Middleware Challenges
Identify technologies that are
scalable and interoperable
Increase deployment of middleware
technologies as part of a precommercial production environment
Examples:
• Quality of Service
• Multicast
• Audio/Video Frameworks
Recent Initiatives
Qbone
• Quality of service testbed
I2-DVN
• Internet2 Digital Video Network
I2-DSI
• Internet2 Distributed Storage Infrastructure
DoGBone
• Digital video over GigaPoP
Applications and Engineering
Applications
Motivate
Enables
Engineering
Engineering Objectives
Deploy a production network to
support applications R&D
Establish quality of service (QoS)
Support native multicast
Establish gigaPoPs as effective
service points
Network Architecture
GigaPoP
One
GigaPoP
Two
I2 Interconnect
Cloud
GigaPoP
Three
GigaPoP
Four
“Gigabit capacity point of presence” an
aggregation point for regional connectivity
GigaPoPs, cont.
University A
I2 Interconnect
Cloud
GigaPoP
One
Regional Network
University B
University C
Commodity
Internet
Connections
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
Internet2 GigaPoPs
Interconnect
vBNS (very high speed Backbone
Network Service)
• NSF and MCI cooperative agreement
• Operating at OC12
• Peers with other federally sponsored
networks
• www.vbns.net
Abilene Network (January 1999)
Abilene Project Goals
Support Internet2 applications
development
Demonstrate next generation
networking capabilities
Create facilities for network
research
Abilene Project Participants
UCAID
Qwest Communications
Cisco Systems
Nortel Networks
Indiana University
Abilene Project Timeline
April 1998: Project Announced
September 1998: Prototype
demonstration
January 1999: Operations begin
Abilene Network
January 1999
Seattle
New York
Sacramento
Denver
Indianapolis
Kansas City
Los Angeles
Atlanta
Abilene Router Node
Abilene Access Node
Operational January 1999
Planned 1999
Houston
Abilene Characteristics
2.4 Gbps (OC48) among gigaPoPs,
increasing to 9.6 Gbps (OC192)
Connections at 622 Mbps (OC12) or
155 Mbps (OC3)
IP over Sonet technology
Access PoPs very close to university
gigaPoPs
For more information...
On the Web
• www.internet2.edu
Internet2 Applications
• apps.internet2.edu
Abilene Project
• www.ucaid.edu/abilene/
Questions?
• [email protected]