Transcript Middleware - Internet2

Internet2 &
the Internet2 K20 Initiative
 CHECO Spring 2002 Conference
 Heather Bruning, Abilene Program Manager
April 16, 2002
What is Internet2?
 Internet2 is a consortium being led by over 180
universities to develop and deploy advanced
network applications and technologies,
accelerating the creation of tomorrow’s Internet.
 Internet2 is recreating the partnership among
academia, industry and government that fostered
today’s Internet in its infancy.
 Includes:
• Over 70 Internet2 Corporate Members
• Over 40 Affiliate Members
• Over 30 International Partners
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Goals of Internet2
 Re-create leading edge research &
education network capability
 Enable new generations of applications
 Ensure the rapid transfer of new network
services and applications to the global
Internet, especially the broader educational
community
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Internet2 Universities
194 University Members as of April 2002
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Why Internet2?
 The Internet was not designed for:
• Millions of users
• Congestion
• Multimedia
• Real-time interaction
• Quality of Service
 But, only the Internet can:
• Accommodate explosive growth
• Enable convergence of information work, mass
media and human collaboration
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Internet2 Focus Areas
 Advanced Network Infrastructure
 Middleware
 Engineering
 Advanced Applications
 Partnerships
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Internet2 Backbone Networks
 Two Internet2 backbone networks:
1. vBNS Network
– very high performance Backbone Network Service
(vBNS) supported by NSF
2. Abilene Network
– High-performance network developed by the
University Corporation for Advanced Internet
Development (UCAID)
– Operated under partnership of Qwest
Communications, Nortel Networks, Cisco Systems,
and Indiana University
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Internet2 Backbone Networks
Donna Cox,4/16/2002 8
Robert Patterson, NCSA
What is Abilene?
Abilene is the network operated by Internet2:
 Supports broadband applications that take
advantage of fiber optics
 Gigabit routers and advanced networking
protocols through uncongested links
 Moves large data sets rapidly and enables
access to remote shared applications and
resources that the commodity Internet cannot
support
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Abilene Access
 Primary members – research universities,
corporations, etc.
 Affiliates & corporate members
 Sponsored Participants – individual
locations
And now…..
 SEGPs: Sponsored Education Group
Participants
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I2 news
Archives for I2-NEWS
I2-NEWS: Thousands of Educational
Institutions to Connect to Internet2
Backbone Network
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THOUSANDS OF EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS TO CONNECT TO
INTERNET2 BACKBONE NETWORK
Partnerships with Internet2 Universities and Regional Networks
Provide Broad Access to High-Performance Networks …
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SEGP Fundamentals
SEGP status targeted at both developed and
emerging state-based education networks
One or more Internet2 University Members
in the same state act as sponsor(s)
Connectors take overall fiscal and
operational responsibility for the SEGP
Periodic SEGP progress updates to Abilene
required (e.g., how are SEGPs implementing
advanced applications?)
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Current SEGPs
• California
• Hawaii
• Georgia
• Illinois
• Indiana
• Louisiana
• Maryland
• Michigan
• Minnesota
• Missouri
• New York
• North Carolina
• North Dakota
• Ohio
• Oklahoma
• Oregon
• Pennsylvania
• Rhode Island
• Virginia
• Washington
• Wisconsin
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Internet2 Focus Areas
 Advanced Network Infrastructure
 Middleware
 Engineering
 Advanced Applications
 Partnerships
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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 Focus Areas
 Advanced Network Infrastructure
 Middleware
 Engineering
 Advanced Applications
 Partnerships
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Engineering
Quality of Service: QBone
• http://www.internet2.edu/qbone/
Scalable IP Multicast
• http://www.internet2.edu/multicast/
IPv6
Network Security
Network Management
Measurement
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Internet2 Focus Areas
 Advanced Network Infrastructure
 Middleware
 New Network Capabilities
 Advanced Applications
 Partnerships
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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.
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Different Disciplines/Contexts
 Sciences
 Library
 Arts
 Classroom
 Humanities
 Clinic
 Health care
 Office
 Business/Law
 Laboratory
 Administration
 Dorm room
 …
 …
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Application Attributes
 Large-scale, multi-site
computation and data mining
 Shared virtual reality
 Any combination of the above
(click on each graphic to animate)
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Internet2 Focus Areas
 Advanced Network Infrastructure
 Middleware
 Engineering
 Advanced Applications
 Partnerships
• Extending access
• Beyond connectivity
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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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International Partnerships
 Ensure global interoperability of advanced
networking technologies and applications
 Enable collaborations between U.S.
researchers at Internet2 institutions and
their non-U.S. counterparts
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K20 Initiative Goals:
Beyond Connectivity
 To bring innovators in K-12, community colleges, universities,
libraries and museums into appropriate regional, national and
international advanced networking efforts, via the "Sponsored
Education Group Participant" (SEGP) process.
 To encourage and help sustain partnerships among these
education institutions, the private sector and government.
 To enhance teaching and learning by facilitating projects that
explore the ways in which advanced network applications,
services, tools and digital content can extend access to
education and educational resources.
 To develop mechanisms for timely communication across all
educational sectors and regions in order to enable quick,
pervasive technology diffusion.
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Internet2 K20 Approach
 Projects will be carried out by multi-state,
often multi-sector, project teams
 Project leadership will come from the team,
with support from I2 K20 project staff
 Initial projects will seek to leverage current
I2 projects and innovative efforts among I2
members, institutions, sponsored
participants and SEGPs
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Current K20 Projects
 CAVEapps
 eMINTS Pioneers
 Imagining the Future
 K12 Middleware
 The Lewis & Clark Digital Gateway
 North Dakota Lewis & Clark Resource
Collection
 Madame President
 Virtual Marine World Exploration
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Current K20 Projects
 The Lodge Pole River Project
 Space Photography in the Classroom
 Digital Educational Resources on Demand
 White House Decision Center
 Internet2 Primer
 ThinkQuest Live
 Virginia Jason Project
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Initiative Resources & Partnerships
 Multicast
 H.323
 Clearinghouses
 American Library Association
 Field Museum
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Lewis & Clark Bicentennial
Celebration, 2003 - 2006
An estimated 25 million travelers will
camp/drive/bike/paddle/ride/walk in the explorers
footsteps.
National Lewis & Clark Bicentennial Council
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The Lewis & Clark Digital
Gateway: 200 Years of Discovery
 Lewis & Clark Mapping Project
• With information from old land records and
surveys preserved by the Missouri State
Archives, the Geographic Resource Center at
the University of Missouri-Columbia used
advanced computer technology to create maps
of pre-settlement Missouri and its original
natural landscape.
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The Lewis & Clark Digital
Gateway: 200 Years of Discovery
 Lewis & Clark Mapping Project…
and It’s All in a GIS Database
• Geography + Information + System
• Data (botanical, hydrological, climatological,
cartographical, meteorological, zoological,
geological, cultural, political, contextual,
demographical, geographical-historical
information)
• Dissemination through interactive Web-based
applications
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The Lewis & Clark Digital
Gateway: 200 Years of Discovery
Lewis & Clark
Mapping Project
The maps detail the historic flow of the river and its boundaries as well as the
vegetation that was present at the time of the Corps of Discovery’s expedition
in 1804.
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The Lewis & Clark Digital
Gateway: 200 Years of Discovery
Lewis & Clark Mapping Project
Imagine school children putting on their
virtual reality gear and taking a virtual
float trip down the 1804 Missouri River.
Imagine if students could take an
animated fly through of the maps,
stopping at various campsites along the
way to access the diaries Lewis & Clark
kept, view the specimens they collected
and access a variety of data such as
botanical, climatological, demographical
and zoological information, etc.
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SEGP Process
• Sponsor(s) complete SEGP Application
• SEGP Connector completes Abilene
Connection Agreement Addendum
• Connector submits SEGP routing information to
UCAID at [email protected]
• UCAID reviews and approves routes and
submits them to the Abilene NOC
• Abilene NOC begins passing additional SEGP
traffic on the network
• Appoint Internet2 K20 Initiative Representatives
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K20 Advisory Team
Three representatives from each state
Designated by Internet2 sponsors
Represent the broad programmatic interests
of the SEGP sponsor(s), connector, as well as
the spectrum of participants/audiences (e.g.,
K12, colleges and universities, libraries,
musuems,etc.)
Provide input, ideas, feedback to help shape,
guide, and inspire that national initiative
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I2 K20 Advisory Team Roles
 Identify and engage innovators within their state -among the K12, higher education, library and
museum communities -- in Internet2 K20 projects
 Bring forward projects for multi-state participation
 Encourage SEGP participation in existing I2
working groups where appropriate
 Serve as an information conduit between
local/regional/state efforts and the national initiative
 Provide feedback to the project directors as the
Initiative evolves
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Internet2 SEGP “Connector”
Requirements
 A Connector supporting the Sponsored Education
Group Participant(s) must:
• Maintain a 7x24 Network Operations Center (NOC)
• Register its routing information and that of the
Participant(s) in the Internet2 Routing Registry (I2db) or
equivalent
• Provide UCAID a quarterly report on the relative
utilization of the Abilene connection by the SEGP
• Assure compliance with the Abilene CoU by the
Participant(s)
• Inform the Participant(s) that Abilene does not provide
transit to the commodity Internet
 These steps will be implemented through an
amended Abilene Connection agreement
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Internet2 SEGP Related Costs
 Annual participation fee
• $30,000 + $2,000 x (Size of state’s U.S. House
delegation)
• Delegation size provides a readily auditable
population metric
 This annual fee
• will be charged on a per-connecting
organization, per-state basis
• will be paid directly by the Abilene Connector
on behalf of the Sponsored Participant
• will not be eligible for E-rate discount
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More Internet2 K20 Information
 On the Web
• www.internet2.edu/k20
• www.internet2.edu/abilene
 Email
• Louis Fox: [email protected]
• Bill Mitchell: [email protected]
• Heather Bruning: [email protected]
 Phone
• Louis Fox: (206) 685-4745
• Bill Mitchell: (573) 884-2666
• Heather Bruning: (734) 352-4955
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