internet2 status update
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Internet2 Status Update
Ted Hanss
Director, Applications Development
TERENA - 23 May 2000
http://apps.internet2.edu/talks/
Topics
Organization
Applications
The Network
Organization
Internet2 Mission
Facilitating the development and deployment of advanced applications and network services for research and education, accelerating the next generation of the internet.
Organization Overview
Not-for-profit consortium
• 178 U.S. university members
• 70+ corporate members
• 40+ non-profit members
• Board made up primarily of university presidents
Separate from, but cooperates with, Federal Government’s Next Generation Internet initiative
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
Data mining
Virtual reality
Digital libraries
…
Application Attributes
Interactive collaboration and instruction
Real-time access to remote resources
Attributes, cont.
Large-scale, multi-site computation and database processing
Shared virtual reality
Any combination of the above
Digital Video Applications
MPEG2 video conferencing
MPEG1 broadcast distribution and archiving
HDTV-based digital cinema, web cams, network-based studio production, …
Multicast video conferencing
• VRVS with CERN/Caltech
• Access Grid room-based environments
Health Sciences Initiative
First Internet2 domain focus area
Variety of potential initiatives
• Education
• Clinical
• Research
Roadmap in part from “Networking Health: Prescriptions for the Internet”
• National Research Council report, www.nap.edu
Help Needed
How to best reach the disciplines?
• “Joint Techs” experience versus reaching faculty
What are the next areas of opportunity?
• 3G mobile phone applications in research and education?
Middleware
Middleware
Focus areas
• Identification
• Authentication
• Authorization
• Directories
I2 Middleware Initiative
Education community has unique needs and capabilities
• Middleware Architecture Committee for Education (MACE)
• Early Harvest and Early Adopters
Best PracticesIdentification
Best PracticesImplementation
Knowledge transfer
I2 Middleware Initiative
• PKI– Certificate policies
• Shibboleth– inter-realm authentication for web content
• Medical middleware• Directories
– edu-Person schema– lookup of ted@“higher education”
Abilene Network
Abilene Characteristics
Production net for applications R&D
2.4 gbps (OC48) increasing to 9.6 gbps (OC192)
Connections at 2.4 gbps, 622 (OC12) or 155 mbps (OC3)
IP over Sonet technology
Peering points evolving through “International Transit Network”
Abilene Network
Seattle
Kansas City
ClevelandNew York
Atlanta
Houston
Sacramento
Los Angeles
Denver IndianapolisWashington
Sacramento
Los Angeles
Washington, DC
Characteristics, cont.
End-to-end services focus
• Multicast
• IPv6
• Advanced measurement
• Quality of service
Quality of Service
Initiating “Abilene Premium Service” to enable loss/jitter intolerant applications
• Reference implementation of QBONE architecture
• Uses Expedited Forwarding (RFC2598)
• Contract: leased line emulation at a specified peak rate
– Near-zero loss
– Low, bounded jitter
Internet2 Land Speed Record
832 mbps across 5262 kilometers
Team
• Information Sciences Institute at USC
• Microsoft
• Qwest
• University of Washington
International Activities
www.internet2.edu/international
MoU Partners
AAIREP (Australia)APAN (Asia-Pacific)APAN-KR (Korea)ARNES (Slovenia)BELNET (Belgium)CANARIE (Canada)CESnet (Czech Republic)CUDI (Mexico)DANTE (Europe)DFN-Verein (Germany)Fundacion Internet 2 Argentina (Argentina)GIP RENATER (France)GRNET (Greece)HEAnet (Ireland)HUNGARNET (Hungary)INFN-GARR (Italy)
Israel-IUCC (Israel)JAIRC (Japan)NORDUnet (Nordic countries)POL-34 (Poland)RCCN (Portugal)RedIRIS (Spain)RESTENA (Luxembourg)REUNA (Chile)RNP2 (Brazil)SingAREN (Singapore)Stichting SURF (Netherlands)SWITCH (Switzerland)TAnet2 (Taiwan)TERENA (Europe)JISC/UKERNA (UK)
NGIX-Chicago/ STAR TAPAbilene CA*net3 APANvBNS CERN SURFnetESnet MIRnet SINETDREN RENATER2 SingARENNREN/NISN IUCC TANet2NORDUnet GEMnet
Miami
Los Angeles
Abilene
Seattle
Abilene
CA*net3
SingAREN
EsnetDREN
New York CityvBNS DFNAbilene JAnetESnet SURFnetINFN NORDUnetDANTE CA*net3
Distributed STAR TAP
More Information
Meetings
Joint Techs
• 21-25 August in Toronto (joint with CANARIE)
• 28-31 January in Hawaii (joint with APAN)
Member Meeting
• 29 October - 1 November in Atlanta
Contact Info ...
www.internet2.edu
apps.internet2.edu/talks/Ted Hanss Internet2 3025 Boardwalk Suite 100 Ann Arbor, MI 48108 +1.734.913.4256
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