Post on 17-Jan-2016
The Internet2 Project
Heather Boyles
heather@internet2.edu
NCTT Technology Transfer Conference
Springfield, MA
April 8, 1999
Overview History Goals Members Applications Engineering Architecture Abilene Technology Transfer
History ARPAnet origins 1987 -- NSFnet
•Privatization in 1995 Higher ed planning in 1995/1996
•Are our research and education needs being met by today’s internet?
History of Internet2
September 1995: Monterey Futures Conference
August 1996: Cheyenne Mountain Workshop
October 1996: Internet2 Project formed
January 1997: First Internet2 Member Meeting
October 1997: UCAID formed
April 1998: Abilene Project Announced
September 1998: Middleware Initiative Announced
January 1999: Abilene in Production
Research andDevelopment
Commercialization
Partnerships
Privatization
NSFNET
Internet2, Abilene, vBNSAdvanced US Govt Networks
ARPAnet
gigabittestbeds
ActiveNets
wirelessWDM
SprintLinkInternetMCI US Govt
NetworksANS
InteroperableHigh PerformanceResearch &Education
Networks
21st CenturyNetworking
Quality of Service(QoS)
Internet2 Project Goals
Enable new generation of applications
Re-create leading edge R&E network
capability
Transfer capability to the global
production Internet
Internet2 Universities146 Members as of March 1999
University of Puerto Rico not shown
Internet2 Corporate Partners
3Com Advanced Network &
Services Ameritech AT&T Cabletron Systems Cisco Systems FORE Systems IBM ITC^Deltacom
3Com Advanced Network &
Services Ameritech AT&T Cabletron Systems Cisco Systems FORE Systems IBM ITC^Deltacom
Lucent Technologies MCI Worldcom Newbridge Networks Nortel Networks Packet Engines Qwest Communications Sprint StarBurst
Communications
Lucent Technologies MCI Worldcom Newbridge Networks Nortel Networks Packet Engines Qwest Communications Sprint StarBurst
Communications
Internet2 Corporate Sponsors
Bell South SBC Technology
Resources StorageTek Torrent Networking
Technologies
Internet2 Corporate Members Alcatel Telecom Apple Computers, Inc. AppliedTheory Communications Inc. Bell Atlantic Bellcore British Telecommunications Compaq Deutsche Telekom Fujitsu Laboratories of America GTE Internetworking Hitachi IXC Communications Inc. KDD Litton Network Access Systems Nexabit Networks
Nippon Telephone and Telegraph (NTT)
Nokia Research Center Novell Pacific Bell
Project Oxygen, Ltd. RR Donnelley and Sons Company Siemens Sun Microsystems Sylvan Learning Systems, Inc. TeleBeam Inc. Teleglobe TransMedia Communications Williams Communications Group WorldPort Communications Inc.
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
Applications
Engineering
Motivate Enables
Applications and Engineering
Internet2 Applications “Enable new generation of 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 …
Virtual Laboratories
Interactive research and instruction
Real-time access to remote scientific instruments
Images courtesy of theUniversity of Michigan
Virtual Laboratories Real-time access to
remote instruments
University of Pittsburgh,Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center
3-D Brain Mapping
Digital Libraries Video and audio
Indiana University
Variations Project
Distributed Computation Multi-site
databases
Old Dominion University
Chesapeake Bay Simulation
Image courtesy of Old Dominion University
Distributed Computation Large-scale computation
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Image courtesy of UCAR
Teleimmersion Shared virtual reality
University of Illinois at Chicago
Virtual Temporal Bone
Images courtesy Univ of Illinois-
Chicago
Middleware Initiative Objective: a “Services Rich” Network
Environment Functional services available to users and
developers• Enabling new collaborations and applications• Supported as production quality• An integrated framework
Scaled to the size of the research and education community
Applications: Horizontal, Vertical, Spot Solutions
Middleware:Security, Directory, Quality of Service,Audio/Video Frameworks, Accounting,Collaboration Frameworks, Multicast
Operating system and network services
Standard APIs
Standard APIs
Interoperable Protocols
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
It’s about end-to-end, to-the-desktop services• campus infrastructure• gigapop infrastructure• inter-gigapop infrastructure
Establish quality of service (QoS) Support native multicast
Engineering Objectives “Re-create leading edge R&E network capability”
I2 InterconnectCloud
GigaPoPOne
GigaPoPFour
GigaPoPTwo
GigaPoPThree
“Gigabit capacity point of presence” anaggregation point for regional connectivity
Network Architecture
I2 InterconnectCloud
GigaPoPs, cont.
GigaPoPOne
University A
University B University C
Regional NetworkCommodityInternetConnections
E.g. vBNS, Abilene
Internet2 GigaPoPs
Abilene Project
Provide advanced network testbed
Support Internet2 applications development
Demonstrate next generation operational and quality of service capabilities
Create facilities for network research
Abilene NetworkFebruary 1999
Cleveland
New York
Atlanta
IndianapolisKansas City
Houston
Denver
Los Angeles
Sacramento
Seattle
Peering Point
StartapNGIX North
NGIX WestNGIX East
Chicago
Abilene Router Node
Operational January 1999
Planned 1999
D.C.
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 almost all
of the anticipated university gigaPoPs
For UCAID Members
Involvement in the decisions Responsive to continuing needs Driven by member research Potential for increasing connectivity
for all UCAID university members wanting to participate in Research Goals.
Now I know what it is -- but why should I care? “Transfer capability to the global production Internet”
“Coming Soon!” Technology Transfer
• Regional community role • Industry role
Internet2 <--> NGI Relationship
Similar technical objectives Focused on different, but complementary
communities• NGI: Federal Mission agencies• UCAID/Internet2: university research and
education community
Working to interconnect, make interoperable federal research networks and Abilene
Internet2 International Collaborations
Building peer to peer relationships Looking for similar goals/objectives and
similar constituencies Mechanism: Memoranda of Understanding Signed: CANARIE, Stichting SURF,
NORDUnet In process: TERENA, SingAREN, JAIRC,
APAN and others
More Information
Me: Heather Boyles• heather@internet2.edu• +1 202 331 5342
Internet2• www.internet2.edu