Sponsored by the National Science Foundation 1July 2011 www.geni.net
GEC11Glenn Ricart
igniteU.S.America’s Network for Next-gen Applications
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Vision
• Jumpstart a new era of advanced apps and infrastructure for mainstream America– Couldn’t run on today’s mainstream Internet– Order of magnitude greater speed or more– GENI-style
• Public-private partnership between– GENI community– Cities and their small businesses, homes,
and community anchors– Carriers and hardware vendors
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Ignite Next Generation of Apps
• Characteristics– Couldn’t run on today’s mainstream Internet– Need order of magnitude greater speed and/or– Built on layer 2 and OpenFlow– Need slices, programmability, unique resources
• NSF intends to ignite next-gen apps– Contest for ideas– Contest for prototypes– Solicit development requests from teams
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Advanced Testbed
• GENI network (built on Internet2 + NLR) plus• Connections to small businesses and homes
- Chattanooga - Cleveland- DC - Lafayette- Philadelphia - Utopia + UEN
And possibly other community anchors
• With– 100 Mbps+ symmetric– GENI-style layer 2 + OpenFlow– Unique resources
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Expected Growth of U.S. IgniteYear Campuses Cities
2012 14 existing GENI 6 currently identified
2013 30 most deserving 20 looking for now
2014 60 50
2015 100 100
2016 200 200
Growth is expected via the “buddy system”
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Activities• May 16th Workshop
– www.nsf.gov/cise/usignite/usignite_workshop.jsp• June 9-10th Workshop
– www.cccblog.org/2011/05/16/live-webcast-the-u-s-ignite-gigabit-applications-workshop/
• Possible early fall NSF workshop– Let me know if you want an invite
• Watch for a contest announcement• Recruiting for phase 2 cities / carriers• U.S. Ignite official announcement
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Contacts
• OSTP: Nick Maynard– [email protected]
• NSF: Suzanne Iacono– [email protected]
• Consultant to GPO: Glenn Ricart– [email protected]
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