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11 April 2000
Internet2: Accelerating the Creation of Tomorrow’s Internet
Greg Wood
Director of Communications, Internet2
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Internet2 FAQ
What (and why) is Internet2?
Will Internet2 replace today’s Internet?
Will there by an Internet3?
How (or when) can I connect to Internet2 from home?
What’s your stock ticker symbol?
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People on the Internet
Source:Nua Internet Surveys
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3-D
Area
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Millions of People
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Computers on the Internet
Source:
Internet Domain Survey
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10.0
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Area
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Millions of Computers
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Yesterday’s Internet
Thousands of users
Remote login, file transfer
Applications capitalize on underlying technology
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Today’s Internet
Millions of users
Web, email, low-quality audio & video
Applications adapt to underlying technology
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Tomorrow’s Internet
Billions of users and devices
Convergence of today’s applications and services
New technologies enable unanticipated applications (and create new challenges)
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More
Time
Performance
Less
hypetechnologicalpotential
actualperformance
The Network Performance Gap
performancegap
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Internet2 Land Speed Record831 Megabits per second across 5262 Kilometers
Team• Information Sciences
Institute at USC• Microsoft• Qwest Communications• University of Washington
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Internet2 Land Speed RecordMoving a Music CD across the country
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Hou
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LSR T-1 ISDN Modem
Connection
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Today’s Internet Doesn’t
Provide reliable end-to-end performance
Encourage cooperation on new capabilities
Allow testing of new technologies
Support development of revolutionary applications
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Research andDevelopment
Commercialization
Partnerships
Privatization
Internet Development Spiral
Today’s Internet
Internet2
Source: Ivan Moura Campos
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Internet2 Mission
Develop and deploy advanced network applications and technologies, accelerating the creation of tomorrow’s Internet.
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Internet2 Goals
Enable new generation of applications
Re-create leading edge R&E network capability
Transfer technology and experience to the global production Internet
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Internet2 Focus Areas
Advanced Applications
Middleware
Advanced Network Infrastructure
New Network Capabilities
Partnerships
Technology Transfer
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Advanced Applications
Distributed computation
Virtual laboratories
Digital libraries
Distributed learning
Digital Video
Tele-immersion
All of the above in combination
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Virtual Laboratories
Real-time access to remote instruments
University of Pittsburgh,Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center
3-D Brain Mapping
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Virtual Laboratories
Real-time access to remote instruments
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Distributed nanoManipulator
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Tele-immersion
Shared virtual reality
University of Illinois at Chicago
Virtual Temporal Bone
Images courtesy Univ. of Illinois-
Chicago
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Tele-cubicles and the CAVE
Source: University of Illinois-Chicago
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Digital Libraries
Video and audio
Indiana University
Variations Project
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Distributed Computation
Large-scale computation
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Image courtesy of UCAR
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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 Middleware Initiative
Internet2 community has unique needs and capabilities
• Middleware Architecture Committee for Education
• Early Harvest and Early Adopters• PKI• Shibboleth (authentication)• Computational middleware (Beta Grid)• Medical middleware• Directories
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Applications
Engineering
Motivate Enables
Applications and Engineering
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Internet2 Network Infrastructure
Backbones operate at 2.4 Gbps (OC48) capacity today
GigaPoPs provide regional high-performance aggregation points
Local campus networks provide 100 Mbps to the desktop
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Internet2Backbone Networks
GigaPoPOne
Internet2 Network Architecture
GigaPoPTwo
GigaPoPFour
GigaPoPThree
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Network Architecture
Internet2 InterconnectCloud
GigaPoPOne
Regional Network
University C
CommercialInternetConnections
University B
University A
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Internet2 Backbone Networks
Donna Cox,Robert Patterson, NCSA
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Internet2 GigaPoPs27 as of March 2000
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New Network Capabilities
Quality of Service: QBone• http://www.internet2.edu/qbone/
Scalable IP Multicast• http://www.internet2.edu/multicast/
IPv6
Distributed Storage: I2-DSI• http://dsi.internet2.edu/
Digital Video: I2-DV• http://dv.internet2.edu/
I2MI: GlueWorks• www.internet2.edu/middleware/
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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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Internet2 Universities176 Universities as of March 2000
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Internet2 Corporate Partners
ITC^Deltacom
Lucent Technologies
MCI Worldcom
Microsoft
Newbridge Networks
Netcom Systems
Nortel Networks
Qwest Communications
WCI Cable
3Com
Advanced Network & Services
Alcatel
Ameritech
AT&T
Cabletron Systems
Cisco Systems
FORE Systems
IBM
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University-led Federal agency-led
Developing education and research driven applications
Agency mission-driven and general purpose applications
Building out campus networks, gigaPoPs and inter-gigapop
infrastructure
Funding research testbeds and agency research networks
Interconnecting and interoperating to provide advanced networking capabilities needed to support advanced
research and education applications
Internet2 and the Next Generation Internet Initiative
Internet2 NGI
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International MoU Partners
AAIREP (Australia)
APAN (Asia-Pacific)
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)
SingAREN (Singapore)
Stichting SURF (Netherlands)
SWITCH (Switzerland)
TAnet (Taiwan)
TERENA (Europe)
JISC/UKERNA (UK)
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Additional Participation
Over 70 Internet2 Corporate Members
Over 30 Affiliate Members
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Technology Transfer Conduits
Collaborating on advanced applications
Deploying pre-commercial infrastructure and protocols
Establishing expertise and human capital
Large-scale proof of concept
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Research andDevelopment
Commercialization
Partnerships
Privatization
Internet Development Spiral
Today’s Internet
Internet2
Source: Ivan Moura Campos
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Advanced Networking on the Web
www.internet2.edu
www.internet2.edu/abilene/
www.ngi.gov
www.vbns.net
www.advanced.org/teleimmersion(National Teleimmersion Initiative)
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For More Internet2 Information
On the Web• www.internet2.edu• www.internet2.edu/html/lists.html
Email• [email protected]• [email protected]
www.internet2.edu