Developments in Internet2

Doug Van Houweling

Chinese-American Networking Symposium

January 10-14, 1999

University of Maryland

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)

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

Internet2 Project Goals

Enable new generation of applications

Re-create leading edge R&E network

capability

Transfer capability to the global

production Internet

UCAID Member Universities135 Members as of November 1998

University of Puerto Rico not shown

Internet2 Corporate Partners

3Com

Advanced Network & Services, Inc.

AT&T

Cabletron Systems

Cisco Systems

FORE

IBM

3Com

Advanced Network & Services, Inc.

AT&T

Cabletron Systems

Cisco Systems

FORE

IBM

Lucent Technologies

MCI Worldcom

Newbridge Networks

Nortel Networks

Qwest Communications

StarBurst Communications

Lucent Technologies

MCI Worldcom

Newbridge Networks

Nortel Networks

Qwest Communications

StarBurst Communications

Internet2 Corporate Sponsors

Bell South Packet Engines SBC Technology

Resources StorageTek Torrent

Technologies

Internet2 Corporate Members Alcatel Telecom Ameritech Apple Computer AppliedTheory Bell Atlantic Bellcore British Telecom Compaq/DEC Deutsche Telekom Fujitsu GTE Internetworking Hitachi IXC Communications KDD

Alcatel Telecom Ameritech Apple Computer AppliedTheory Bell Atlantic Bellcore British Telecom Compaq/DEC Deutsche Telekom Fujitsu GTE Internetworking Hitachi IXC Communications KDD

Nexabit Networks Nokia Research Center Novell NTT Multimedia Pacific Bell RR Donnelley Siemens Sprint Sun Microsystems Sylvan Learning Telebeam Teleglobe Williams

Communications

Nexabit Networks Nokia Research Center Novell NTT Multimedia Pacific Bell RR Donnelley Siemens Sprint Sun Microsystems Sylvan Learning Telebeam Teleglobe Williams

Communications

Applications

Engineering

Motivate Enables

Applications and Engineering

Internet2 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 Challenges

Identify technologies that are scalable and interoperable

Increase deployment of middleware technologies as part of a pre-commercial production environment

Examples:• Distributed storage - I2DSI initiative• Multicast video tools - I2DVN initiative

Deploy a production network to support applications R&D

Establish quality of service (QoS)

•Qbone initiative Support native multicast Establish gigaPoPs as effective

service points

Engineering Objectives

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 NetworkJanuary 1999

Cleve

land

New York

Atlanta

Indianapolis

Kansas City

Houston

Denver

Los Angeles

Sacramento

Seattle

Abilene Router Node

Abilene Access Node

Operational January 1999

Planned 1999

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

Abilene Schedule

Fall 1998: Demonstrated network at member meeting, in pre-production at several universities, connected to Chicago switch for STAR TAP

Janurary 1999: Initial set of members connected in production mode

By December 1999: around 65 institutions connected

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.

Current Priorities

Establish backbone connectivity Facilitate middleware implementation Support network research Identify and develop first phase

applications Build international collaboration

opportunities

US Federal Government: Next Generation Internet (NGI) Programhttp://www.ngi.gov

Established in parallel with Internet2 multi-agency research and development

(R&D) program to develop, test, and demonstrate advanced networking technologies and applications

via testbeds that are 100 to 1,000 times faster end-to-end than today's Internet

Internet2 <--> NGI RelationshipInternet2 <--> 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 <--> NGI Relationship cont’d Cooperative programs:

• NSF High Performance Connections grants: UCAID universities using to connect to achieve Internet2 connectivity

• Abilene <-> Energy, NASA network interconnection: being planned to provide high performance access for universities to research labs

• Applications: researchers benefit from numerous federal grants that help develop applications

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

What kind of collaborations?

Network interconnection• Abilene and CA*net2, SURFnet, NORDUnet,

etc. Specific project collaboration

• QBone• middleware• research/learning applications

Technology transfer• mutual industrial participants?

Information exchange

International task force• to advise our Board, management on

issues of international collaborations Greater participation in international

groups• CCIRN• GIBN

More Information

Internet2• www.internet2.edu

Abilene• www.internet2.edu/abilene

UCAID• www.ucaid.edu