Internet2 Overview

Bob Riddle, Internet2

12 February 2003

What should we talk about?

Here are questions I hope to answer:

•What is Internet2 all about?

•What’s the difference from “Internet1”?

•What is the benefit to ETSU?

•… okay, so what does it cost … require?

Is this what you wanted to talk about?

What other “questions” should be added?

What is Internet2 all about?

Our Mission & Goal

To develop and deploy advanced network applications and technologies for research and higher education, accelerating the creation of tomorrow’s Internet.

Internet2 supports deployment of advanced services such as:

•IPv6•QoS•Measurement•Security•Multicast

Who is interested in these goals?

202 universities66 corporations40 non-profits & gov’t labs

Corporate Partners

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 LSN

What about the Federal Gov’t?

What about the Federal Gov’t?

Separate but interdependent

U.S. Large Scale Networking

• Led by Federal government

• Focused on Federal agency needs

Internet2

• Led by higher education

• Focused on research and education needs

How are we organized?

Board of Directors – University presidents/chancellors are the voting representatives

Advisory councils with board seats

• Applications Strategy

• Network Planning and Policy

• Network Research Liaison

• Industry Liaison Council

Work assigned to internal Groups

Applications

Engineering

Middleware

Network Infrastructure

Partnerships

What’s the difference from “Internet1”?

It’s more than email & EBay!

It’s all about Advanced Applications!1. They deliver qualitative and quantitative improvements in

how we conduct research and engage in teaching and learning

2. They require advanced networks to work

Common attributes of such applications:• Remote instrumentation and interactive collaboration • Distributed data storage and data mining• Large-scale, multi-site computation • Real-time access to remote resources• Dynamic data visualization• Shared virtual reality

For example … Science & Engineering

High Energy and Nuclear Physics (HENP)

Generating multi-petabyte datasets, gigabytes per second per experiment, requires a cascading data storage model, near-zero packet loss per data stream, and a distributed database for end-user data manipulation.

Each experiment requires input from hundreds of researchers around the world.

Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation (NEESGrid)

Running hybrid experiments, synchronizing physical and computational experiments.

Synchronizing large volumes of data of different types: sensor, video, etc.

For example … Health Sciences

3D Brain Map•Visualization of data: real-time MRI, previously stored data, etc.

•Computational information transferred to supercomputers and used to understand brain functions in real time

•Very large multi-dimensional, multi-modal, time-varying data sets

Biomedical Informatics Research Network (BIRN)

•Extremely large data sets and repositories•Dynamically generate 3D visualizations from medical records

•Generating 36Gbytes/day, so new models for search, retrieval and analysis will be necessary

For example … Arts & Humanities

University of Oklahoma Master Classes (Brian Shepard)

•High fidelity video and audio via MPEG2•Optimized latency, audio/video synchronization

•Connecting Oklahoma with the New World Symphony in Miami, Florida

Dancing Beyond BoundariesDistance Collaborative Dance

Performance at SC2001•Hybrid performance combining local and remote performances between Florida, Minnesota, Denver and Brazil

•Synchronizing choreography across the continent

For example … Remote Collaboration

Virtual Room Videoconferencing System (VRVS) & the

Access GridSupport multipoint video-conferencing, where distributed reflectors spread computationally expensive responsibility

Of course, you need a BIG NETWORK

So we “built” one … with a lot of help!

Abilene•The name of Internet2’s network infrastructure•April 1998: Project announced at White House•Jan 1999: Production status for network

Partners: Qwest, Cisco, Nortel, Juniper, Indiana University

… it’s not free … but it’s cheap!•“on-ramps” are available from 12 GigaPops

Abilene backbone covers the Country

Here’s who is using Abilene

What’s the benefit to ETSU?

Knowledge and Influence

Internet2 acts as a clearinghouse to help distribute information throughout the community• National Member Meetings• Technical Workshops• Advanced Applications Demonstrations• Member Communication Resources

Internet2 provides technical support • Software tools (monitoring, diagnostic)• Loaner hardware (VBrick, AG node, H.323 MCU, etc.)• Access to expertise (working groups)

Internet2 provides access to necessary networks that allow your research & education capability to expand

So … what does it cost … what does it require?

Expectations

•You will participate in Internet2 activities and pursue Internet2 goals.

• You will commit to the deployment of a high-performance network infrastructure on your campus.

•You will contribute to the advancement of research and educational uses of high-performance networking.

Membership Requirements A letter of commitment from the institution's Chief

Executive Officer A brief statement of the applicant's status/progress toward

meeting the goals of end-to-end broadband connectivity A completed Internet2 membership application

Regular• $26,250/year

Affiliate• $10,500• $26,250 including Collaboration Site Status*

*Collaboration Site Status: Allows Affiliate Members and Corporate Members to designate a physical location, such as a research lab, to connect to Abilene.

More Info ...

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