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Internet2 @
The University of the Virgin Islands
• Two campuses (St. Thomas & St. Croix) Approximately 2500 students • Heavy reliance on videoconferencing • Mostly a commuter school • InformaAon & Technology Services component is responsible for faculty technology training
UVI Internet2 Network and Design
New UVI Backbone I2 Topology
• Upgraded the Cisco 7206 rou5ng equipment • Added Cisco 2821 routers as a redundant path • Implemented Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) to support mul5-‐homing to mul5ple ISPs
• Upgraded Cisco system soGware to support BGP and configura5on to support I2 rou5ng
• Restructured backbone architecture to create uniformity on both Islands in prepara5on for mul5-‐homing
Microwave Wireless WAN 300 Mbps
Microwave Wireless WAN 300 Mbps • Increase WAN bandwidth from 12.3 Mbps to 300 Mbps to
accommodate I2 traffic between campuses • Carrier-‐grade Eclipse wireless backhaul solu5on from Aviat
Networks, formally Harris Stratex – Highly scalable soGware design – Op5mized wireless nodes that support mul5-‐outdoor units (ODUs)
– Efficient Terminal Op5ons solu5ons for transport of OC3 data
– Scalable Capacity Architecture that supports smooth network upgrades
– High speed data transport and QoS features – Advance Network control through Java-‐based management tools
GPS Regional Monitoring Systems • UVI, St. Thomas campus, supports GPS posi5on monitoring sta5on
• PR Seismic Network Program installed 8 high-‐rate GPS Networks in PR and USVI – with more to come
• Project seeks to develop Broadband Earthquake Observa5on System in PR & USVI – D. Smith, Ph.D., is UVI Coordinator
• Sta5ons collect and disseminate high resolu5on GPS data 24/7
• Internet2 access at UVI reduces process 5me
GPS Regional Monitoring Systems
• Project is part of an NSF Major Research Instrumenta5on Project
• Established through MOU between UVI and the University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez
• Purpose – Improve earthquake monitoring and tsunami early warning system in the Caribbean
Radar Site Data CollecAon
• Ini5a5ve supports collabora5ve project of: – Clemson University -‐ Cornell University – University of Puerto Rico -‐ Univ. of the Virgin Islands
• Imaging radar site located on St. Croix, USVI • Hundreds of terabytes of data produced during 2-‐3 hour evening opera5on
• Internet2 connec5on facilitates data transmission to Cornell from USVI
Radar Site Data CollecAon
• Observa5ons and radar site data collected provide an opportunity for educa5onal experiences in upper atmospheric research
• Project also has space weather relevance • Prof. John Munro, is principal inves5gator for UVI por5on
Center for Marine and Environmental Studies -‐ Ocean and Coastal Processes
• Dr. Nasseer Idris developed a high resolu5on general circula5on isopycnal model (HYCOM) of St. Thomas and St. John to determine how current regimes may influence the health of A. palmata popula5ons and to what degree ecological connec5vity among coral popula5ons is influenced by coastal current paherns
Center for Marine and Environmental Studies -‐ Ocean and Coastal Processes
• The post-‐processing and analyzing the model output with assimilated data took weeks to run the models and send them to other researchers on a per experiment bases
• Internet2 connec5on reduced the ocean model runs per experiment down to a single day
Conclusion • Efficient, redundant, and easily scalable backbone topology
• State-‐of-‐the-‐art Microwave Wireless WAN with increased bandwidth and Java based monitoring tools
• Network enhancements ensure UVI’s capacity to support demands for high performance networking in the Territory