1. Internet2 Initiatives at NPS
Dr. Christine Cermak
Dr. Amela Sadagic
Don McGregor

2. Agenda 1. Internet2 101 2. Internet2 at NPS
3. Benefits for MOVES and NPS

3. UCAID, Internet2, Abilene…
UCAID: University Corporation for Advanced Internet Development, 501c 3 non-profit, governs Internet2
Internet2: research consortium
Abilene Network: Internet2 backbone

4. OC192 = 10 Gbps

5. Bandwidth Rates T-1 = 1.544 Mbps T-3 = 45 Mbps OC3 = 155.52 Mbps
OC192 = 10 Gbps
[ OC256 = Gbps ]
[ OC768 = 40 Gbps ]

6. Gigabit per second Points of Presence

7. 206

8. 34

9. 49 International Partner Organizations and Networks

10. Members, Partners, Sponsors
206 Member US universities
12 Corporate Partners: Intel, IBM, MCI, Microsoft, Nortel, Cisco, Sun…
12 Corporate Sponsors: Ford Motor Cp., HP, Polycom, Radvision, Vbrick Systems…
42 Corporate Members
46 Affiliate Members
2 Association Members

11. Dr. Christine Cermak

12. Internet2
Internet2 is intended to be a testbed that prompts the next generation of internet applications
What sorts of new applications are enabled when there is high bandwidth, low latency internet access?

13. Why Latency is Important
Interactive applications usually require fast feedback--if the ping time is over about 150 ms it starts to impinge on human reaction time. FPS gamers begin to avoid games if ping times exceed this

14. High Performance Computing
Clusters are proliferating as cost drops. Significant clusters can be created for less than $50K, but
• Smaller sites still isolated from big installations; why not develop on local cluster, send big jobs to the big clusters
• Want to tie smaller clusters together into a shared resource, not isolated islands
• Large shared distributed databases are important
This addresses mostly the bandwidth side of I2. There are classic administrative/security/chargeback/social issues to solve. Not everyone would be happy about their cluster being used by others
Re-inventing the social structures surrounding mini/mainframe culture with new technology

15. High Performance Computing
Applications:
• Graphics rendering, discrete event simulation, oceanography, meteorology, physics, large scale online databases

16. Access Grid
Large-scale video, audio, and text (jabber) conferencing; “improve the effectiveness of distributed scientific collaborations by providing a natural and persistent virtual meeting space”
This can include everything from large, dedicated rooms with wall displays to PCs with a web cam
This places a greater emphasis on low latency and multicast capabilities

17. Access Grid

18. Performance / End-to-End Diagnostics
Automated detection of faults & anomalies, diagnostics, security, and performance issues
Optimizing network applications often requires a guru on call, and the problem often crosses multiple administrative domains

19. An example of Internet2 application
FOPCSim + VEHELO
Internet2

20. Videoconferencing
Megaconference VI: Dec 2004, 372 sites (all continents except Antartica) - est people, 15 hours long
Gigaconference: 5 Aug 2005, over 20 sites, 4 hours, showcase of high-end, high-performance videoconferencing, >1Mbps, 30 frames/s
Internet2 Commons: framework for collaboration, IP collaborative technologies

21. Megaconference

22. Megaconference
Megachoir

23. When technology is not all perfect…
H.323 Art

24. Other initiatives and WGs
Middleware: identification, authentication, authorization, directories, and security; standardization and interoperability; Shibboleth® Project (architecture, policy, technologies; open source)
IPV6
Digital Video
VidMid - Video on Demand
Voice over IP

25. And before we connect… Perfect/update internal infrastructure
Disseminate information within NPS: approach each department!
Form interest groups within NPS
Connect with other universities
Internet2 and National LambdaRail (NLR): future consolidation

26. Q & A