1. INDIANAUNIVERSITYINDIANAUNIVERSITY Update on US National and International Networking Initiatives James Williams Indiana University williams@indiana.edu

2. INDIANAUNIVERSITYINDIANAUNIVERSITY Initiatives to be discussed NLR – National Lambda Rail FiberCo – fiber aggregator HOPI – Hybrid Optical Packet Infrastructure USAWaves – SURA based fiber effort DTF/EFT – Terascale Facility TransPAC – Trans-Pacific Asian connectivity GLORAID – Russia/China connectivity StarLight/TransLight – Optical switching in Chicago

3. NLR Footprint and Layer 1 Topology 15808 Terminal, Regen or OADM site (OpAmp sites not shown) Fiber route PIT POR FRE RAL WAL NAS PHO OLG ATL CHI CLE KAN OGD SAC BOS NYC WDC STR DAL DEN LAX SVL SEA SDG JAC

4. FiberCo (Level3) Fiber Map

5. INDIANAUNIVERSITYINDIANAUNIVERSITY HOPI–Hybrid Optical Packet Infrastructure An Internet2 initiative to develop a network providing both packet and circuit services Likely will run over an Internet2 portion of NLR Perhaps the next generation Abilene Chris Robb will discuss in more detail

6. USAWaves #1

7. USAWaves #2

8. INDIANAUNIVERSITYINDIANAUNIVERSITY DTF/EFT DTF map – John Townes

9. ADD new network here

10. GLORIAD – US-China-Russia Network

11. INDIANAUNIVERSITYINDIANAUNIVERSITY StarLight/TransLight Exchange point in Chicago Provides packet and circuit switching Significant optical research initiatives

12. INDIANAUNIVERSITYINDIANAUNIVERSITY Questions?? Jim Williams williams@indiana.edu