1. Internet2: update Doug Van Houweling dvh@internet2.edu ESnet International Meeting 17 February 1999

2. Internet2 Project Goals  Enable new generation of applications  Re-create leading edge R&E network capability  Transfer capability to the global production Internet

3. Progress  2.5 years ago: Internet2 Project formed October 1996  1.5 year ago: UCAID Incorporated October 1997  10 months ago: Abilene Launched April 1998

4. Today  141 universities  47 corporations  7 gigapops connected to vBNS  Abilene in service w/ 20 institutions connected  Abilene peering with vBNS, ESnet  QoS -- QBone initiative launched  Middleware initiative launched

5. UCAID Member Universities 141 Members as of January 1999 University of Puerto Rico not shown

6. Internet2 Corporate Partners  3Com  Advanced Network & Services  AT&T  Cabletron Systems  Cisco Systems  FORE  IBM  ITC^DeltaCom  3Com  Advanced Network & Services  AT&T  Cabletron Systems  Cisco Systems  FORE  IBM  ITC^DeltaCom  Lucent Technologies  MCI Worldcom  Newbridge Networks  Nortel Networks  Qwest Communications  StarBurst Communications  Lucent Technologies  MCI Worldcom  Newbridge Networks  Nortel Networks  Qwest Communications  StarBurst Communications

7. Internet2 Corporate Sponsors  Bell South  Packet Engines  SBC Technology Resources  StorageTek  Torrent Technologies

8. 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

9. Abilene  Fall 1998: Demonstrated network at member meeting  January 1999: Abilene in full service peering with: vBNS, ESnet  By December 1999: around 65 institutions connected

10. Abilene Network February 1999 Cleveland New York Atlanta Indianapolis Kansas City Houston Denver Los Angeles Sacramento Seattle Abilene Router Node Abilene Access Node Operational January 1999 Planned 1999

11. Middleware Initiative  Objective: a “Services Rich” Network Environment  Functional services available to users and developers Enabling new collaborations and applications Supported as production quality An integrated framework  Scaled to the size of the research and education community

12. Applications: Horizontal, Vertical, Spot Solutions Middleware: Security, Directory, Quality of Service, Audio/Video Frameworks, Accounting, Collaboration Frameworks, Multicast Operating system and network services Standard APIs Interoperable Protocols

13. Technology Scope  QoS  Digital video/audio  Security  Collaboration  Directories  Multicast  File systems  Measurement  Remote instruments  IMS  Transaction systems  Meta-computing  Management  IP telephony  Accounting/billing  E-commerce  Object brokers  Search mechanisms  Printing

14. Avoiding Balkanization Physics Applications Physics QoS Digital Library Applications Digital Library QoS Instructional Applications Instructional QoS Data Mining Applications Data Mining QoS TCP/IP Network Physics Security Physics Directories Physics Storage Digital Library Security Digital Library Directories Digital Library Storage Instructional Security Instructional Directories Instructional Storage Data Mining Security Data Mining Directories Data Mining Storage

15. Initiative Overview  Deliverables Identification of a small number of key community projects Information dissemination Demos Workshops

16. Principles  Focus on problems where We have a unique incentive to solve The benefit to our community is clear and compelling Results are attainable in a reasonable timeframe

17. QBone Initiative  An interdomain testbed for differentiated services  Goals: Grow a snowball of interoperable DiffServ clouds Grow a community of participants Foster pre-standards interoperability Collaborate to solve problems and share experiences  Initial participants have been identified and met in several cases

18. QBone Structure  QBone Interoperability Group (QIG) Actively building pre-production interdomain DiffServ infrastructure Works on nuts-and-bolts interoperability issues Specific phased demonstrations of interdomain QoS Participation staged to keep group focused  QBone Solutions Group (QSG) Broader discussion of engineering and deployment issues Includes teams that plan to join the QIG Focus on intradomain engineering issues Participation open to the Internet2 community  I2 QoS Working Group Architectural guardians Nurture QIG and QSG

19. Initial Participants Abilene CAnet*2 iCAIR (International Center for Advanced Internet Research)  APAN, CTIT, EVL, Indiana University, MREN, Nanyang Technological University, National University of Singapore, Northwestern University, SingAREN, STAR TAP, SURFnet, TransPAC IPPM Surveyor Project

20. Initial Participants - cont’d Merit / University of Michigan NCNI - North Carolina Network Initiative NREN NYSERNet PSC / NLANR / CMU Texas A&M University / Texas GigaPoP UMN UPenn/ UMass vBNS

21. Internet2 QoS Resources  QoS Working Group Home Page: http://www.internet2.edu/qos/wg Interest Mailing List: wg-qos-interest@internet2.edu  QBone Home page: http://www.internet2.edu/qbone

22. 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, TERENA*, SingAREN, JAIRC, UKERNA-INFN/GARR-DFN-Verein- RENATER

23. International collaborations cont’d  Network interconnection Interconnection at STAR TAP (CAnetII, SURFnet, NORDUnet, SingAREN underway) Second interconnection directly with Abilene (NY - NORDUnet, SURFnet)  Specific project collaboration QBone (e.g. SURFnet an initial participant) middleware research/learning applications

24. Next Steps  Continue to interconnect member desktops and servers at high speed  Continue to support advanced applications development focus on multi-campus implementations  Adopt, develop and implement QoS end-to-end middleware end-to-end new business models

25. Internet2 and NGI collaboration  JET Internet2 participation (Guy Almes, Paul Love) JET + I2 Topology WG joint meetings: NGIX  HPNAT Internet2 participation (Ted Hanss)  Internet2 Working Groups NGI network or agency participation in Internet2 WGs: IPv6, QoS, Measurement, Routing, Topology

26. I2-NGI cont’d  Abilene NSF HPNSP network serving HPC awardees  Network interconnection Abilene and vBNS peering Abilene and ESnet peering Abilene and vBNS at Chicago NGIX  Demonstrations cross-participation in Oct97, Mar98, Apr98 demonstrations at Highway 1