1. Heather Boyles, heather@internet2.edu
US update for ITF
Heather Boyles,
2 December 2018

2. Outline Internet2 update US network infrastructure overview
Brief highlights of key activities/directions
US network infrastructure overview
US international connectivity update
International XPs
NSF HPIIS program
NSF IRNC program

3. Internet2 update Key activities/directions
Applications Communities: arts & humanities, science & engineering
Applications Technologies: PIC, Internet2 Commons
Middleware: InCommon establishment
Security: SALSA: network authentication
Performance Measurement and Monitoring: PIPES development
Network research: Abilene Observatory, Network Research Facilitation Project
New network architectures: HOPI testbed
Network infrastructure: Abilene, MAN LAN, NLR

4. US network infrastructure overview
National-scale infrastructure
US government agency research and science networks
Department of Energy: ESNET (high-energy physics support), Ultra Science Net (network testbed; science)
NASA: NREN (network testbed); NISN (NASA science)
Department of Defense: DREN (experimental, science support)
Higher-education and research institution infrastructure:
Internet2 infrastructure: Abilene backbone network (science, teaching, learning support)
National LambdaRail: fiber facility (network research, production interconnects)
HOPI testbed: facilities from Abilene and NLR (network experimentation/development)

5. US network infrastructure overview cont’d
Sub-national or regional networks and facilities (alert: overlapping of categories!)
Metropolitan-scale: MREN (Chicago), MAX (Washington, DC), etc.
State-scale: CENIC (CA), iLIGHT(IN), iWIRE(IL), Florida LambdaRail (FL), LONI (LA), etc.
Regional-scale: Pacific Wave (west coast), NOX (north-east), SOX (southeast), etc.

7. Reflects complete Phase 1 implementation
> Implementation is: 4 initial wavelengths along this entire path (with ability to light more)

8. Abilene/NLR Map – basis for HOPI testbed

9. Abilene International Peering
Last updated: 21 September 2004
Abilene International Peering

10. US-based international exchange points
StarLight (Chicago)
Sited on Northwestern University campus (downtown)
Colocation and interconnection fabric
Pacific Wave (Seattle and Los Angeles)
10G wavelength between (now operational)
AMPATH (Miami)
AMPATH links from several Latin American countries
MAN LAN (New York)
Sited in NYSERNET colocation space (Manhattan)
Atlantic Wave (Miami….New York)
Emerging effort
Mirroring Pacific Wave

11. Links to the rest of the world
NSF-funded links:
HPIIS program (~1997 – present)
EuroLink (10G Chicago-Amsterdam)
LittleGLORIAD (previously NAUKAnet, MIRnet) 155Mpbs Chicago-Moscow & Chicago-Hong Kong)
TransPAC (2.5G Tokyo-Los Angeles)
[AMPATH: DS3 each from Miami to Sao Paulo, Buenos Aires, Caracas]
IRNC (International Research Network Connections) program (~2005 – 2010)
Open competition; 3-5 awards to US institutions to put in place new links
Status: review done; potential awardees notified; revised budgets and workplans being submitted

12. Links to the rest of the world
Other US government agency supported
Dept. of Energy: Chicago – CERN link
IEEAF donated
10G + 622Mpbs across the Atlantic
10G + 622Mbps across the Pacific
Other country-supported/operated