1. A Gathering of State Networks St Louis Mo. April 2000

2. 2  Mission  NYSERNet advances network technologies and applications that enable collaboration and promote technology transfer for research and education, expanding these to government, industry, and the broader community. O verview

3. 3 O  A Network of Firsts 1985 - NYSERNet founded. 1986 - Receives NSF, NYS, NYT funding to build a regional network. 1987 - First NYSERNet node goes live. 1987 - 56 Kbps statewide network deployed. 1988 - Co-development of SNMP protocol 1989 - First T1 backbone deployed. 1989 - First to deploy dedicated 24x7 NOC. 1989 - First redundant T1 backbone. 1990 - First regional to spin off ISP, PSINet. 1991 to 1993 - First Network to extend Internet to K-12 and Libraries. 1994 - First Internet Training Center.

4. 4 O verview 1994 - NYSERNet members drive the need to upgrade to T3 (45 Mbit/sec) connectivity. 1994 - NYSERNet partners with NYNEX, Frontier, and Sprint to deploy a redundant 45 Mbit/sec backbone throughout New York. 1996 - NYSERNet forms another for-profit company, AppliedTheory, to market commercial Internet services. 1997-1998 - NYSERNet continues to seek funding from the NSF in support of network development for education and research, including HPC, wireless networking, videoconferencing. 1999 - Deploy OC-12 network statewide with gateways to vBNS and Abilene.

5. 5 O  Strategic Goals for 2000  Undertake a major national initiative to advance networking technology.  Continue improvement of the network.  Enable and deploy network applications.  Continue to build NYSERNet’s external relations.  Enhance membership services. verview

6. 6 O rganization Applications Technology Program Manager William Owens, Advanced Network. Tech. Program Manager Benjamin Chi, Director Applications & Network Technology Kathie Barzee, Applications Engineer Cathie Sundet, Network Engineer Timothy Lance, President Board Chairman Mark Oros, Chief Operating Officer Elaine Verrastro, Admin. Assistant Robin Jones, Admin. Assistant Project Coordinator Steve Kankus, Project Manager Jim Brennan, Director External Programs Larry Gallery, Director of Sponsored Programs Robert Bellandi Communications Mgr. & Web Master Anne Dunford, Program Manager

7. 7 O rganization  Board Member Institutions  Alfred University  Brookhaven National Laboratory  City University of New York  Clarkson University  Columbia University  Cornell University  Eastman-Kodak Company  Hofstra University  Marist College  New York Public Library  New York State Education Dept. *  New York University  Polytechnic University  Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute  Rochester Institute of Technology  Rockefeller University  SUNY Albany  SUNY Binghamton  SUNY Buffalo  SUNY Central Administration *  SUNY Stony Brook  State University of New York  Syracuse University  University of Rochester * ex officio

8. N etwork Advanced Networking Research Applications

9. 9 N  Network Overview  Distributed gigaPoP with OC-12 (622 Mbps) backbone.  OC12 and OC48 SONET providing access at T3 and OC3.  PoPs in NYC, Albany, Syracuse, Rochester, & Buffalo.  ATM switching provided by Newbridge Networks.  Backbone & co-location services leased from AppliedTheory.  Local access from Time Warner Telecom and Bell Atlantic.  Network operations support provide by AppliedTheory.  Links to national high performance networks: vBNS & Abilene. etwork

10. Abilene vBNS Buffalo Rochester Syracuse Albany New York NYSERNet 2000 Network Topology OC-3c OC-12c legend NYSERNet 2000 PoP DS-3 Gateway Network

11. OC-3 OC-12 legend gigaPoP OC-48 Gateway or Other Network Fujitsu SONET Add-Drop Mux Newbridge 36170 ATM Switch NYC Metropolitan SONET Ring New York City vBNS Abilene NYSERNet 2000 member network NYSERNet 2000 New York City gigaPoP

12. 12 N  Participating Institutions  Alfred University  American Museum of Natural History  Brookhaven National Laboratory  Brooklyn Public Library  City University of New York  Clarkson University  Columbia University  Cornell University  Eastman-Kodak Research Labs  Hofstra University  Marist College  New York Public Library  New York University  Polytechnic University  Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute  Rome Air Force Labs  Rochester Institute of Technology  Rockefeller University  SUNY Albany  SUNY Binghamton  SUNY Buffalo  SUNY Central Administration  SUNY Stony Brook  Syracuse University  University of Rochester etwork

13. 13 N  The Near Future  Possible peering between NYSERNet 2000 and commodity Internet and dual Local-Loop for redundancy.  NYSERNet 2000 voice and video trials.  QoS services.  Multicast services.  IPv6 services.  VPN services.  PoP expansion.  Upgrade backbone to OC48.  Upgraded OC12 gateway access to the vBNS or Abilene. ext Generation Network

14. 14 N  Application Deployment  Institutional deployment of applications underway.  SWAT assisting connected institutions.  Prototype Regional Applications Database developed.  Engineering Working Group focused on institution connection implementation and post-network-build technology.  Participating institutions engaged in video application and H.323 multiconferencing efforts. etwork

15. 15 N  Application Information System  Repository of information about research taking place on the NYSERNet network. Tool for NYSERNet to support network planning, performance analysis, and collaborative proposal development.  Tool for researchers to identify opportunities for collaboration and further research.  Development of Web-based service federally funded and slated for delivery early-3rd Quarter 2000.  Prototype for linked regional and national systems, to promote information sharing on national basis. etwork

16. 16 M embership  Benefit Basics - Tangible  Competitive pricing in the delivery of commodity Internet services through NYSERNet-negotiated reseller agreements.  Quarterly newsletter “Bits, Bytes, & Broadcasts”.  Up-to-date information on evolving NYSERNet products and services, and advances in the world of internetworking.  Entry point for participation in NYSERNet projects.

17. 17 M embership  Benefit Basics … and Intangible  Strength in numbers.  Creating opportunity for members to engage in and transition technology as rapidly as possible.  Joining the discussion with Internet pioneers.

18. 18 M embership  Expanding Member Interaction through Project Participation  Focus interest through project opportunities.  Unique nature of projects can carry extra costs.  Projects provide expanded benefits – tailored to participant needs through service suite offerings.  Offerings assist building collaborations, communication of applications, and technology.

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