1. 6 December 2015 US update for ITF Heather Boyles, heather@internet2.edu

2. Outline  Internet2 update 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.

8. Abilene/NLR Map – basis for HOPI testbed

9. 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) Colocation and interconnection fabric  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