1. The Internet2 Project Heather Boyles heather@internet2.edu NCTT Technology Transfer Conference Springfield, MA April 8, 1999

2. Overview  History  Goals  Members  Applications  Engineering  Architecture  Abilene  Technology Transfer

3. History  ARPAnet origins  1987 -- NSFnet Privatization in 1995  Higher ed planning in 1995/1996 Are our research and education needs being met by today’s internet?

4. History of Internet2  September 1995: Monterey Futures Conference  August 1996: Cheyenne Mountain Workshop  October 1996: Internet2 Project formed  January 1997: First Internet2 Member Meeting  October 1997: UCAID formed  April 1998: Abilene Project Announced  September 1998: Middleware Initiative Announced  January 1999: Abilene in Production

5. Research and Development Commercialization Partnerships Privatization NSFNET Internet2, Abilene, vBNS Advanced US Govt Networks ARPAnet gigabit testbeds Active Nets wireless WDM SprintLink InternetMCI US Govt Networks ANS Interoperable High Performance Research &Education Networks 21st Century Networking Quality of Service (QoS)

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

7. Internet2 Universities 146 Members as of March 1999 University of Puerto Rico not shown

8. Internet2 Corporate Partners  3Com  Advanced Network & Services  Ameritech  AT&T  Cabletron Systems  Cisco Systems  FORE Systems  IBM  ITC^Deltacom  3Com  Advanced Network & Services  Ameritech  AT&T  Cabletron Systems  Cisco Systems  FORE Systems  IBM  ITC^Deltacom  Lucent Technologies  MCI Worldcom  Newbridge Networks  Nortel Networks  Packet Engines  Qwest Communications  Sprint  StarBurst Communications  Lucent Technologies  MCI Worldcom  Newbridge Networks  Nortel Networks  Packet Engines  Qwest Communications  Sprint  StarBurst Communications

9. Internet2 Corporate Sponsors  Bell South  SBC Technology Resources  StorageTek  Torrent Networking Technologies

10. Internet2 Corporate Members  Alcatel Telecom  Apple Computers, Inc.  AppliedTheory Communications Inc.  Bell Atlantic  Bellcore  British Telecommunications  Compaq  Deutsche Telekom  Fujitsu Laboratories of America  GTE Internetworking  Hitachi  IXC Communications Inc.  KDD  Litton Network Access Systems  Nexabit Networks  Nippon Telephone and Telegraph (NTT)  Nokia Research Center  Novell  Pacific Bell Project Oxygen, Ltd.  RR Donnelley and Sons Company  Siemens  Sun Microsystems  Sylvan Learning Systems, Inc.  TeleBeam Inc.  Teleglobe  TransMedia Communications  Williams Communications Group  WorldPort Communications Inc.

11. Advanced Internet Benefits  Richer content through higher bandwidth Video, audio Virtual reality Dynamic not static  More interactivity via minimal delay  Reliable content delivery through quality of service model

12. Applications Engineering MotivateEnables Applications and Engineering

13. Internet2 Applications “ Enable new generation of applications”  Deliver qualitative and quantitative improvements in the conduct of: Research Teaching Learning  Require advanced networking

14. Many Disciplines and Contexts  Sciences  Arts  Humanities  Health care  Business/Law  Administration  …  Instruction  Collaboration  Streaming video  Distributed computation  Data mining  Virtual reality  Digital libraries  …

15. Virtual Laboratories  Interactive research and instruction  Real-time access to remote scientific instruments Images courtesy of the University of Michigan

16. Virtual Laboratories  Real-time access to remote instruments  University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center 3-D Brain Mapping

17. Digital Libraries  Video and audio  Indiana University Variations Project

18. Distributed Computation  Multi-site databases  Old Dominion University Chesapeake Bay Simulation Image courtesy of Old Dominion University

19. Distributed Computation  Large-scale computation  University Corporation for Atmospheric Research Image courtesy of UCAR

20. Teleimmersion  Shared virtual reality  University of Illinois at Chicago Virtual Temporal Bone Images courtesy Univ of Illinois- Chicago

21. 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

22. 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

23. 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

24.  It’s about end-to-end, to-the-desktop services campus infrastructure gigapop infrastructure inter-gigapop infrastructure  Establish quality of service (QoS)quality of service (QoS)  Support native multicast Engineering Objectives “Re-create leading edge R&E network capability”

25. I2 Interconnect Cloud GigaPoP One GigaPoP Four GigaPoP Two GigaPoP Three “Gigabit capacity point of presence” an aggregation point for regional connectivity Network Architecture

26. I2 Interconnect Cloud GigaPoPs, cont. GigaPoP One University A University BUniversity C Regional Network Commodity Internet Connections E.g. vBNS, Abilene

27. Internet2 GigaPoPs

28. Abilene Project  Provide advanced network testbed  Support Internet2 applications development  Demonstrate next generation operational and quality of service capabilities  Create facilities for network research

29. Abilene Network February 1999 Cleveland New York Atlanta Indianapolis Kansas City Houston Denver Los Angeles Sacramento Seattle Peering Point Startap NGIX North NGIX West NGIX East Chicago Abilene Router Node Operational January 1999 Planned 1999 D.C.

30. Abilene Characteristics  2.4 Gbps (OC48) among gigaPoPs, increasing to 9.6 Gbps (OC192)  Connections at 622 Mbps (OC12) or 155 Mbps (OC3)  IP over Sonet technology  Access PoPs very close to almost all of the anticipated university gigaPoPs

31. For UCAID Members  Involvement in the decisions  Responsive to continuing needs  Driven by member research  Potential for increasing connectivity for all UCAID university members wanting to participate in Research Goals.

32. Now I know what it is -- but why should I care? “ Transfer capability to the global production Internet”  “Coming Soon!”  Technology Transfer Regional community role Industry role

33. Internet2 NGI Relationship  Similar technical objectives  Focused on different, but complementary communities NGI: Federal Mission agencies UCAID/Internet2: university research and education community  Working to interconnect, make interoperable federal research networks and Abilene

34. 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  In process: TERENA, SingAREN, JAIRC, APAN and others

35. More Information  Me: Heather Boyles heather@internet2.edu +1 202 331 5342  Internet2 www.internet2.edu