Heather Boyles, heather@internet2.edu US update for ITF Heather Boyles, heather@internet2.edu 2 December 2018
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
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
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)
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.
Reflects complete Phase 1 implementation > Implementation is: 4 initial wavelengths along this entire path (with ability to light more)
Abilene/NLR Map – basis for HOPI testbed
Abilene International Peering Last updated: 21 September 2004 Abilene International Peering
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
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
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