Internet2 101 US R&E Networking From the ARPANET to Today Internet2 Spring Members Meeting 5/6/02 - Arlington, VA JJ Jamison
Agenda Some History US R&E Projects and Networks US International R&E Connectivity More Info & Recommended Talks 12/4/2018
ARPANET 1969 – 1990 Funded by ARPA Connected Universities, Federally Funded and Private Research Labs, and DoD Labs and other Facilities 1983 Cutover from NCP to TCP/IP ARPANET split into ARPANET and MILNET 12/4/2018
ARPANET December 1969 From ARPANET Completion Report, BBN, 1978 12/4/2018
ARPANET July 1977 From ARPANET Completion Report, BBN, 1978 12/4/2018
NSFnet 1985 – 1995 Started off connecting 5 Supercomputer Centers JvNSC, SDSC, NCSA, CTC, PSC Grew to connect Universities and Regional Nets Served as the Internet’s backbone 1995 Internet is served by multiple commercial backbones NSF shuts the NSFnet down 12/4/2018
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NSFnet 1986–1995 56Kbps - T3 (45Mbps) 12/4/2018
vBNS/vBNS+ 1995 – Today vBNS comes up as the NSFnet goes offline 1996 Connects 5 Supercomputer Centers CTC, NCAR, NCSA, PSC, SDSC And 4 NAPS: Ameritech, MFS, PacBell, Sprint 1996 Internet2 Started 1997 vBNS’ role expanded to include service to the Top 100 US Research Universities 2000 NSF grants a 3 year extension of the vBNS project on a no cost (to NSF) basis 12/4/2018
vBNS 1995 Served only Supercomputer Centers 12/4/2018
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Abilene 1999 – Today 1999 Abilene begins nationwide operations in January Abilene’s role is to serve > 190 Internet2 Member Universities 2000 Abilene modifies its charter to allow it to serve a larger community including K-12 schools 12/4/2018
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Agenda Some History US R&E Projects and Networks US International R&E Connectivity More Info & Recommended Talks 12/4/2018
US R&E Networks and Projects Abilene vBNS+ NGI JET 12/4/2018
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JET (Joint Engineering Team) The JET coordinates networking activities, operations, and plans, between multiple Federal agency networks (represented by DOD, DOE, NASA, and NSF) and I2. 3 NGIXes (Next Generation Internet eXchanges) NGIX-E: Univeristy of Maryland NGIX-C: Ameritech NAP in Chicago NGIX-W: NASA Ames Work together on tough problems e.g. links to Hawaii & Alaska www.itrd.gov/iwg/pca/lsn/jet/ 12/4/2018
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Agenda Some History US R&E Projects and Networks US International R&E Connectivity More Info & Recommended Talks 12/4/2018
US International R&E Connectivity STARTAP AMPATH ITN GTRN 12/4/2018
STAR TAP & STAR LIGHT STAR TAP STAR LIGHT (Bring Us Your Lambdas) International Connection Point for Research and Education Networks at the Ameritech NAP in Chicago Facilitates the long-term interconnection and interoperability of advanced international networking Hosts the 6 TAP - IPv6 Meet Point Migrating to STAR LIGHT location at Northwestern University www.startap.net STAR LIGHT (Bring Us Your Lambdas) Optical International Connection Point for Research and Education Networks at Northwestern University in Chicago UIC, NWU, ANL, in partnership with Canada’s CANARIE and Holland's SURFnet. www.startap.net/starlight 12/4/2018
At the STAR TAP but not yet on the map is: KREONet2 (Korea) Newcomers we expect in the next few months are: ANSP (Brazil - Sao Paulo R&E network) RNP (Brazil - country-wide R&E network) HEANET (Ireland R&E network) STAR LIGHT a project to run Lambda’s between participants to a meet point in Chicago is also underway 12/4/2018
At the STAR TAP but not yet on the map is: KREONet2 (Korea) Newcomers we expect in the next few months are: ANSP (Brazil - Sao Paulo R&E network) RNP (Brazil - country-wide R&E network) HEANET (Ireland R&E network) STAR LIGHT a project to run Lambda’s between participants to a meet point in Chicago is also underway 12/4/2018
AMPATH www.ampath.fiu.edu Latin American/North American R&E meet point in Miami Led by Florida International University Abilene provides transit for: Non Federal US, Canadian, European and Asian R&E networks Much more than just a physical meet point Fosters collaboration between US & Latin American Researchers www.ampath.fiu.edu 12/4/2018
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ITN (International Transit Network) A collaboration between STAR TAP, CA*net3 and Abilene to support International Research Net Transit across North America Transit provided to Research Nets from Europe, Asia, & Latin America 12/4/2018
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Agenda Some History US R&E Projects and Networks US International R&E Connectivity More Info & Recommended Talks 12/4/2018
More Info and Maps ARENA SLAC Networking Page Advanced Research and Education Network Atlas A web accessible compendium of information about research and education (R&E) networks around the world Map Making Tools arena.internet2.edu SLAC Networking Page SLAC = Stafford Linear Accelerator A really good set of Research Network Home Page Pointers and Maps Warren Matthews <warrenm@SLAC.Stanford.EDU> www-iepm.slac.stanford.edu/about/networks 12/4/2018
Recommended Talks Abilene GTRN (Global Terabit Research Network) Abilene Update Steve Corbato, Internet2 Tuesday 10:30AM-11:45AM in Salon III GTRN (Global Terabit Research Network) Optical Networking and Grids Panel Michael McRobbie, Indiana University Tuesday 8:45AM-10:00AM Opening Plenary in Salon III NSF’s TeraGrid Project Harvey Newman, Cal Tech 12/4/2018
Web Links www.internet2.edu www.abilene.iu.edu www.vbns.net www.ngi.gov www.itrd.gov/iwg/pca/lsn/jet www.startap.net www.ampath.fiu.edu www.indiana.edu/~gtrn www.teragrid.org arena.internet2.edu www-iepm.slac.stanford.edu/about/networks Hobbe's Internet Timeline 12/4/2018
Thank You jjamison@juniper.net