Sponsored by the National Science Foundation1July 2011www.geni.net GEC11 Glenn Ricart ignite U.S. Americas Network for Next-gen Applications

ignite U.S. Vision Jumpstart a new era of advanced apps and infrastructure for mainstream America Jumpstart a new era of advanced apps and infrastructure for mainstream America – Couldnt run on todays mainstream Internet – Order of magnitude greater speed or more – GENI-style Public-private partnership between Public-private partnership between – GENI community – Cities and their small businesses, homes, and community anchors – Carriers and hardware vendors

ignite U.S. Ignite Next Generation of Apps Characteristics Characteristics – Couldnt run on todays mainstream Internet – Need order of magnitude greater speed and/or – Built on layer 2 and OpenFlow – Need slices, programmability, unique resources NSF intends to ignite next-gen apps NSF intends to ignite next-gen apps – Contest for ideas – Contest for prototypes – Solicit development requests from teams

ignite U.S. Advanced Testbed GENI network (built on Internet2 + NLR) plus GENI network (built on Internet2 + NLR) plus Connections to small businesses and homes Connections to small businesses and homes - Chattanooga- Cleveland - DC- Lafayette - Philadelphia- Utopia + UEN And possibly other community anchors With With – 100 Mbps+ symmetric – GENI-style layer 2 + OpenFlow – Unique resources

ignite U.S. Expected Growth of U.S. Ignite YearCampusesCities existing GENI6 currently identified most deserving20 looking for now Growth is expected via the buddy system

ignite U.S. Activities May 16 th Workshop May 16 th Workshop – June 9-10 th Workshop June 9-10 th Workshop – u-s-ignite-gigabit-applications-workshop/ Possible early fall NSF workshop Possible early fall NSF workshop – Let me know if you want an invite Watch for a contest announcement Watch for a contest announcement Recruiting for phase 2 cities / carriers Recruiting for phase 2 cities / carriers U.S. Ignite official announcement U.S. Ignite official announcement

ignite U.S. Contacts OSTP: Nick Maynard OSTP: Nick Maynard – NSF: Suzanne Iacono NSF: Suzanne Iacono – Consultant to GPO: Glenn Ricart Consultant to GPO: Glenn Ricart –

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