Internet2 K20 Initiative & SEGP Update  2003 Gathering of State Networks  Heather Bruning, Abilene Program Manager February 5, 2003 Copyright Heather Bruning, Internet2, This work is the intellectual property of the author. Permission is granted for this material to be shared for non-commercial, educational purposes, provided that this copyright statement appears on the reproduced materials and notice is given that the copying is by permission of the author. To disseminate otherwise or to republish requires written permission from the author.

2/5/ Abilene Focus  Goals Enabling innovative applications and advanced services not possible over the commercial Internet Backbone & regional infrastructure provides a vital substrate for the continuing culture of Internet advancement in the university/corporate research sector  Advanced service efforts Multicast IPv6 QoS Measurement Security

2/5/ Partnership approach  The Abilene Network is a UCAID project done in partnership with Cisco Systems (routers, switches, and access) Juniper Networks (routers) Nortel Networks (SONET kit) Qwest Communications (SONET & DWDM circuits, co-location) Indiana University (network operations center) Internet2 Test & Evaluation Centers (ITECs) – North Carolina and Ohio

2/5/ Abilene – February 2003  IP-over-DWDM (OC-192c) and IP-over-SONET backbone (OC-48c)  50 direct connections (OC-3c  10-Gbps) 1 (soon 2) 10-Gbps (10 Gig Eth) connection –OC-192 SONET also supported 7 OC-48c & 1 Gig Eth connections 24 connections at OC-12c or higher  221 participants – research univs. & labs All 50 states, District of Columbia, & Puerto Rico  Expanded access 62 sponsored participants and 25 state education networks

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6 Next Generation Abilene status  10 of 11 next generation router nodes in place Deploying two racks in each location: Juniper T640 router & four measurement servers OC-48c SONET interconnects to Cisco routers Atlanta awaiting co-location site selection Very pleased to date with new router performance and interoperability with 1 st generation backbone  Transcontinental 10-Gbps ’s in place Six ’s connected to network –DC-NYC-Chicago-Indy-KC-Sunnyvale CA-Los Angeles –First outage (3.5 hours): fiber cut in NYC  ITEC network performance validation test 8 Gbps of 2-way traffic (50% v4/v6 and 100% v6) transmitted transcontinentally without loss or reordering

2/5/ Internet2 K20 Initiative - Overview  Goals  Structure  Communications Strategy  Communities/Partnerships  Projects/Activities

2/5/ Past Lessons Learned  The more innovators brought on board early  the greater the progress.  The more broadly shared the tech platforms and tools  the greater the leverage.  A disproportionate share of important innovations come from the.edu realms.  There are many important opportunities for the use of technology in teaching, learning and access.  We need to do a better job of evaluation and timely communication.  Internet culture (“loose consensus and working code”) plus partnerships works for this -- much better than traditional education process/planning models.

2/5/ K20 Initiative Goals: Beyond Connectivity  To bring innovators in K-12, community colleges, universities, libraries and museums into appropriate regional, national and international advanced networking efforts, via the "Sponsored Education Group Participant" (SEGP) process.  To encourage and help sustain partnerships among these education institutions, the private sector and government.  To enhance teaching and learning by facilitating projects that explore the ways in which advanced network applications, services, tools and digital content can extend access to education and educational resources.  To develop mechanisms for timely communication across all educational sectors and regions in order to enable quick, pervasive technology diffusion.

2/5/ Internet2 K20 Approach  Projects will be carried out by multi-state, often multi-sector, project teams  Project leadership will come from the team, with support from Internet2 K20 project staff  Initial projects will seek to leverage current Internet2 projects and innovative efforts among Internet2 members, institutions, sponsored participants and SEGPs

2/5/ K20 Advisory Committee  Representatives from each state  Designated by Internet2 sponsors  Represent the broad programmatic interests of the SEGP sponsor(s), connector, as well as the spectrum of participants/audiences (e.g., K12, colleges and universities, public libraries, museums, science centers, zoos, etc.)  Provide input, ideas, feedback to help shape, guide, and inspire the national Initiative

2/5/ K20 Advisory Committee Roles  Identify and engage innovators within their state -- among the K12, higher education, library and museum communities -- in Internet2 K20 projects  Bring forward projects for multi-state participation  Encourage SEGP participation in existing Internet2 working groups where appropriate  Serve as an information conduit between local/regional/state efforts and the national initiative  Provide feedback to the project directors as the Initiative evolves

2/5/ K20 Executive Committee  Group of 13 individuals from various states around the SEGP community  More nimble than the larger advisory committee  Help shape overall initiative goals and strategy  Identify possible working group areas to engage other Advisory Committee members and their constituencies.

2/5/ K20 Communication Strategy  Demo Materials Demo Materials materials need not be themselves Internet2 applications but need to capture applications and projects in a compelling way  Featured SEGP Featured SEGP opportunity to overview the work and accomplishments underway in SEGP states  Internet2 K20 Newsletter Internet2 K20 Newsletter focuses on the work being done by K20 institutions and is shared broadly with the K20 community via listserv and the web site

2/5/ K20 Communication Strategy (continued)  Resources Resources guides K20 constituents to important SEGP and Internet2 related information  Opportunities Opportunities a list of opportunities to help various communities get involved in the Internet2 K20 Initiative  Tearsheet glossy Tearsheet glossy single-page glossy overview of the Initiative. Available in print and pdf on the web site

2/5/ A Few Relevant Communities  Sponsored Education Group Participants (“state networks”)  Museums, libraries, archives, cultural institutions  “Beltway” societies and associations  Key sponsored research agencies, e.g., NSF, NIH, NEA  Education and learning research organizations, including think tanks, research groups, national academies  UCAID & Internet2 members  International partners (e.g., CANARIE)

2/5/ K20 Initiative Partnerships  American Library Association's Office for Information Technology Policy working with the K20 Initiative to shape a strategy for using advanced networks and applications in public and academic libraries.  The Quilt UCAID project whose participants are non-profit advanced regional network organizations dedicated to furthering research and education in the United States.

2/5/ Current K20 Projects: a few examples  eMINTS Pioneers eMINTS Pioneers  Imagining the Future Imagining the Future  Virginia Jason Project Virginia Jason Project  NEPTUNE NEPTUNE  Labscape for Education Labscape for Education  PacificLighthouse PacificLighthouse  K12 Middleware

2/5/ A Sampling of Areas of Interest  Digital Content: actively seeking out local resources Music (e.g., ethnomusicology and music education) Documentary films, animation arts, local history Presidential libraries Historical information, primary source documents  Learning courseware & curriculum repositories  Video: H.323 and future interactive video and multimedia technologies, digital video, low- to high-end video multicast  Remote instrumentation & other scientific apparatus which could be shared across educational communities  Middleware deployment and partnerships  Engaging public libraries – uses of advanced networks  Internet2 server technologies, caching, co-location

2/5/ Get Involved!  Contact Louis Fox or James Werle with ideas or questionsLouis Fox James Werle  Read about what is going on Read  Get to know your friendly SEGP representativeSEGP representative  Make frequent visits the Opportunities section of the Internet2 K20 websiteOpportunities

2/5/ Abilene Access  Primary Participants – research universities, corporations, etc.  Affiliate & Corporate members  Sponsored Participants – individual locations And now…..  SEGPs: Sponsored Education Group Participants

2/5/ Sponsored Education Group Participant (SEGP) Fundamentals  SEGP status targeted at both developed and emerging state-based education networks  One or more Internet2 University Members in the same state act as sponsor(s)  Connectors take overall fiscal and operational responsibility for the SEGP  Periodic SEGP progress updates to Abilene required (e.g., how are SEGPs implementing advanced applications?)

2/5/ Approved SEGPs California New Mexico Florida New York Georgia North Carolina Hawaii North Dakota Illinois Ohio Indiana Oklahoma Iowa Oregon Louisiana Pennsylvania Maryland Rhode Island Michigan Virginia Minnesota Washington Missouri Wisconsin Utah

2/5/ Sponsored Education Group Participants as of February 5, 2003

2/5/ SEGP Inquiries Alabama Colorado Connecticut Kansas Kentucky Massachusetts Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey South Carolina Tennessee Texas (approval imminent)

2/5/ SEGP Connectivity Survey Fall 2002  Survey Goals Provide a high level view of the connectivity and enabled technologies within the SEGPs Also, totals for the entire SEGP program (as of August 2002) Provide contact information for pursuing additional information The goal is NOT to provide a detailed site survey as this is too resource intensive and hard to maintain

2/5/ SEGP Connectivity Survey Summary of Results (Fall 2002)  62% of the state education networks can access the Internet2 backbone network at >155 Mbps  As of late 2002, there are 25 state k12/k20 networks participating connecting about 9800 K20 institutions – 7173 k12 schools (73% of total) 1482 public libraries (15% of total) 551 community colleges (6% of total) 526 four-year colleges and universities (5% of total) 102 museums, zoos, aquariums, and science centers (1% of total)  For more information:

2/5/ SEGP Process Sponsor(s) complete SEGP Application SEGP Connector completes Abilene Connection Agreement Addendum Connector submits SEGP routing information to UCAID at UCAID reviews and approves routes and submits them to the Abilene NOC Abilene NOC begins passing additional SEGP traffic on the network Appoint Internet2 K20 Initiative Representatives

2/5/ SEGP Connector Requirements  A Connector supporting the Sponsored Education Group Participant(s) must: Maintain a 7x24 Network Operations Center (NOC) Register its routing information and that of the Participant(s) in the Internet2 Routing Registry (I2db) or equivalent Provide UCAID a quarterly report on the relative utilization of the Abilene connection by the SEGP Assure compliance with the Abilene CoU by the Participant(s) Inform the Participant(s) that Abilene does not provide transit to the commodity Internet  These steps will be implemented through an amended Abilene Connection agreement

2/5/ SEGP Related Costs  Annual participation fee $30,000 + $2,000 x (size of State’s U.S. House delegation) Delegation size provides a readily auditable population metric  This annual fee will be charged on a per-connecting organization, per-state basis will be paid directly by the Abilene Connector on behalf of the Sponsored Participant is not eligible for E-rate discount

2/5/ Contact Information  On the Web k20.internet2.edu/ abilene.internet2.edu/  Louis Fox: Heather Bruning: Abilene (general inquiries):  Phone Louis Fox: (206) Heather Bruning: (734)

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