NYSERNet 2000 Network Overview 11/12/97 NYSERNet 2000 Network: An Overview Presented by the Engineering Co-Chairs: Jim Grisham Bruce Johnson NYSERNet Cornell University (315) x366(607)

NYSERNet 2000 Network Overview 11/12/97 NYSERNet - a Quick History Founded 1985 by 15 NYS R&E institutions Historically a 501(c)3 not-for-profit organization focused on: –developing Internet services for NYS research and education community –bringing the Internet to new users –bulk buying services from multiple vendors –operating in a competitive market

NYSERNet 2000 Network Overview 11/12/97 NYSERNet - a Quick History 1987 first 56k bps regional TCP/IP network in the country 1989 first T1 regional internetwork in the country Spun off PSI (now a national ISP) 1994 first T3 regional internetwork in the country 1996 created AppliedTheory Communications (commercial ISP)

NYSERNet 2000 Network Overview 11/12/97 NYSERNet’s New Mission NYSERNet, Inc. is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to advancing the public good by adopting leading-edge networking technologies and applications that enable innovative collaboration between New York State’s research and education institutions and by promoting the dissemination of information to New York State’s K-12, library and museum communities in support of their requirements for ubiquitous and affordable networking services

NYSERNet 2000 Network Overview 11/12/97 A series of projects focused on developing an advanced New York State network infrastructure in support of Research and Education Part of the national Internet 2 initiative linking the country’s leading R&E institutions with each other and the national supercomputer centers The NYSERNet 2000 Program

NYSERNet 2000 Network Overview 11/12/97 NYSERNet 2000 Program Goals Identify research and education initiatives that will be advantaged by new network capabilities Facilitate inter-institutional collaboration that will speed the development of advanced network applications Develop a new regional network infrastructure that will support member R&E initiatives

NYSERNet 2000 Network Overview 11/12/97 NYSERNet 2000 Program Goals Provide advanced network capabilities to NYSERNet member institutions at the lowest possible cost Transfer advanced network capabilities into the commercial marketplace as rapidly as possible Develop a broad base of technical and financial support for this initiative

NYSERNet 2000 Network Overview 11/12/97 The NYSERNet 2000 Program 21 NYSERNet 2000 Member Institutions –committing technical and management resources –committing $10,000 each in initial project support –committed to enhancing local campus infrastructures to extend advanced network services to researchers

NYSERNet 2000 Network Overview 11/12/97 NYSERNet 2000 Member Institutions Alfred University Brookhaven National Laboratory City University of New York (CUNY) Clarkson University Columbia University Cornell University Eastman-Kodak Research Labs Marist College New York Public Library New York University Green indicates I2 membership Polytechnic University Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Rochester Institute of Technology Rockefeller University SUNY Albany SUNY Binghamton SUNY Buffalo SUNY Central Administration SUNY Stony Brook Syracuse University University of Rochester

NYSERNet 2000 Network Overview 11/12/97 The NYSERNet 2000 Network NYSERNet 2000 Network Features High Bandwidth –OC12 backbone –OC3 campus connections End-to-End ATM Transport Distributed GigaPoP architecture (state wide reach) Bandwidth Reservation QoS guarantees Integration of IP and ATM Integration with National Internet2 Efforts, the vBNS and other regional GigaPoPs members maintain T3 commodity Internet connection

Legend Clarkson University Phase I Institution (installation by 12/31/97) Phase II Institution (installation by 5/31/98) Phase III Institution (installation by 12/31/98) DS3 Syracuse University OC12 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute DS3 SUNY Albany OC12 OC3 SUNY Binghamton Marist College Eastman- Kodak RIT SUNY Buffalo Alfred University of Rochester Cornell University DS3 West Orange New Jersey SUNY StonyBrook Brookhaven National Labs City University of New York Columbia University New York University New York Public Library Polytechnic University Rockefeller University

Phase I Institution (installation by 12/31/97) Phase III Institution (installation by 12/31/98) ATM Switch router NYSERNet 2000 Legend Institution Connections New York GigaPoP OC12 vBNS Rockefeller University OC12 SUNY Binghamton Alfred University Clarkson University DS3 Rochester Institute of Technology Eastman- Kodak Marist College Cornell University DS3 I2 Peers New York University West Orange New Jersey Columbia University CUNY Buffalo Transit Node Rochester Transit Node Syracuse Transit Node Albany Transit Node Polytechnic University SUNY Buffalo Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute University of Rochester Stony Brook Transit Node New York Public Library SUNY Stony Brook Binghamton Transit Node 2 x OC3* Phase II Institution (installation by 5/31/98) * will be migrated to OC12 when available Brookhaven National Labs Syracuse University SUNY Albany NYSERNet DS3

NYSERNet 2000 Network Overview 11/12/97 NYSERNet 2000 / New York State Infrastructure Buffalo Node Rochester Transit Node Syracuse Transit Node Albany Transit Node Collocated NYT and NYSERNet 2000 PoPs Legend OC48 OC12 Poughkeepsie Transit Node DS3 OC48 ATM Switch OC3 * OC3 DS3 SUNY Binghamton Transit Node OC3 DS3 OC48 NYT FLM 2400 with Tributary shelf NYT FLM 600 OC3 DS3 SONET Add Drop MUX OC12 9 x OC3 OC3 DS3 SUNY Stony Brook Transit Node NYC Node Bandwidth Legend DS-3 OC-3OC-12 OC-48 * DS3 OC3 * DS3 * 3 x OC3 * 9 x DS3 * 3 x DS3 * Denotes Circuits To Be Added WDM DS3*

NYSERNet 2000 Network Overview 11/12/97 New York State Thruway Project MFS Network Technologies –building and maintaining –6 Innerducts –641 mile route and rights-of-way Carriers requesting Access –Leasing to first and second tier communication companies (MCI, LCI International, etc) –Intermedia $7 Million for 12 fibers (One Time Fee) –IXC Carrier $18.6 M OTF, $4.1M for installation of 96 fibers –fONOROLA Development Corp. $11.4M for 12 fibers –Worldcom $25.7M for 48 Fibers –Qwest Communications Corp. $23.8M 96 fibers Neil Springer Albany News

NYSERNet 2000 Network Overview 11/12/97 The NYSERNet 2000 Program What sets us apart from other “gigapop” projects? –long history of successful network deployments with the same players –a distributed wide area approach –partnership with NYS Thruway Fiber Project –commitment to bring network to our members (not a star to a single “gigapop”) –$2M commitment in first year by: –NYSERNet, member institutions and New York State Science & Tech

NYSERNet 2000 Network Overview 11/12/97 NYSERNet 2000 Program Organization Steering Committee –comprised of faculty and administrators from participating NYSERNet 2000 institutions Engineering Working Group –comprised of senior network engineers from 12 leading NYSERNet institutions and partners Applications Working Group –comprised of faculty and research administrators from participating NYSERNet 2000 institutions NYSERNet Staff

NYSERNet 2000 Network Overview 11/12/97 NYSERNet 2000 Engineering Work Group Jerry Bucklaew SUNY Buffalo Liudvidas Bukys University Of Rochester Bill Chen Columbia University John Fisher Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Jim Grisham*NYSERNet Bruce Johnson* Cornell Theory Center Brian McGlynn Governor’s Task Force on IRM Peter Morrissey Syracuse University Tom Neiss SUNY System Administration Michael O'Connor Brookhaven National Labs Bill Russell New York University Necdet Uzun Polytechnic University *Designates Co-Chairs

NYSERNet 2000 Network Overview 11/12/97 Engineering Work Group continued Alternate Participants John FitzpatrickUniversity Of Rochester Jimmy KyriannisNew York University Steering Committee Advisors John KolbRensselaer Polytechnic Institute Dean of Computing and Information Services Vace KundackiColumbia University Deputy VP for Academic Information Systems Arnie Peskin Brookhaven Labs Head - Computing and Communications Division

NYSERNet 2000 Network Overview 11/12/97 Engineering Work Group Process Engineering Work Group established on March 3rd –the EWG established guidelines based on the requirements from the Applications Working Group and developed a set of technical and operational specifications RFI released April 29, responses due May 30, 1997 Develop relationship with New York State Governors task force (May- on going) “Environmental and Connectivity Specifications for NYSERNet 2000 PoPs” to the Governor’s Task Force on Information Resource Management on September 12, Interim meetings with vendors June - August

NYSERNet 2000 Network Overview 11/12/97 Engineering Work Group Process cont. “Hardware Design Options for the NYSERNet 2000 Network” document sent to Ascend, Cisco, IBM, and Newbridge on October 2, 1997 –full SONET OC12 backbone service; –end-to-end ATM transport, –enabling of OC3 or DS3 connections at each NYSERNet 2000 POP location, with growth potential –incremental and constant upgrades to the network. Business case released October 21, 1997 Business Partnership discussions with equipment vendors completed November 5th Selection for recommendations to the steering committee November 6 & 7 Presentation to Steering Committee November 17, 1997

NYSERNet 2000 Network Overview 11/12/97 Faculty Research Application Conference Will bring together NYSERNet 2000 member institution’s faculty to develop collaborative projects in: –digital libraries –tele-medicine Planned for early Spring 1998 – distance learning –data visualization

NYSERNet 2000 Network Overview 11/12/97 NYSERNet 2000 Corporate Partners Program Developing Corporate Partnerships –Product and service testbed opportunities –Research collaborations with member schools –Student intern sponsorship –Applications conference involvement New market development Demonstration site

NYSERNet 2000 Network Overview 11/12/97 NYSERNet Program Goals June ‘97 - NYSERTips web site online July 15 - NN2000 initial design complete July 31 - NSF Funding Proposal Submitted Sept Issue RFP for NN2000 Local Loops Nov Select NN2000 Equipment Vendor(s) Dec. ‘97 - Order local loops and vBNS connection Jan. ‘98 - NYC Gigapop Operational April ‘98 - Research Applications Conference May ‘98 - up State PoPs operational Dec. ‘98 - All NN2000 sites operational

NYSERNet 2000 Network Overview 11/12/97 NYSERNet 2000 Vision Creation of a constantly evolving, leading edge research and education network Enabling the development of new network applications and research collaborations Advantaging NYS R&E community in the ability to attract state, federal and corporate funding in support of research & education

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