Internet2 Douglas Van Houweling President & CEO, University Corporation for Advanced Internet Development (UCAID) Advanced Internet Venture Fund 19 January 2000

Yesterday’s Internet  Thousands of users  Remote login, file transfer  Interconnect mainframe computers  Applications capitalize on underlying technology

Today’s Internet  Millions of users  Web, , low-quality audio & video  Interconnect personal computers and servers  Applications adapt to underlying technology

Tomorrow’s Internet  Billions of users and devices  Convergence of today’s applications with multimedia (telephony, video- conference, HDTV)  Interconnect personal computers, servers, and imbedded computers  New technologies enable unanticipated applications (and create new challenges)

Why Internet2?  The Internet was not designed for: Millions of users Congestion Multimedia Real time interaction  But, only the Internet can: Accommodate explosive growth Enable convergence of information work, mass media, and human collaboration  Internet2 is focused on the Internet’s potential for our future

More Time Performance Less hype technological potential actual performance reality gap Innovating to Close the Gap

What Is Internet2?  A project of the university community working with our corporate colleagues and government to close the gap between the potential and reality of the Internet

Why University Leadership?  The Internet came from the higher research university community Stanford -- the Internet protocols NSFNet -- the scaled-up Internet CERN -- The WWW protocols University of Illinois -- The Web browser  Research universities require an advanced Internet and have demonstrated they can develop it

Research and Development Commercialization Partnerships Privatization Internet Development Spiral Today’s Internet Internet2 NSFNetARPANet NYSERNet SURANet MichNet ANS/Core PSI UUNet InternetMCI AOL GigaBit Testbeds MBone NGI Intelligent Networks

The Use of Information Technology  Computing Technology Now Used Heavily for Information Access, Sharing  Group Work Can Be Flexibly Interwoven with Individual Work  Network Infrastructure Can Overcome: Organizational boundaries Distance Time

Internet2 Goals  Enable new generation of applications  Re-create leading edge R&E network capability  Transfer technology and experience to the global production Internet

Organization: Membership  Regular members: 170 U.S. research universities  Corporate members: 60 companies  Affiliate members: 28 non-profits supporting Internet2

Requirements for Regular Membership  Campus Infrastructure -- more than 100 million bit/second network  Connectivity to national Internet2 backbone million bit/second or greater  Share Internet2 backbone expense  Support for application development and common software  $1-2 million/year typical expenditure

Organization: Board of Trustees  David Ward, (Chair, Board of Trustees) University of Wisconsin  Henry S. Bienen, Northwestern University  William G. Bowen, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation  Molly Corbett Broad, University of North Carolina  Larry R. Faulkner, University of Texas at Austin  Steven B. Sample, University of Southern California  Graham B. Spanier, Pennsylvania State University  Eric Bloch, (Chair, Industry Strategy Council)  Thomas A. DeFanti, University of Illinois at Chicago (Chair, Applications Strategy Council)  James Bruce, MIT (Chair, Networking Policy and Planning Advisory Council)  David Meyer, Cisco & Univ. of Oregon (Chair, Networking Research Liaison Council )  Douglas E. Van Houweling

Organization: Funding & support  University & large corporate member dues $25,000/year =~$5,000,000  Affiliate & small corporate member dues $10,000/year = ~$300,000  Participant cost sharing for projects (Abilene) = ~$8,000,000  Corporate in kind contributions = ~$150,000,000

Enabling advanced applications...

Promoting Advanced Applications Development  Collaboration Interactive video Remote instrument access Data mining and visualization  Access to rich media Internet2 Digital Video Initiative Internet2 Research TV Working Group Digital libraries  Supporting the large scale computing community

Collaborations  Link instruments, data sources, researchers and students

Teleimmersion  Telecubicle -- The distributed virtual office Work led by Advanced Network & Services  Brown University  Naval Postgraduate School  University of North Carolina Chapel Hill  University of Pennsylvania  Using Inperceptible Light and VR CAVE technologies

The first generation telecubicle

Enabling Middleware Infrastructure  Internet2 Middleware Initiative (Glueworks) Early Harvest workshop Collaborating with other higher ed and government initiatives  NSF Advanced Network Services program Early Adopters program

Re-creating leading edge networking capabilities...

Applications Engineering MotivateEnables Applications and Engineering

Initiatives  Abilene  Multicast  Quality of Service: QBone  Distributed Storage: I2-DSI dsi.internet2.edu  Digital Video: I2-DV i2dv.nwu.icair.edu  I2MI: Glue Factory

Internet2 Working Groups  IPv6  Measurement  Multicast  Network Management  Network Storage  Quality of Service  Routing  Security  Topology

University-led Federal agency-led Developing education and research driven applications Agency mission-driven and general purpose applications Building out campus networks, gigapops and inter-gigapop infrastructure Funding research testbeds and agency research networks Interconnecting and interoperating to provide advanced networking capabilities needed to support advanced research and education applications Internet2 and the Next Generation Internet Initiative Internet2NGI

National Networks  Internet2 Backbone Networks vBNS Abilene  Federal Backbone Networks DREN ESnet NREN …

Abilene Network Cleveland New York Atlanta Indianapolis Kansas City Houston Denver Los Angeles Sacramento Seattle Abilene Router Node Abilene Access Node Operational January 1999 Planned 1999

Transferring technology and experience...

Internet2 Corporate Partners  ITC^Deltacom  Lucent Technologies  MCI Worldcom  Microsoft  Newbridge Networks  Nortel Networks  Qwest Communications  StarBurst  WCI Cable  3Com  Advanced Network & Services  Alcatel  Ameritech  AT&T  Cabletron Systems  Cisco Systems  FORE Systems  IBM

Internet2 Corporate Sponsors  Bell South  Compaq  Ericsson (formerly Torrent Networking Technologies)  Litton Network Access Systems  Novell  SBC Technology Resources  StorageTek

Internet2 Corporate Members  Alcatel Telecom  Apple Computer  AppliedTheory Communications  Bell Atlantic  British Telecom  Deutsche Telekom  Fujitsu Laboratories of America  GTE Internetworking  Hitachi  IXC Communications  KDD  Motorola  Nexabit Networks  Nokia Research Center  NTT Multimedia  Pacific Bell  Alcatel Telecom  Apple Computer  AppliedTheory Communications  Bell Atlantic  British Telecom  Deutsche Telekom  Fujitsu Laboratories of America  GTE Internetworking  Hitachi  IXC Communications  KDD  Motorola  Nexabit Networks  Nokia Research Center  NTT Multimedia  Pacific Bell  Project OXYGEN  RR Donnelley  Siemens  Sprint  Sun Microsystems  Sylvan Learning  Tachyon  Telcordia Technologies (formerly Bellcore)  Telebeam  Teleglobe  TransMedia Communications  VTEL  Williams Communications Grp.  Worldport Communications Inc.  Project OXYGEN  RR Donnelley  Siemens  Sprint  Sun Microsystems  Sylvan Learning  Tachyon  Telcordia Technologies (formerly Bellcore)  Telebeam  Teleglobe  TransMedia Communications  VTEL  Williams Communications Grp.  Worldport Communications Inc.

International Activities  Ensure global interoperability of advanced networking technologies and applications  Enable collaborations between US researchers at Internet2 institutions and their non-US counterparts

Drivers for advanced global research networks  Global access to shared resources Instruments and facilities Genome, video, economic, and demographic databases  Data collection and dissemination Earth observation High Energy Physics  Collaboration support Video, audio, tele-immersion

Internet2 International Collaborations  Building peer to peer relationships  Looking for similar goals/objectives and similar constituencies  Mechanism: Memoranda of Understanding  Implementation: Peering and Connection Agreements  Collaboration: Projects and Applications

MOU Signatories  Signed: CANARIE (Canada) Stichting SURF (Netherlands) NORDUnet (Nordic countries) TERENA (pan-European association) UKERNA (UK) INFN-GARR (Italy) DFN-Verein (Germany) GIP RENATER (France) JAIRC (Japan) SingAREN (Singapore) CUDI (Mexico) APAN (Asia-Pacific region) Israel-IUCC (Israel) AAIREP (Australia) HEAnet (Ireland)  Signed: CANARIE (Canada) Stichting SURF (Netherlands) NORDUnet (Nordic countries) TERENA (pan-European association) UKERNA (UK) INFN-GARR (Italy) DFN-Verein (Germany) GIP RENATER (France) JAIRC (Japan) SingAREN (Singapore) CUDI (Mexico) APAN (Asia-Pacific region) Israel-IUCC (Israel) AAIREP (Australia) HEAnet (Ireland)  Under discussion RNP2 (Brazil) CESnet (Czech Republic) DANTE (European network) EnRED (Latin American association) REDIris (Spain) SWITCH (Switzerland)  Under discussion RNP2 (Brazil) CESnet (Czech Republic) DANTE (European network) EnRED (Latin American association) REDIris (Spain) SWITCH (Switzerland)

Peering & Connections  Peering: CA*NetII/3 (CANARIE) SURFnet (Stichting SURF) NORDUnet (NORDUnet) RENATER2 (RENATER) IUCC-Internet-2 (Israel- IUCC) SingAREN (SingAREN) TransPAC (APAN, JAIRC, SingAREN)  Peering: CA*NetII/3 (CANARIE) SURFnet (Stichting SURF) NORDUnet (NORDUnet) RENATER2 (RENATER) IUCC-Internet-2 (Israel- IUCC) SingAREN (SingAREN) TransPAC (APAN, JAIRC, SingAREN)  Connections CA*NetII/3 (STAR TAP, Chicago) IUCC (STAR TAP) MIRnet (Russia, STARTAP) NORDUnet (Abilene pop, NYC) SURFnet (Abilene pop, NYC) TransPAC (STARTAP, Chicago) RENATER (STARTAP) SingAREN (STARTAP) TAnet (Taiwan, STARTAP)  Connections CA*NetII/3 (STAR TAP, Chicago) IUCC (STAR TAP) MIRnet (Russia, STARTAP) NORDUnet (Abilene pop, NYC) SURFnet (Abilene pop, NYC) TransPAC (STARTAP, Chicago) RENATER (STARTAP) SingAREN (STARTAP) TAnet (Taiwan, STARTAP)

Network Convergence  Common bearer service (IP)  End to end capability  Applications driven  Media types integrated for natural interpersonal interaction

Ubiquitous Connectivity  Steadily lower prices  Task-specific and everyday devices  Machine-to-machine network traffic  Nomadic connections

Unanticipated Innovation  Lesson of the Web  Network growth and value are non- linear  New technologies enable qualitatively different uses  Users become innovators

Higher Education Leadership  Virtual organizations  Distributed management  Global reach  Intangible value for the knowledge economy  Collaboration with industry & government to push the frontier together

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