9 July 2001 Internet2 and Thai Advanced Networking Initiatives Douglas Van Houweling President and CEO, Internet2

9 July Overview Technology Internet2 Members Organization Activities Overview Collaboration Implications

9 July Technology for Tomorrow’s Internet World Faster Networks Price/performance improving more rapidly than microprocessors –Stable price with annual doubling of capability Gigabit speeds Fiber, cable, laser wireless, radio wireless Efficient multicast Applications push

9 July Technology for Tomorrow’s Internet World Network Services Software More reliable: –Assured capacity on demand More secure –Authentication and authorization More business-capable –Accounting & billing

9 July Technology for Tomorrow’s Internet World “Computers” Faster (of course) –Customized More storage Smaller New form factors –“Pagers”, “cell phones,” and handhelds –Digital “paper” –Eyeglasses –Imbedded –Implants? Multimedia –Input & output

9 July Today’s Internet Doesn’t Provide reliable end-to-end performance Encourage cooperation on new capabilities Allow testing of new technologies Support development of revolutionary applications

9 July 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 ANS

9 July Internet2 Mission Develop and deploy advanced network applications and technologies, accelerating the creation of tomorrow’s Internet.

9 July Internet2 Who we are 187 universities 70 corporations 9 government Labs 35 international partners 50 central staff

9 July Internet2 Universities 187 Universities as of July 2001

9 July Internet2 Partnerships Internet2 universities are recreating the partnerships that fostered the Internet in its infancy Government Industry International

9 July Technology Transfer Conduits Collaborating on advanced applications Deploying pre-commercial infrastructure and protocols Establishing expertise and human capital Large-scale proof of concept

9 July Internet2 Corporate Engagement Engagement in development, working groups, etc. Internet2 to live in the future Secondary to a university member

9 July Internet2 Corporate Partners 3Com Advanced Network & Services Alcatel AT&T Cisco Systems IBM Intel Corporation ITC^Deltacom Lucent Technologies Marconi Communications Microsoft Nortel Networks Qwest Communications SBC Communications Spirent Communications WCI Cable WorldCom

9 July Internet2 Organization US based--but with International collaboration Not-for-profit organization supported by dues of membership; grants; corporate support $21M/year central budget from member dues & fees $400M/year effort Main offices: Ann Arbor, Michigan Washington, DC Armonk, New York Board of Trustees Largely composed of University Presidents 4 Advisory Councils-Each with a seat on the Board

9 July Internet2 Activities Facilitate and Coordinate members’ work: Working Groups –Technologies (Quality of Service), Applications (Digital Video), Middleware (Public Key Infrastructure) Initiatives/Projects –End2End Performance, QBone Shared Infrastructure –Abilene Backbone network, Internet2 Commons, Shibboleth

9 July Funding Models Organization and core activities: Membership dues Shared infrastructure: Combination of industry contributions, membership contributions (fees), grants Example: Abilene Backbone Network $Multi-million contribution: Qwest, Cisco, Nortel, Indiana University User fees

9 July Internet2 Focus Areas Advanced Applications Ted Hanss, Tuesday at Middleware Advanced Network Infrastructure Tuesday, opening plenary New Network Capabilities Wednesday at (IPv6) Wednesday at (QoS, measurement, E2E performance) Partnerships Technology Transfer

9 July Internet2 and Thailand: collaboration opportunities Work together to ensure global interoperability of advanced networking technologies Support collaboration between our research and education communities

9 July Memorandum of Understanding Connect our respective communities Collaborate on new technology and applications development and implementation Encourage technology transfer from joint endeavors Collaborate to promote and encourage high-performance networking and applications development around the world

9 July Internet2 International Partners October 2000

9 July Abilene International Peering APAN/TransPAC, Ca*net3, CERN, CERnet, IUCC, KOREN/KREONET2, NORDUnet, RENATER, SURFnet, SingAREN, SINET, TAnet2, (ANSP, RNP2) OC12 NYCM TEN-155*, BELNET, JANET, NORDUnet, SURFnet CA*net3 (HEAnet,) STTL CA*net3, (AARnet) SNVA GEMNET, (SINET) LOSA SingAREN, SINET, UNINET AmPATH REUNA (RNP2, RETINA) OC3-12 UT El Paso (CUDI) CALREN2 CUDI * ARNES, BELNET, CARNET, CESnet, DFN, GRNET, HEAnet, RESTENA, SWITCH, HUNGARNET, GARR-B, POL-34, RCCN, RedIRIS 31 May 2001

9 July Some Potential Areas of Collaboration Applications in areas such as medicine, bio-informatics, agriculture, earth monitoring Technology areas such as IPv6, QoS Understanding how universities can take advantage of new transport technologies

9 July Implications From Atoms to Electrons: Enables: –Speed –Convergence of Rich Media –Information Can (Must?) Be Entertaining A New Global Community Unanticipated innovation Research Learning The world is a place!