University Corporation for Advanced Internet Development (UCAID) INET’98 21 July 1998 Geneva, Switzerland
Overview of UCAID, Internet2 and Abilene Douglas Van Houweling President & CEO
21st Century World of Learning and Information Computer mediated networks are ubiquitous Information appliances are smart and cheap Every client a server Glut rather than scarcity Distributed, disaggregated, disintermediated Integrative
New Millenium Challenges to Higher Education Historic campus model of library/scholar/student is changing Internet mediated learning competing with classroom learning Students can be anyone, anywhere, anytime Traditional colleges & univ face redefined education environment
Research and Development Commercialization Partnerships Privatization NSFNET Internet2, Abilene, vBNS Advanced US Govt Networks ARPAnet gigabit testbeds Active Nets wireless WDM SprintLink InternetMCI US Govt Networks ANS Interoperable High Performance Research &Education Networks 21st Century Networking Quality of Service (QoS)
History September 1995: Monterey Futures Conference August 1996: Cheyenne Mountain Workshop October 1996: Internet2 Project formed January 1997: First Internet2 Member Meeting October 1997: UCAID formed April 1998: Abilene Project Announced
UCAID Mission Provide leadership and direction for advanced networking development within the university community
UCAID Member Universities 127 Members as of June 1998 Hawaii
UCAID Members and US Higher Education
UCAID Organization
Internet2 Goals Enable new generation of applications Re-create leading edge R&E network capability Transfer capability to the global production Internet
Abilene Project Provide advanced network testbed Support Internet2 applications development Demonstrate next generation operational and quality of service capabilities Create facilities for network research
Abilene Characteristics 2.4 Gbps (OC48) among gigaPoPs, increasing to 9.6 Gbps (OC192) Connections at 622 Mbps (OC12) or 155 Mbps (OC3) IP over Sonet technology Access PoPs very close to almost all of the anticipated university gigaPoPs
Abilene Schedule Spring ‘98 Cost/enrollment discussions Fall ‘98: Demos and pre-production Initial group connected by Jan ’99 Others as mutually planned in ‘99
UCAID Current Priorities Establish backbone connectivity Facilitate middleware implementation Support network research Identify and develop first phase applications Build international collaboration opportunities TED