1. Internet2 Today
Jane Ryland
Membership Activities Consultant, Internet2
Presentation for OCLC Distinguished Seminar Series
15 April 2003
This is a general overview presentation about Internet2. Internet2 is a consortium, led by US universities, which is recreating the partnership among academia, industry and government that fostered today’s Internet in its infancy.

2. Internet2 Today
Overview of the Internet2 Initiative
Focus on Advanced Networking Applications
What’s in it for Libraries?
This is a general overview presentation about Internet2. Internet2 is a consortium, led by US universities, which is recreating the partnership among academia, industry and government that fostered today’s Internet in its infancy.

3. Internet2 Mission
Develop and deploy advanced networking applications and technologies, accelerating the creation of tomorrow’s Internet.
This is the Internet2 mission.
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4. Internet2 Partnerships
Internet2 universities are recreating the partnerships that fostered the Internet in its infancy
Industry
Government
International
Partnerships are the foundation of how the Internet developed and they are also a part of the foundation of Internet2.
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5. Internet2 Brief History
Started in 1996 as a project with 34 universities
Internet2 Backbone Network - Abilene launched February 1999
(Partnership with Qwest, Cisco, Nortel, and Indiana University as our Network Operations Center)
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6. Internet2 Universities 202 Universities as of April 2003
This is the latest map of Internet2 universities. Each Internet2 university commits to providing the high performance networking on their own campus, connecting to a high-performance backbone network, and supporting advanced applications development on their own campus.
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7. Leadership
University presidents/chancellors are the voting representatives
Strong board – university presidents
Advisory councils with board seats
Applications Strategy Council
Network Planning and Policy Council
Network Research Liaison Council
Industry Strategy Council
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8. Additional Participation
Over 60 Internet2 Corporate Members
Over 40 Affiliate Members
Over 30 International Partners
25 SEGPs
There are also over a total of 70 corporate members (including corporate partners) in Internet2, and over 30 affiliate members.
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9. Internet2 Corporate Partners
This is the latest list of Internet2 Corporate Partners. Corporate partners have committed to providing over US$1million in support of collaborations with Internet2 universities.
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10. Affiliate Members Government labs State and regional networks
University system offices (University of California)
Other (New World Symphony, Survivors of the SHOAH)
Partnerships are the foundation of how the Internet developed and they are also a part of the foundation of Internet2.
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11. International MoU Map Europe-Middle East Asia-Pacific Americas
ARNES (Slovenia)
BELNET (Belgium)
CARNET (Croatia)
CESnet (Czech Republic)
DANTE (Europe)
DFN-Verein (Germany)
GIP RENATER (France)
GRNET (Greece)
HEAnet (Ireland)
HUNGARNET (Hungary)
INFN-GARR (Italy)
Israel-IUCC (Israel)
NORDUnet (Nordic Countries)
POL-34 (Poland)
RCCN (Portugal)
RedIRIS (Spain)
RESTENA (Luxembourg)
SANET (Slovakia)
Stichting SURF (Netherlands)
SWITCH (Switzerland)
TERENA (Europe)
JISC, UKERNA (United Kingdom)
Asia-Pacific
AAIREP (Australia)
APAN (Asia-Pacific)
APAN-KR (Korea)
APRU (Asia-Pacific)
CERNET, CSTNET, NSFCNET (China)
JAIRC (Japan)
JUCC (Hong Kong)
NECTEC / UNINET (Thailand)
SingAREN (Singapore)
TAnet2 (Taiwan)
Americas
CANARIE (Canada)
CEDIA (Ecuador)
CUDI (Mexico)
CRNET2 (Costa Rica)
REUNA (Chile)
RETINA (Argentina)
RNP2 (Brazil)
SENACYT (Panama)
Key:
Dark green: Current MoU partners
Medium green: Developing Partnerships
Gray: Related Efforts in Formation
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12. International Peering
09 January 2002
Last updated: 14 January 2003
International Peering
Sacramento
Los Angeles
Washington
STAR TAP/Star Light
APAN/TransPAC†, CA*net, CERN, CERNET/CSTNET/NSFCNET, NAUKAnet, GEMnet, HARNET, KOREN/KREONET2, NORDUnet, SURFnet, SingAREN, TANET2
Pacific Wave
AARNET, APAN/TransPAC†, CA*net, TANET2
NYCM
GEANT*,
HEANET,
NORDUnet,
SINET,
SURFnet
SNVA
GEMNET, SINET, SingAREN, WIDE(v6)
LOSA
UNINET
OC12
AMPATH
ANSP, REUNA2, RNP2, RETINA (REACCIUN-2)
San Diego (CALREN2)
CUDI
El Paso (UACJ-UT El Paso)
CUDI
ARNES, ACONET, BELNET, CARNET, CERN, CESnet, CYNET, DFN, EENet, GARR, GRNET, HEANET, IUCC, JANET, LATNET, LITNET, NORDUNET, RENATER, RESTENA, SWITCH, HUNGARNET, GARR-B, POL-34, RCST, RedIRIS, SANET, SURFNET
† WIDE/JGN, IMnet, CERNet/CSTnet,/NSFCNET, KOREN/KREONET2, SingAREN, TANET2, ThaiSARN
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13. Sponsored Education Group Participants (SEGPs)
California New York
Florida North Carolina
Georgia North Dakota
Hawaii Ohio
Illinois Oklahoma
Indiana Oregon
Iowa Pennsylvania
Louisiana Rhode Island
Maryland Utah
Michigan Virginia
Minnesota Washington
Missouri Wisconsin
New Mexico
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14. Internet2 Goals Enable new generation of applications
Re-create leading edge R&E network capability
Transfer technology and experience to the global production Internet
These are the three primary goals of Internet2.
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15. Internet2 Focus Areas Advanced Network Infrastructure Engineering
Advanced Applications
Middleware
Recent Initiatives
These are the five areas that Internet2, Internet2 members, and partner organizations are focused on.
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16. Internet2 Focus Areas Advanced Network Infrastructure Engineering
Advanced Applications
Middleware
Recent Initiatives
These are the five areas that Internet2, Internet2 members, and partner organizations are focused on.
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17. Internet2 Network Infrastructure
Backbones operate at minimum of 2.4 Gbps (OC48) capacity today
GigaPoPs provide regional high-performance aggregation points
Local campus networks provide 100 Mbps to the desktop; some provide 1Gbps
This is a broad generalization of the Internet2 network infrastructure.
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18. Download of “The Matrix” DVD (Comparison of the Internet2 Land Speed Record)
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19. Abilene Network Core Map, March 2003
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20. Internet2 GigaPoPs These are the location of the Internet2 gigaPoPs.
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21. Tomorrow’s Internet2 Network
Backbone upgrade from 2.4 Gbps to Gbps by the end of 2003 (coast to coast 10Gbps already in place)
Extension of contract with Qwest through October 2006
Acquiring dark fiber for next-generation upgrade
This is a broad generalization of the Internet2 network infrastructure.
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22. Internet2 Focus Areas Advanced Network Infrastructure Engineering
Advanced Applications
Middleware
Recent Initiatives
These are the five areas that Internet2, Internet2 members, and partner organizations are focused on.
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23. Engineering Working Groups
IPv6
Measurement
Multicast
Quality of Service
Routing
Security
Topology
These are some of the new network capabilities that advanced networks will need to implement and which the Internet2 community is working on.
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24. Internet2 Focus Areas Advanced Network Infrastructure Engineering
Advanced Applications
Middleware
Recent Initiatives
These are the five areas that Internet2, Internet2 members, and partner organizations are focused on.
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25. Internet2 Applications
What are “Internet2 applications”?
They deliver qualitative and quantitative improvements in how we conduct research and engage in teaching and learning
They require advanced networks to work
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26. Different Disciplines/Contexts
Sciences
Arts
Humanities
Health care
Business/Law
Administration …
Library
Classroom
Clinic
Office
Laboratory
Dorm room …
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27. Applications Interactive collaboration
Real-time access to remote resources, e.g., instrumentation
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28. Space Physics & Aeronomy Research Collaboratory (SPARC)
The University of
Michigan

29. Remote Scanning Electron Microscope
The University of
Michigan

30. Distributed nanoManipulator
University of
North Carolina-
Chapel Hill

31. Applications Large scale, multi-site computation and data mining
Shared virtual reality
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32. Shared Virtual Reality
University of Illinois at Chicago
Virtual Temporal Bone

33. Immersadesk

34. The CAVE
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35. Tele-immersive telecubicles “Office of the Future”

36. CORN California Orthopaedic Research Network
Expanding nationally and internationally
Focused on training and demonstrations
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37. Music Teaching over Internet2
University of
Oklahoma

38. Applications Digital Video Up to broadcast-quality videoconferencingUp
Live distribution and on-demand access to content
HDTV-based digital video to
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39. Digital Libraries The Informedia Digital Video Library Carnegie-Mellon University

40. Digital Video
Up to broadcast quality videoconferencing – Internet2 Virtual Meeting Fall 2001

41. Grid Computing
Global resources available to communities of researchers
The protocols, services, and applications that enable new forms of collaboration
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42. Examples Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation
Collaboration environment for earthquake researchers (e.g., structural engineers, geotechnical and tsunami scientists)
Grid Physics Network
Petabyte scale environment for data-intensive applications (Large Hadron Collider, Sloan Digital Sky Survey, Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory)
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43. TeraGrid Wide Area Network - NCSA, ANL, SDSC, Caltech
StarLight
International Optical Peering Point
(see
Abilene
Chicago
DTF Backplane (4x: 40 Gbps)
Indianapolis
Urbana
Los Angeles
Explanation of dashed lines:
St. Louis: State of Illinois fiber between St. Louis and Chicago will be connected to I-WIRE by November This fiber will terminate at 900 Walnut Street-- the Switch Data Services carrier collocation facility in St. Louis (location of St. Louis Gigapop). In Chicago the State of Illinois fiber will connect both directly to Argonne (which will serve as one of the State’s repeater/opto-electronic equipment hubs) and to the James R. Thompson Center downtown. I-WIRE fiber connects the James R. Thompson Center to the Starlight hub via the Qwest POP.
Indianapolis: We are working with Indiana University to obtain fiber either to Urbana or Chicago. We have preliminary pricing and expect at least a pair of fiber to be available by Summer 2002 if not before.
Starlight / NW Univ
San Diego
UIC
I-WIRE
Multiple Carrier Hubs
Ill Inst of Tech
OC-48 (2.5 Gb/s, Abilene)
ANL
Multiple 10 GbE (Qwest)
Univ of Chicago
Indianapolis (Abilene NOC)
Multiple 10 GbE (I-WIRE Dark Fiber)
NCSA/UIUC
Solid lines in place and/or available by October 2001
Dashed I-WIRE lines planned for summer 2002
Source: Charlie Catlett, Argonne
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44. Internet2 Focus Areas Advanced Network Infrastructure Engineering
Advanced Applications
Middleware
Recent Initiatives
These are the five areas that Internet2, Internet2 members, and partner organizations are focused on.
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45. Middleware
A layer of software between the network and the applications
Authentication
Identification
Authorization
Directories
Security
Middleware is a layer of software between the network and applicaitons
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46. Internet2 Middleware Initiative
Internet2 community has unique needs and capabilities
Middleware Architecture Committee for Education
Early Harvest and Early Adopters
Internet2 Public Key Infrastructure Labs
Shibboleth (inter-campus authentication)
Directories
NSF Middleware Initiative (with EDUCAUSE and SURA)
The commercial development of middleware has lagged. These are some of the activities and work underway within the Internet2 community.
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47. Internet2 Focus Areas Advanced Network Infrastructure Engineering
Advanced Applications
Middleware
Recent Initiatives
These are the five areas that Internet2, Internet2 members, and partner organizations are focused on.
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48. Internet2 Commons Services End to End Performance Cybersecurity
Recent Initiatives
Internet2 Commons Services
End to End Performance
Cybersecurity
Middleware is a layer of software between the network and applicaitons
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49. Technology Development: Yesterday
Applications
Motivate
Enables
[for DVH, include outline level notes, insert specific facts]
The presentation starts with a slide that many folks will be familiar with. It describes how “we” saw Internet2 activates relating to each other at the beginning of the effort.
Engineering
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50. Technology Development: Today
Applications
End-to-end Performance
Motivate
Security
Middleware
Enable
First slide click
·        Our view of engineering has changed:
-end-to-end, -IPv6, -Multicast
·        We now see a much more layered multifaceted set of activities, but the same interlocking motivations exist
·        We’ve built and are operating a network, we have efforts underway to deploy advanced services like IPv6 and multicast, we have forged into middleware space and are now rolling out real code in Shibboleth.
·        We now have an expanded understanding of applications
·        IPv6, FasTCP, Multicast, [need to have specific examples in each of the areas:
·        Enabling new work mainly for subsets of our membership:
-Haystack observatory
-New world symphony masters classes
-Telemedicine instructions
·        Reiterate commitment to shared applications, building the scaffolding, need to acknowledge the difficulty we’ve had in getting folks to converge around shared and common applications
·        We expect Applications Strategy Council will provide more advice in this regard.
Second slide click
·        End-to-end performance, always central to the underlying architecture of the internet, is receiving particular attention
·        Security permeates all layers
Our goal together is to build on this whole package – value comes from synergy  
Services
Networks
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51. What’s in it for Libraries?

52. What’s in it for Libraries?
Internet2 capabilities meet library needs
Higher bandwidth – enables fast transfer of large datasets, e.g., high-resolution graphic images, audio, and video
Partnerships are the foundation of how the Internet developed and they are also a part of the foundation of Internet2.
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53. What’s in it for Libraries?
Internet2 capabilities meet library needs
Higher bandwidth – enables fast transfer of large datasets, e.g., high-resolution graphic images, audio, and video
Multicast – enables faster transfer of the same data to multiple sites
Partnerships are the foundation of how the Internet developed and they are also a part of the foundation of Internet2.
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54. What’s in it for Libraries?
Internet2 capabilities meet library needs
Higher bandwidth – enables fast transfer of large datasets, e.g., high-resolution graphic images, audio, and video
Multicast – enables faster transfer of the same data to multiple sites
Middleware – enhanced security through authorization and authentication
Partnerships are the foundation of how the Internet developed and they are also a part of the foundation of Internet2.
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55. What’s in it for Libraries?
Libraries can connect to Abilene
Academic libraries, part of member universities, are automatically connected
Partnerships are the foundation of how the Internet developed and they are also a part of the foundation of Internet2.
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56. What’s in it for Libraries?
Libraries can connect to Abilene
As a sponsored participant
Partnerships are the foundation of how the Internet developed and they are also a part of the foundation of Internet2.
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57. What’s in it for Libraries?
Libraries can connect to Abilene
As a sponsored participant
Requires specific collaboration with Primary Member (e.g., Research University)
Partnerships are the foundation of how the Internet developed and they are also a part of the foundation of Internet2.
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58. What’s in it for Libraries?
Libraries can connect to Abilene
As a sponsored participant
Requires specific collaboration with Primary Member (e.g., Research University)
Connectivity charge based on connect speed, but no Internet2 dues
Partnerships are the foundation of how the Internet developed and they are also a part of the foundation of Internet2.
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59. What’s in it for Libraries?
Libraries can connect to Abilene
As part of a state education network (SEGP)
Partnerships are the foundation of how the Internet developed and they are also a part of the foundation of Internet2.
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60. What’s in it for Libraries?
Libraries can connect to Abilene
As part of a state education network (SEGP)
SEGP pays Internet2 fees (based on state size)
Partnerships are the foundation of how the Internet developed and they are also a part of the foundation of Internet2.
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61. What’s in it for Libraries?
Libraries can connect to Abilene
As part of a state education network (SEGP)
SEGP pays Internet2 fees (based on state size)
SEGP determines how to handle connectivity charges
Partnerships are the foundation of how the Internet developed and they are also a part of the foundation of Internet2.
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62. What’s in it for Libraries?
Libraries can connect to Abilene
As part of a state education network (SEGP)
SEGP pays Internet2 fees (based on state size)
SEGP determines how to handle connectivity charges
Example: 134 public libraries in Missouri are connected to Internet2 through MOREnet
Partnerships are the foundation of how the Internet developed and they are also a part of the foundation of Internet2.
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63. What’s in it for Libraries?
Even if you don’t connect to Abilene
Enhancement of commodity Internet through technology transfer
Partnerships are the foundation of how the Internet developed and they are also a part of the foundation of Internet2.
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64. More Internet2 Information
On the Web
For more information about Internet2, please see these web sites, or contact directly by .
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