1. What is Internet2? Mary Kratz, Internet2
What is Internet2? Mary Kratz, Internet2
SICOT/SIROT 2002 XXII World Congress Société Internationale de Chirurgie Orthopédique et de Traumatologie San Diego Convention Center - San Diego, CA, USA
29 August 2002
Introduction
What is Internet2?
Mission
Advanced Research and Education Network
Consortium
# Members
[Network Map]
current backbone topology and speeds
- GigaPOPs
Relationship with other networks
- National Peering Arrangements
- Local Networks
- International Peering Arrangements
Future of the backbone
- upgrade to OC-192
- etc
What is an Internet2 Application
Current Applications
Attributes -
Examples
- NEES
- HENP
- STAR
How Astronomy will work
- eVLBI

2. 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
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3. Challenges for Today’s Internet
Provide reliable end-to-end performance
Cooperate on developing and deploying new capabilities
Allow testing of new technologies
Support development of revolutionary applications
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4. Internet2 Mission
Develop and deploy advanced network applications and technologies, accelerating the creation of tomorrow’s Internet.
Enable new generation of applications
Re-create leading edge R&E network capability
Transfer technology and experience to the global production Internet
This is the Internet2 mission.
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5. Leadership
University presidents/chancellors are the voting representatives
Strong Board of Directors
Advisory councils with board seats
Applications Strategy Council
Network Planning and Policy
Network Research Liaison
Industry Liaison Council
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6. Internet Development Spiral
Commercialization
Privatization
ANS/Core
PSI
MichNet
Today’s Internet
AOL
UUNet
SURANet
InternetMCI
NYSERNet
ANS
Intelligent
Networks
GigaBit
Testbeds
ARPANet
NSFNet
NGI
MBone
Internet2
Research and
Partnerships
Development
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7. 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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8. Internet2 Universities 200 University Members, September 2002
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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9. Internet2 and the Next Generation Internet Initiative
NGI
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
Internet2 works closely with the federal agencies involved in the Next Generation Internet initiative.
Interconnecting and interoperating to provide advanced networking capabilities needed to support advanced research and education applications
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10. 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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11. International MoU Partners
Europe-Middle East
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)
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)
CUDI (Mexico)
CRNET2 (Costa Rica)
REUNA (Chile)
RETINA (Argentina)
RNP2 (Brazil)
SENACYT (Panama)
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12. Abilene
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13. Abilene Backbone Network
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14. International Transit Network
STAR TAP
APAN/TransPAC, Ca*net3, CERnet, GEMNET, IUCC, KOREN/KREONET2, NORDUnet, RENATER, REUNA, SURFnet, SingAREN, SINET, TAnet2, (ANSP, RNP2)
NYCM
BELNET, CA*net3, JANET, NORDUnet, SURFnet, TEN-551, (HEAnet)
AmPATH
(REUNA, RNP2, ETINA)
UT El Paso
(CUDI)
1 ARNES, BELNET, CARNET, CESnet, DFN, GRNET, HEAnet, RESTENA, SWITCH, HUNGARNET, GARR-B, POL-34, RCCN, RedIRIS
STTL
CA*net3,
AARnet
SNVA
GEMNET,
(SINET)
LOSA
SingAREN, SINET,
UNINET
CALREN2
CUDI
OC 3-12
OC 12
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15. Advanced Application Attributes
Interactive collaboration and instruction
Real-time access to remote resources
Large-scale, multi-site computation
Distributed data storage and data mining
Shared virtual reality
Dynamic data visualization
Any combination of the above
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16. Download of “The Matrix” DVD (Comparison of the Internet2 Land Speed Record)
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17. Healthcare in the Information Age

18. Health Science Activities
The scope of the Internet2 Health Science Workgroup includes clinical practice, medical and related biological research, education, and medical awareness in the public.
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19. Health Science Activities
Medical Middleware Working Group
Security Working Group
HIPAA Guidelines
Veterinary Medical Working Group
Visible Human Project Collaboratory
Orthopedic Surgery Working Group **
Bioethics BOF
Multi Center Clinical Trails SIG
Virtual Grand Rounds; Tumor Board; Radiology Board
Knowledge Management Systems
Health Surveillance and disease prevention
Health promotion and education
Pharmaceutical information management BOF
Telesurgery SIG
Biomedical Research Network and Testbeds
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20. Security and Privacy Guidelines
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21. Distributed Medical Informatics Education
Oregon Health & Science University and the University of Pittsburgh
Covers a broad range of fields including electronic medical records and information retrieval
Distance learning provides students with access to faculty, expertise, and other students
Medical informatics is a broad field spanning electronic medical records, telemedicine, information retrieval, image processing and analysis, bioinformatics, and evaluation methodologies. Using Internet2 high-speed networking and distance learning modalities, students in the informatics programs within Oregon Health & Science University and the University of Pittsburgh have access to a broader range of faculty, areas of subject expertise, and other students with whom to collaborate.
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22. Biomedical Informatics Research Network (BIRN)
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23. Virtual Tumor Board
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24. Support of Community through Knowledge Sharing
Internet2 acts as a clearinghouse to help distribute information
Technical meetings
Virtual presentations
Development of demonstrations and tools
Cooperate on standards to maintain global interoperability
Technical Support
Software tools (monitoring, diagnostic)
Loaner hardware (Vbrick, Cakebox, Access Grid)
Access to expertise (working groups)
Internet2 “Commons”
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25. Lessons of the Web Unanticipated innovation
Network growth and value are non-linear
New technologies enable qualitatively different uses
Users become innovators
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26. More Internet2 Information
On the Web
Mary Kratz, Health Sciences Project Manager
For more information about Internet2, please see these web sites, or contact directly by .
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