internet2 update

Internet2 Update

Gathering of State Networks 2005

Heather Bruning, Program Manager, Network Services

Heather Boyles, Director, Member and Partner Relations

9 February 2005

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Abilene Upgrade – Completed!

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Abilene Community – 4 levels

Connectors – Regional aggregators of Internet2 traffic.

Primary Participants – Internet2 members, including research universities and collaborating U.S. federal and corporate research labs.

Sponsored Participants – Collaborating partners of Internet2 university members (e.g., small laboratories, museums, clinical research centers) requiring access to advanced networking.

Sponsored Education Group Participants (SEGPs) – Aggregations of state education networks connecting the K-12 community, baccalaureate and community college networks, and libraries.

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Abilene – February 2005

IP-over-DWDM (OC-192c) backbone42 direct connections (OC-3c 10-Gbps)

• 2 10-Gbps (10 Gig Eth) connections– OC-192 SONET also supported

• 6 OC-48c connections & 3 Gig Eth connectors• 25 connected via at least OC-12c (622 Mbps)

233 participants – research universities & labs• All 50 states, District of Columbia, & Puerto Rico• U.S. Census Bureau and World Bank most recent additions;

Library of Congress coming soon!

Expanded access• 119 sponsored participants and 34 state education networks

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Purpose and Goals

http://www.nara.gov/

http://www.reacciun.ve/

http://www.singaren.net.sg/

http://international.internet2.edu/intl_connect/manlan

http://www.ascc.net/

http://www.naukanet.org/

http://www.canet3.net/

http://www.chop.edu/

http://www.widener.edu/

http://www.temple.edu/

http://www.ornl.gov/

http://www.brandeis.edu/

http://www.usgs.gov/


http://www.umaryland.edu/


http://www.epnet.com/

http://www.umass.edu/

http://www.bgsu.edu/

http://www.binghampton.edu/

http://www.albany.edu/

http://www.si.edu/

http://www.aura-astronomy.org/

http://www.nws.edu/

http://www.gallaudet.edu/

http://www.vcu.edu/

http://www.csuohio.edu/

http://www.jnj.com/

http://www.ford.com/

http://www.pfizer.com/

http://www.depaul.edu/

http://www.auburn.edu/

http://www.motorola.com/

http://www.startap.net/starlight

http://www.boeing.com/phantom/sitemap.html

http://www.jnj.com/

http://www.jnj.com/

http://www.princeton.edu/

http://www.miss.edu/

http://www.bc.edu/

http://www.surfnet.nl/

http://www.cern.ch/

http://www.wisc.edu/

http://www.uwm.edu/

http://www.retina.ar/

http://www.ansp.br/

http://www.transpac.org/

http://www.wustl.edu/

http://www.calpoly.edu/

http://www.uiowa.edu/

http://www.es.net/

http://www.maxgigapop.net/

http://www.fujitsu.com/

http://www.tanet2.net.tw/

http://www.hpcmo.hpc.mil/Htdocs/DREN/index.html

http://www.upr.edu/

http://www.dri.edu/

http://www.unlv.edu/

http://www.es.net/

http://www.iastate.edu/

http://www.rnp.bz/rnp2/index.html

http://www.wichita.edu/



http://www.ucaid.edu/

http://www.wiscnet.net/

http://www.ucaid.edu/

http://www.rit.edu/

http://www.louisville.edu/

http://www.ampath.fiu.edu/

http://www.swri.edu/

http://www.siu.edu/

http://www.umr.edu/

http://www.byu.edu/

http://www.unr.edu/

http://www.unt.edu/

http://www.heanet.ie/

http://www.nmt.edu/

http://www.sunysb.edu/

http://access.ncsa.uiuc.edu/

http://www.vims.edu/

http://www.nmsu.edu/

http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/

http://www.nd.edu/

http://www.cua.edu/

http://www.noaa.gov/

http://www.nisn.nasa.gov/

http://www.aarnet.edu.au/

http://www.jucc.edu.hk/jucc

http://www.es.net/

http://www.umkc.edu/

http://www.umsl.edu/

http://www.missouri.edu/

http://www.wvu.edu/

http://www.yale.edu/

http://www.rutgers.edu/

http://www.cise.nsf.gov/anir/index.html

http://www.umbc.edu/

http://www.gwu.edu/

http://www.hhmi.org/

http://www.uva.edu/

http://www.uvm.edu/

http://www.usu.edu/

http://www.tcu.edu/

http://www.sfasu.edu/

http://www.wright.edu/

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/

http://www.uta.edu/


http://www.unm.edu/


http://www.csuhayward.edu/

http://www.abilene.iu.edu/

http://www.utah.edu/

http://www.isu.edu/

http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/

http://www.research.microsoft.com/

http://www.alaska.edu/

http://www.pnw-gigapop.net/

http://www.montana.edu/

http://www.umt.edu/

http://www.uidaho.edu/

http://www.wsu.edu/

http://www.ohsu.edu/

http://www.ogi.edu/

http://www.pdx.edu/

http://www.orst.edu/

http://www.uoregon.edu/

http://www.ogig.net/

http://www.hawaii.edu/


http://www.nren.nasa.gov/

http://www.ngi.gov/related

http://www.ibm.com/

http://www.ucb.edu/

http://www.ucdavis.edu/

http://www.ucsc.edu/

http://www.ucop.edu/

http://www.ucsf.edu/

http://www.stanford.edu/

http://www.cenic.org/

http://www.sdsc.edu/

http://www.ucsd.edu/

http://www.ucirvine.edu/

http://www.caltech.edu/

http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/

http://www.isi.edu/

http://www.usc.edu/

http://www.calstate.edu/

http://www.csusb.edu/

http://www.csupomona.edu/

http://www.sdsu.edu/

http://www.ucsb.edu/

http://www.ucla.edu/

http://www.ucr.edu/

http://www.cenic.org/


http://www.cudi.edu.mx/

http://www.utdallas.edu/

http://www.ttu.edu/

http://www.allianceedu.org/

http://www.swmed.edu/

http://www.utexas.edu/

http://www.utep.edu/

http://www.tamu.edu/

http://www.bcm.tmc.edu/

http://www.uh.edu/

http://www.rice.edu/

http://www.tamu.edu/

http://www.smu.edu/

http://www.tulane.edu/

http://www.lsu.edu/

http://www.state.la.us/otm/lanet

http://www.usm.edu/

http://www.jsums.edu/

http://www.msstate.edu/

http://www.umiami.edu/

http://www.fau.edu/

http://www.fiu.edu/

http://www.famu.edu/

http://www.usf.edu/

http://www.ufl.edu/

http://www.ucf.edu/

http://www.fsu.edu/

http://www.emory.edu/

http://www.gsu.edu/

http://www.gatech.edu/

http://www.uga.edu/

http://www.sox.net/

http://www.uab.edu/

http://www.ua.edu/

http://www.uah.edu/

http://www.musc.edu/

http://www.sc.edu/

http://www.clemson.edu/

http://www.utk.edu/

http://www.uky.edu/

http://www.ncni.net/

http://www.duke.edu/

http://www.ncsu.edu/

http://www.ecu.edu/

http://www.wfu.edu/

http://www.unc.edu/

http://www.memphis.edu/

http://www.vanderbilt.edu/

http://www.wpi.edu/

http://www.boulder.noaa.gov/

http://www.uwyo.edu/

http://www.cudenver.edu/

http://www.colorado.edu/

http://www.colostate.edu/

http://www.frgp.net/

http://www.sdsmt.edu/

http://www.usd.edu/

http://www.sdstate.edu/

http://www.unl.edu/

http://www.ksu.edu/

http://www.uams.edu/

http://www.ualr.edu/

http://www.uark.edu/

http://www.wmu.edu/

http://www.mtu.edu/

http://www.wayne.edu/

http://www.umich.edu/

http://www.msu.edu/

http://www.merit.edu/


http://www.psu.edu/

http://www.cmu.edu/

http://www.pitt.edu/

http://www.psc.edu/

http://www.drexel.edu/

http://www.lehigh.edu/

http://www.upenn.edu/

http://www.uakron.edu/

http://www.ohiou.edu/

http://www.uc.edu/

http://www.osu.edu/

http://www.kent.edu/

http://www.cwru.edu/

http://www.oar.net/

http://www.brown.edu/

http://www.uri.edu/

http://www.nysernet.org/

http://www.columbia.edu/

http://www.syr.edu/

http://www.nyu.edu/

http://www.rochester.edu/

http://www.buffalo.edu/

http://www.rpi.edu/

http://www.cornell.edu/

http://www.unh.edu/

http://www.umaine.edu/

http://www.dartmouth.edu/

http://www.neu.edu/

http://www.bu.edu/

http://www.harvard.edu/

http://www.tufts.edu/

http://www.mit.edu/

http://www.nox.org/

http://www.ibm.com/

http://www.vbns.net/

http://www.gsfc.nasa.gov/

http://www.wm.edu/

http://www.odu.edu/

http://www.georgetown.edu/

http://www.gmu.edu/

http://www.umd.edu/

http://www.vt.edu/

http://www.uconn.edu/

http://www.udel.edu/

http://www.nordu.net/

http://www.geant.net/

http://www.surfnet.nl/

http://edcwww.cr.usgs.gov/

http://www.okgigapop.net/


http://www.es.net/

http://www.ucar.edu/

http://www.aura-astronomy.org/

http://www.qwest.com/

http://www.asu.edu/

http://www.uarizona.edu/

http://www.washington.edu/

http://www.ndsu.edu/

http://www.und.nodak.edu/

http://www.ukansas.edu/

http://www.greatplains.net/

http://www.cer.net.ch/

http://www.nordu.net/

http://www.nacsis.ac.jp/

http://www.transpac.org/


http://www.tanet2.net.tw/

http://www.reuna.cl/



http://www.nren.nasa.gov/

http://www.startap.net/

http://www.vbns.net/

http://www.mren.org/

http://www.uic.edu/

http://www.northwestern.edu/

http://www.uiuc.edu/

http://www.uchicago.edu/

http://www.anl.gov/

http://www.foo.edu/

http://www.purdue.edu/

http://www.umn.edu/

http://www.indiana.edu/

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Sponsored Education Group Participants as of February 2005

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Approved SEGPs by State (34)

• Alabama • Maryland • Oklahoma• California • Massachusetts • Oregon• Connecticut • Michigan • Pennsylvania• Georgia • Minnesota • Rhode Island• Hawaii • Missouri • South Carolina• Illinois • Nebraska • Texas• Indiana • New Jersey • Utah• Iowa • New Mexico • Virginia• Kansas • New York • Washington• Kentucky • North Carolina • Wisconsin• Louisiana • North Dakota • Maine • Ohio

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SEGP Inquiries by State (6)

• Alaska• Colorado• Delaware• Nevada• New Hampshire• Tennessee

K20 Initiative Update

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K20 Initiative – Goals 2005

Continue to expand and refine the biannual SEGP Connectivity Survey. Work with SEGP connectors to gather more granular usage data for the 2006 survey.

Review K20 Initiative Advisory and Executive Committee structures for shaping the direction of the K20 Initiative.

Continued development of a multi-faceted communications strategy designed to communicate innovative programmatic activities across the broadest education community and beyond to critical stakeholders (e.g., K20 Initiative website).

Engagement of various communities of interest in workshops to explore how advanced networks and applications will impact education.

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Internet2 K20 Connectivity Survey – September 2002 vs. May 2004 comparison data

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SEGP Connectivity Survey ResultsMay 2004

Survey Goals•Provide a high level view of the connectivity and enabling technologies within each SEGP as well as an aggregate view of the entire SEGP program.

• Identify contacts at each SEGP for pursuing additional information.

•Not intended to be a detailed site survey as this is too resource intensive and difficult to maintain.

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SEGP Connectivity Survey ResultsMay 2004

84% of the state education networks can access the Internet2 backbone network at >155 Mbps

As of May 2004, there were 32 state k12/k20 networks participating connecting about 27,000 K20 institutions –

• 23,392 k12 schools (86% of total)• 2,360 public libraries (9% of total)• 594 community colleges (2% of total)• 852 four-year colleges and universities (3% of total)• 74 museums, zoos, aquariums, and science centers (1% of

total)For more information:

http://k20.internet2.edu/connect_survey_index.php

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K20 Initiative Contact Information

On the Web• http://k20.internet2.edu/

Email• Louis Fox: [email protected]• James Werle: [email protected]

Phone• (206) 685-4745• (206) 616-8155

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Corporate Research Sites –Connection Options

Sponsored Participation – Abilene CoU allows small for-profit entities and government agencies that require routine collaboration on instructional, clinical, and/or research projects, services, and content with Primary Participants or with other Sponsored Participants to become Sponsored Participants.

• Contact Heather Bruning [email protected] for application.

Corporate Membership with Collaboration Site status – Corporate research labs seeking connection to Internet2 are encouraged to pursue Corporate Membership with Collaboration Site status and Abilene Primary Participation.

Collaboration Site Process – An updated list of procedures will soon be available at: http://members.internet2.edu/Collabsite.html

FiberCo, NLR, & the Regionals

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Current Landscape

Initiatives like NLR are motivating others to build facilities-based networks

Combination of a distressed telecom industry and recent technological advancements have enabled the emergence of the RONS

• Already passed the nadir in fiber prices • New optical equipment is easier deploy and manage• Optical equipment market is still under pressure, keeping

prices low

Because of this, the time for taking advantage of this unique opportunity is quickly coming to an end.

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Leading & Emerging Regional Optical Networks

Arkansas California (CALREN) Colorado (FRGP/BRAN) Connecticut (Conn. Education Network) Florida (Florida LambdaRail) Georgia (Southern Light Rail) Great Plains Network* Indiana (I-LIGHT) Illinois (I-WIRE), Univ. of Illinois* Louisiana (LONI)* Maryland, D.C. & northern Virginia (MAX) Michigan (MiLR) Minnesota New York + New England region

(NEREN, NYSERNet, Cornell)

*RONs with RFx’s issued or in process of acquiring fiber

North Carolina (NCLambdaRail) New Mexico* Ohio (Third Frontier Network) Oklahoma (OneNet) Oregon Pacific Northwest (Lariat –supported by

NIH, PNNL) Rhode Island (OSHEAN) Southeast (SURA Crossroads, ORNL) Tennessee (OneTN) Texas (LEARN)* Utah Virginia (MATP) Wisconsin (WEROC) Wyoming

(RONs in red have made dark fiber acquisitions through FiberCo)

Courtesy of Steve Corbato

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FiberCo supporting project

Dark fiber holding company• Operates on behalf of U.S. higher education and affiliates – the Internet2

membership• Patterned on success of Quilt commodity Internet project• Assignment vehicle for the regionals and NLR• Fundamentally, a dark fiber market maker for R&E

Project designed to support optical initiatives• Regional (RONs)• National (NLR)

Not an operational entity• Will not light any of its fiber

Concept was a spin-off from NLR governance discussions• Internet2 took responsibility for organizational formation• National R&E Fiber Co. incorporated in Delaware• First acquisition of dark fiber through Level 3

– 2,600 route miles (fiber bank) – 3/2003

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FiberCo assignment progress (route mileage)

Level 3 Genuity Total

Indiana U 241 - 241

U Wyoming 178 - 178

No. Carolina 208 - 208

NLR, Inc. 1,705 - 1,705

Florida 900 592 1,492

Michigan 963 - 963

PNNL 554 - 554

Internet2 321 - 321

TOTAL 5,070 592 5,662

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Seattle

Portland

D enverSan Francisco

San Diego Phoenix

Santa Theresa

Las Vegas

Kansas City

Dallas

A ustin

Fort W orth

St. Louis

Nashville

Washington D.C.Baltim ore

Boston

Buffalo

Toronto

M ontreal

Louisville

Cincinnati

Detroit

Richm ondNorfolk

New YorkW eehawkenStam ford

Houston

Om aha

MinneapolisGreen Bay

M ilwaukee

C hicago

San Antonio

Sacram ento

Los Angeles

New Orleans

Tam pa

Miam i

AtlantaBirm ingham

Mem phis

Raleigh

Durham

Charlotte

Orlando

San Luis Obispo

San Jose

PhiladelphiaW ilm ington

ClevelandS alt Lake City

H artford

Jacksonville

OaklandIndianapolis

Mobile

Pittsburgh

Irvine

Syracuse

Colum bus

Newark

Tulsa

Oklahom a City

A lbany

W hite Plains

Available fiber topology

What’s next?and how does it relate to state and regional networks?

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Abilene Timeline

October 2007 – End of recent 1-year extension to Abilene transport MoU with Qwest

• The time frame for both next generation architecture finalization & decision on transport partner(s) is ~12-13 months from now early spring 2006

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Internet2 Network Infrastructure Futures

Time is now for architecture evaluation and planning

• Need to have a good idea of the next generation architecture by the end of 2005

• We are at an inflection point in network architecture• HOPI design team and testbed will evaluate potential

architectures• Coordinating with the RON build-outs and NLR time table will

be a critical task

Good news: lots to evaluate, ponder & discuss• We need your input: [email protected]

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Regional Networks

The fundamental nature of regional networking is changing

• The GigaPoP model based on provisioned, high-capacity services steadily is being replaced – on the metro and regional scales

A model of facility-based networking built with owned assets – Regional Optical Networks (RONs) – has emerged

• Notably, this change increases the importance of regional networks in the traditional three-level hierarchy of U.S. R&E advanced networking

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Regional and state networks: and future national network infrastructure

The development of Regional Optical Networks (RONs) is the most critical and persistent infrastructure activity in which the higher education advanced networking community is currently engaged

Both affected by and affects how we architect next generation national backbone

• Sparse topology: NLR facility and even 2nd gen. Abilene• Services: hybrid services out to the campus

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Regional and State Networks

Internet2 needs your input

Looking at interaction with state and regional networks across Internet2 organization

• Abilene gigapop coordinators group• QUILT• Joint Techs program• With partners: Educause GOSN

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Contact Us

www.internet2.edu abilene.internet2.edu/ www.fiberco.org/ [email protected]

• Steve Cotter, Director, Network Services– [email protected]

• Heather Bruning, Program Manager,Network Services

– [email protected]• Heather Boyles, Director, Member and

Partner Relations– [email protected]

internet2 update

Documents

state education networks29

segp inquiries

segp connectors

broadest education community

survey goalsprovide

entire segp program

advanced networks

abilene community