The Internet2 Project

Heather Boyles

heather@internet2.edu

NCTT Technology Transfer Conference

Springfield, MA

April 8, 1999

Overview History Goals Members Applications Engineering Architecture Abilene Technology Transfer

History ARPAnet origins 1987 -- NSFnet

•Privatization in 1995 Higher ed planning in 1995/1996

•Are our research and education needs being met by today’s internet?

History of Internet2

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

September 1998: Middleware Initiative Announced

January 1999: Abilene in Production

Research andDevelopment

Commercialization

Partnerships

Privatization

NSFNET

Internet2, Abilene, vBNSAdvanced US Govt Networks

ARPAnet

gigabittestbeds

ActiveNets

wirelessWDM

SprintLinkInternetMCI US Govt

NetworksANS

InteroperableHigh PerformanceResearch &Education

Networks

21st CenturyNetworking

Quality of Service(QoS)

Internet2 Project Goals

Enable new generation of applications

Re-create leading edge R&E network

capability

Transfer capability to the global

production Internet

Internet2 Universities146 Members as of March 1999

University of Puerto Rico not shown

Internet2 Corporate Partners

3Com Advanced Network &

Services Ameritech AT&T Cabletron Systems Cisco Systems FORE Systems IBM ITC^Deltacom

3Com Advanced Network &

Services Ameritech AT&T Cabletron Systems Cisco Systems FORE Systems IBM ITC^Deltacom

Lucent Technologies MCI Worldcom Newbridge Networks Nortel Networks Packet Engines Qwest Communications Sprint StarBurst

Communications

Lucent Technologies MCI Worldcom Newbridge Networks Nortel Networks Packet Engines Qwest Communications Sprint StarBurst

Communications

Internet2 Corporate Sponsors

Bell South SBC Technology

Resources StorageTek Torrent Networking

Technologies

Internet2 Corporate Members Alcatel Telecom Apple Computers, Inc. AppliedTheory Communications Inc. Bell Atlantic Bellcore British Telecommunications Compaq Deutsche Telekom Fujitsu Laboratories of America GTE Internetworking Hitachi IXC Communications Inc. KDD Litton Network Access Systems Nexabit Networks

Nippon Telephone and Telegraph (NTT)

Nokia Research Center Novell Pacific Bell

Project Oxygen, Ltd. RR Donnelley and Sons Company Siemens Sun Microsystems Sylvan Learning Systems, Inc. TeleBeam Inc. Teleglobe TransMedia Communications Williams Communications Group WorldPort Communications Inc.

Advanced Internet Benefits

Richer content through higher bandwidth•Video, audio•Virtual reality•Dynamic not static

More interactivity via minimal delay Reliable content delivery through

quality of service model

Applications

Engineering

Motivate Enables

Applications and Engineering

Internet2 Applications “Enable new generation of applications”

Deliver qualitative and quantitative improvements in the conduct of:• Research• Teaching• Learning

Require advanced networking

Many Disciplines and Contexts

Sciences Arts Humanities Health care Business/Law Administration …

Instruction Collaboration Streaming video Distributed

computation Data mining Virtual reality Digital libraries …

Virtual Laboratories

Interactive research and instruction

Real-time access to remote scientific instruments

Images courtesy of theUniversity of Michigan

Virtual Laboratories Real-time access to

remote instruments

University of Pittsburgh,Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center

3-D Brain Mapping

Digital Libraries Video and audio

Indiana University

Variations Project

Distributed Computation Multi-site

databases

Old Dominion University

Chesapeake Bay Simulation

Image courtesy of Old Dominion University

Distributed Computation Large-scale computation

University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

Image courtesy of UCAR

Teleimmersion Shared virtual reality

University of Illinois at Chicago

Virtual Temporal Bone

Images courtesy Univ of Illinois-

Chicago

Middleware Initiative Objective: a “Services Rich” Network

Environment Functional services available to users and

developers• Enabling new collaborations and applications• Supported as production quality• An integrated framework

Scaled to the size of the research and education community

Applications: Horizontal, Vertical, Spot Solutions

Middleware:Security, Directory, Quality of Service,Audio/Video Frameworks, Accounting,Collaboration Frameworks, Multicast

Operating system and network services

Standard APIs

Standard APIs

Interoperable Protocols

Technology Scope

QoS Digital video/audio Security Collaboration Directories Multicast File systems Measurement Remote instruments IMS

Transaction systems Meta-computing Management IP telephony Accounting/billing E-commerce Object brokers Search mechanisms Printing

It’s about end-to-end, to-the-desktop services• campus infrastructure• gigapop infrastructure• inter-gigapop infrastructure

Establish quality of service (QoS) Support native multicast

Engineering Objectives “Re-create leading edge R&E network capability”

I2 InterconnectCloud

GigaPoPOne

GigaPoPFour

GigaPoPTwo

GigaPoPThree

“Gigabit capacity point of presence” anaggregation point for regional connectivity

Network Architecture

I2 InterconnectCloud

GigaPoPs, cont.

GigaPoPOne

University A

University B University C

Regional NetworkCommodityInternetConnections

E.g. vBNS, Abilene

Internet2 GigaPoPs

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 NetworkFebruary 1999

Cleveland

New York

Atlanta

IndianapolisKansas City

Houston

Denver

Los Angeles

Sacramento

Seattle

Peering Point

StartapNGIX North

NGIX WestNGIX East

Chicago

Abilene Router Node

Operational January 1999

Planned 1999

D.C.

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

For UCAID Members

Involvement in the decisions Responsive to continuing needs Driven by member research Potential for increasing connectivity

for all UCAID university members wanting to participate in Research Goals.

Now I know what it is -- but why should I care? “Transfer capability to the global production Internet”

“Coming Soon!” Technology Transfer

• Regional community role • Industry role

Internet2 <--> NGI Relationship

Similar technical objectives Focused on different, but complementary

communities• NGI: Federal Mission agencies• UCAID/Internet2: university research and

education community

Working to interconnect, make interoperable federal research networks and Abilene

Internet2 International Collaborations

Building peer to peer relationships Looking for similar goals/objectives and

similar constituencies Mechanism: Memoranda of Understanding Signed: CANARIE, Stichting SURF,

NORDUnet In process: TERENA, SingAREN, JAIRC,

APAN and others

More Information

Me: Heather Boyles• heather@internet2.edu• +1 202 331 5342

Internet2• www.internet2.edu