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April 21, 2023

Internet2 International CollaborationsInternet2 International Collaborations

Heather Boyles

Director, International Relations

heather@internet2.edu

Heather Boyles

Director, International Relations

heather@internet2.edu

Internet2 Mission and Goals

Develop and deploy advanced network applications and technologies, accelerating the creation of tomorrow’s Internet.

• Enable new generation of applications• Create leading edge R&E network capability• Transfer technology and experience to the global production Internet

University Leadership

200 university members with commitments from their Presidents/Chancellors/Rectors

• 60+ corporate members• Over 40 Affiliate Members

–Government Research Agencies

• Internet2/U.S. Government: separate but interdependent

• Internet2 International Partner Program

Internet2 Focus Areas

Advanced Applications

Middleware

Network Engineering• End to End Performance

Advanced Network Infrastructure

Partnerships

Enabling Advanced Applications

Mauna Kea, Hawai’i, USA

Cerro Pachon, Chile

The Gemini Observatory – Twin Telescopes• An international collaboration (US, Australia, U.K., Canada, Chile, Argentina, Brazil)• NSF funds US participation

Internet2 Backbone Network:Abilene

2.4Gbps upgrading to 10Gbps

Driving deployment of advanced services - native IPv6, native multicast, measurement infrastructure, QoS

215 participating institutions

• Lead connectors at backbone speed

Connect millions of students, faculty, and staff

Sacramento

Los Angeles

Washington

STAR TAP/Star LightAPAN/TransPAC, CA*net3/4 CERN, CERNET, NAUKAnet, GEMnet, HARNET, HEANET, IUCC, KOREN/KREONET2, NORDUnet, RNP2, SURFnet, SingAREN, TAnet2

NYCMCA*net3,

GEANT*,HEANET,

NORDUnet

Pacific WaveAARNET, APAN/TransPAC, CA*net3, TANET2

SNVAGEMNET, SINET, SingAREN, WIDE

LOSAUNINET

AMPATHANSP, REUNA, RNP2, RETINA

OC3->OC12

El Paso (UACJ-UT El Paso)CUDI

San Diego (CALREN2)CUDI

* ARNES, CARNET, CESnet, DFN, GRNET, JANET, NORDUNET, RENATER, RESTENA, SWITCH, HUNGARNET, GARR-B, POL-34, RCCN, RedIRIS

09 January 2002

Abilene International Peering (August 2002)

Global Terabit Research Network (GTRN)http://www.gtrn.net/

Cooperatively, cohesively managed intercontinental infrastructure

• Focus on end to end performance on global basis for global science

Initial partners: • Europe NREN Consortium/DANTE• Internet2

Need global engagement by continent• CANARIE (Canada) engaged• Asian partnership

GTRN Current Infrastructure

DANTE-provided router in NYC in GTRN AS

DANTE-provided 2.5gbps links across Atlantic to GEANT

Abilene providing tunnel between New York, (Chicago), Seattle

NSF-funded StarLight will provide GNAP Pacific Wave hosting GNAP in Seattle

Global NOC at Indiana University

Europe highlights

GEANT backbone network connecting 31 countries

TERENA organization undertaking middleware deployment issues

Several key global science facilities in Europe: CERN, radio astronomy facilities, number of ‘grid’ projects European-wide

GEANThttp://www.dante.org.uk

31 countries connecting

10gbps core backbone• Connectors at 2.5gbps and

below

3x2.5gbps across Atlantic

Outreach to SE Europe (Balkans), Med. (+N. Africa), S. America (@LIS-CAESAR), Asia (TEIN)

Europe to US connectivity (June 2002)

Country Network BW(mbps) Interconnect

CERN CERN 622 + 2500 coming

Star Light/710 NLSD

France RENATER 45 STAR TAP/AADS

Ireland HEANET 465 NYC/STAR TAP

Netherlands SURFnet 1244+ Star Light

Nordic Countries

NORDUnet 622 NYC/Star Light

U.K. JANET 2500 NYC

Russia Naukanet (nee MIRnet) (NSF funded)

155 STAR TAP

Europe GEANT 7500 NYC

SURFnethttp://www.surfnet.nl/

2x622mbps to StarLight (production)

Lambda for research (2.5gbps)

StarLight counterpart in Amsterdam

Source: Erik-Jan Bos

CERNhttp://www.cern.ch

Currently behind GEANT

Sept 2002: DataTag OC48 (2.4gbps) to StarLight

2.5G wavelength to Amsterdam (NetherLight)

TEN-155 ATM

CERN

CERN PoP Chicago

STARTAP

CIXP

STM-1 POS

ESNET

KPNQWEST

T3 (21 Mb)

STM-1 ATM

STM-1 ATM

T3 ATMCERN - North America, today

Source: Paolo Moroni, CERN

HEANEThttp://www.heanet.ie

Serves the Irish universities

Using 2 of several OC3 (155mbps) links to peer in NYC

Upgrading backbone to 155mbps

NORDUnethttp://www.nordu.net/

Connects together networks of Denmark, Iceland, Finland, Norway and Sweden

Reworking 622mbps to New York (plus 155 to StarLight)

Providing transit to RUNNET (Russia), EENET (Estonia), UARNET (Ukraine) and NASK (Warsaw, Poland)

JANEThttp://www.ja.net

2.5gbps backbone in UK

Connects MANs – connecting universities

• Supporting UK gov’t funded e-Science projects

Utilizing GEANT connection to peer with Abilene currently

Americas highlights

CLARA• Comunidad Latino Americana de

Redes Academicas• Chile, Argentina, Brazil leading

interconnections• Driven by opportunity to participate in

GTRN, European interest

European interest/money• @LIS project

– CAESAR study

Canadian CA*net4 network coming online

Americas highlights

Remote instruments• Telescopes in Chile• Cosmic ray observatory (P. Auger) in

Argentina

Earth-observation, environmental, biotechnology apps

Panama, Costa Rica

Discussions in progress: Ecuador, Uruguay, Colombia, Cuba

Americas Connectivity(June 2002)

Country Network BW(mbps) Interconnect

Canada CA*net3 465+ S.T., Pacific Wave, NYC

Mexico RED-CUDI 255 Tijuana-San Diego (CALREN2), Juarez/El Paso

Chile REUNA 45 AmPATH

Brazil RNP2 45 AmPATH

ANSP 45 AmPATH

Argentina RETINA2 45 AmPATH

Gemini/NOAO (funding from NSF) 10 SFGP

Puerto Rico (Arecibo Observatory)

To Abilene-U.S.

(funding from NSF)

45 SFGP

AmPATHhttp://ampath.fiu.edu

Florida International University leads

• Potential to connect 10 countries at 45mbps each

• Peering through Miami (collocated with SFGP)

• Now has some NSF funding for workshops

Mexicohttp://www.cudi.edu.mx

Connecting 41 universities in México; expected 80

Connecting to U.S.:

- via Tijuana – San Diego (with transit from CALREN2 to Abilene) at 155mbps

-100mbps between Ciudad Juarez and El Paso

-“Convenios internacionales” with CANARIE, Internet2/UCAID, CENIC, REUNA, RETINA

Brazilhttp://www.rnp.br

Rede Nacional de Ensino e Pesquisa - RNP

•Connecting ~27 Brazilian states at 155 Mbps.

• RNP2 – AmPATH via DS-3

Brazilhttp://www.ansp.br

ANSP:

Academic Network at Sao Paulo

AmPATH via 45Mbps

Argentinahttp://www.retina.ar

Red Teleinformática Académica

Red RETINA:

• Connecting ~25 institutions

• Retina2: via AMPATH

Chilehttp://www.reuna.cl

Red Universitaria Nacional – REUNA

•10 POP’s from Arica to Valdivia

•155 Mbps ATM/SDH Network

•Centrally operated from Santiago

• Basic Internet and Internet2 services

• REUNA3: Gigabit Backbone Project

Iquique

Antofagasta

Copiapó

La Serena

ValparaísoSantiago

Talca

Concepción

TemucoValdivia

Geographical Distribution Geographical Distribution of REUNA2 POP’sof REUNA2 POP’s

National Research Network - CRNet

Costa Ricahttp://www.crnet.cr

15

ARCOS 1

• Internet2 connectivity possibly through Los Arcos

Asia-Pacifichighlights

APAN: Asia-Pacific Advanced Network

• See next week’s meeting!

Several national networks moving to 10Gbps

Trans Eurasia and Trans Pacific connectivity increasing

Asia to US connectivity(July 2002)

Country Network BW(mbps) Interconnect

APAN/US TransPAC 622 Tokyo to P. Wave

622 Tokyo to Star Light

Australia AARNET 310 Pacific Wave

China CERNET 10? STAR TAP

Korea KOREN/KREONET2 45 STAR TAP

Japan SINET 155 Abilene, Sunnyvale

Japan WIDE (JGN IPv6) 155 Abilene, Sunnyvale

Japan GEMNET 33 Ab/Sunny. – STAR TAP

Singapore SingAREN 27 STAR TAP, Sunnyv.

Taiwan TANET2 155 Pacific Wave

Thailand UNINET 10? Abilene, LA

APAN Network – today & near future

Hawaii

TransPAChttp://www.transpac.org

From 155mbps to…

• OC-12 POS Seattle (Pacific Wave) to Tokyo

• OC-12 ATM Chicago (StarLight) to Tokyo

• Together 1.244 Gbps Tokyo to the US

• Funding from US NSF

Pacific Wavehttp://www.pacificwave.net/

Project of the Pacific NorthWest Gigapop

2 gigE switches in telco hotel (Westin Building) in Seattle

Interconnecting AARNET, Abilene, CA*net3, DREN, ESNET, TANET2, TransPAC others

Asia-Pacific what’s coming up?

CJK Hub• Genkai project – GbE between Japan and Korea• Korea – China link?

TEIN • Korea to France link• 45mbps• RENATER managing, European Commission interested in taking on broad European context

Summary

Leading-edge, high-performance network infrastructure is being put in place to support science, research, teaching and learning in countries around the world

As a global community, we need to work even more closely together to ensure support for global applications on an end to end basis

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