Internet2 TodayInternet2 Today

Jane Ryland

Membership Activities Consultant, Internet2

Presentation for OCLC Distinguished Seminar Series

15 April 2003

Jane Ryland

Membership Activities Consultant, Internet2

Presentation for OCLC Distinguished Seminar Series

15 April 2003

Internet2 TodayInternet2 Today

• Overview of the Internet2 Initiative

• Focus on Advanced Networking Applications

• What’s in it for Libraries?

• Overview of the Internet2 Initiative

• Focus on Advanced Networking Applications

• What’s in it for Libraries?

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Internet2 Mission

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

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Internet2 Partnerships

Internet2 universities are recreating the partnerships that fostered the Internet in its infancy

• Industry• Government• International

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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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Internet2 Universities202 Universities as of April 2003

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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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Additional Participation

Over 60 Internet2 Corporate Members

Over 40 Affiliate Members

Over 30 International Partners

25 SEGPs

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Internet2 Corporate Partners

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Affiliate Members

•Government labs

•State and regional networks

•University system offices (University of California)

•Other (New World Symphony, Survivors of the SHOAH)

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International MoU Map

Asia-PacificAAIREP (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)

AmericasCANARIE (Canada)CEDIA (Ecuador)CUDI (Mexico)CRNET2 (Costa Rica)REUNA (Chile)RETINA (Argentina)RNP2 (Brazil)SENACYT (Panama)

Europe-Middle EastARNES (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)

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Sacramento

Los Angeles

Washington

STAR TAP/Star LightAPAN/TransPAC†, CA*net, CERN, CERNET/CSTNET/NSFCNET, NAUKAnet, GEMnet, HARNET, KOREN/KREONET2, NORDUnet, SURFnet, SingAREN, TANET2

NYCMGEANT*,

HEANET, NORDUnet,

SINET,SURFnet

Pacific WaveAARNET, APAN/TransPAC†, CA*net, TANET2

SNVAGEMNET, SINET, SingAREN, WIDE(v6)

LOSAUNINET

AMPATHANSP,

REUNA2, RNP2, RETINA (REACCIUN-2)

OC12

El Paso (UACJ-UT El Paso)CUDI

San Diego (CALREN2)CUDI

09 January 2002

•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

Last updated: 14 January 2003

International Peering

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Sponsored Education Group Participants (SEGPs)

California New YorkFlorida North CarolinaGeorgia North DakotaHawaii OhioIllinois OklahomaIndiana OregonIowa PennsylvaniaLouisiana Rhode IslandMaryland UtahMichigan VirginiaMinnesota WashingtonMissouri WisconsinNew Mexico

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Internet2 Goals

Enable new generation of applications

Re-create leading edge R&E network capability

Transfer technology and experience to the global production Internet

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Internet2 Focus Areas

Advanced Network Infrastructure

Engineering

Advanced Applications

Middleware

Recent Initiatives

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Internet2 Focus Areas

Advanced Network Infrastructure

Engineering

Advanced Applications

Middleware

Recent Initiatives

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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

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Download of “The Matrix” DVD(Comparison of the Internet2 Land Speed Record)

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Abilene NetworkCore Map, March 2003

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Internet2 GigaPoPs

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Tomorrow’s Internet2 Network

Backbone upgrade from 2.4 Gbps to 10 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

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Internet2 Focus Areas

Advanced Network Infrastructure

Engineering

Advanced Applications

Middleware

Recent Initiatives

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Engineering Working Groups

http://www.internet2.edu/html/working-groups.html

• IPv6• Measurement• Multicast• Quality of Service• Routing• Security• Topology

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Internet2 Focus Areas

Advanced Network Infrastructure

Engineering

Advanced Applications

Middleware

Recent Initiatives

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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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Different Disciplines/Contexts

Sciences

Arts

Humanities

Health care

Business/Law

Administration

…

Library

Classroom

Clinic

Office

Laboratory

Dorm room

…

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Applications

Interactive collaboration

Real-time access to remote resources, e.g., instrumentation

Space Physics & Aeronomy Research Collaboratory (SPARC)

Space Physics & Aeronomy Research Collaboratory (SPARC)

The University of

Michigan

The University of

Michigan

Remote Scanning Electron MicroscopeRemote Scanning Electron Microscope

The University of

Michigan

The University of

Michigan

Distributed nanoManipulatorDistributed nanoManipulator

University of

North Carolina-

Chapel Hill

University of

North Carolina-

Chapel Hill

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Applications

Large scale, multi-site computation and data mining

Shared virtual reality

Shared Virtual RealityShared Virtual Reality

University of Illinois at Chicago

Virtual Temporal Bone

University of Illinois at Chicago

Virtual Temporal Bone

ImmersadeskImmersadesk

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The CAVE

Tele-immersive telecubicles “Office of the Future”Tele-immersive telecubicles “Office of the Future”

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CORN

California Orthopaedic Research Network

Expanding nationally and internationally

Focused on training and demonstrations

Music Teachingover Internet2Music Teachingover Internet2

University of

Oklahoma

University of

Oklahoma

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Applications

Digital Video

Up to broadcast-quality videoconferencingUp

Live distribution and on-demand access to content

HDTV-based digital video to

Digital Libraries

The Informedia Digital Video Library

Carnegie-Mellon University

Digital Libraries

The Informedia Digital Video Library

Carnegie-Mellon University

Digital VideoDigital Video

Up to broadcast quality videoconferencing – Internet2 Virtual Meeting Fall 2001

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Grid Computing

Global resources available to communities of researchers

The protocols, services, and applications that enable new forms of collaboration

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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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TeraGrid Wide Area Network - NCSA, ANL, SDSC, Caltech

NCSA/UIUC

ANL

UICMultiple Carrier Hubs

Starlight / NW Univ

Ill Inst of Tech

Univ of Chicago Indianapolis (Abilene NOC)

I-WIRE

StarLightInternational Optical Peering Point

(see www.startap.net)

Los Angeles

San Diego

DTF Backplane (4x: 40 Gbps)

Abilene

Chicago

IndianapolisUrbana

OC-48 (2.5 Gb/s, Abilene)

Multiple 10 GbE (Qwest)

Multiple 10 GbE (I-WIRE Dark Fiber)

• 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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Internet2 Focus Areas

Advanced Network Infrastructure

Engineering

Advanced Applications

Middleware

Recent Initiatives

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Middleware

A layer of software between the network and the applications

• Authentication• Identification• Authorization• Directories• Security

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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)

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Internet2 Focus Areas

Advanced Network Infrastructure

Engineering

Advanced Applications

Middleware

Recent Initiatives

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Recent Initiatives

•Internet2 Commons Services

•End to End Performance

•Cybersecurity

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Technology Development: Yesterday

Applications

Engineering

Motivate Enables

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Technology Development:Today

Motivate Enable

End-to-end

End-to-end

Perform

anceP

erformanceNetworksNetworks

MiddlewareMiddleware

ApplicationsApplications

ServicesServices

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What’s in it for Libraries?What’s in it for Libraries?

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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

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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

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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

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What’s in it for Libraries?

Libraries can connect to Abilene• Academic libraries, part of member universities, are automatically connected

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What’s in it for Libraries?

Libraries can connect to Abilene• As a sponsored participant

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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)

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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

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What’s in it for Libraries?

Libraries can connect to Abilene• As part of a state education network (SEGP)

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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)

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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

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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

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What’s in it for Libraries?

Even if you don’t connect to Abilene• Enhancement of commodity Internet through technology transfer

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More Internet2 Information

On the Web• www.internet2.edu• www.internet2.edu/html/lists.html

Email• info@internet2.edu• jryland@internet2.edu

www.internet2.edu