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Abilene: An Internet2 Backbone Network

Learn about the Abilene network, a leading-edge research and development network that enables advanced applications and collaborations in various disciplines. Discover its goals, architecture, and international activities.

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Abilene: An Internet2 Backbone Network

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  1. Abilene: An Internet2 Backbone Network Greg Wood Director of CommunicationsInternet2 ORAP Workshop 26 October 1999 Paris, France

  2. Internet Development Spiral Commercialization Privatization Today’s Internet Internet2 Research and Development Partnerships Source: Ivan Moura Campos

  3. Internet2 Goals • Enable new generation of applications • Re-create leading edge R&E network capability • Transfer technology and experience to the global production Internet

  4. Internet2 Universities163 Members as of September 1999

  5. ITC^Deltacom Lucent Technologies MCI Worldcom Microsoft Newbridge Networks Nortel Networks Qwest Communications StarBurst WCI Cable 3Com Advanced Network & Services Alcatel Ameritech AT&T Cabletron Systems Cisco Systems FORE Systems IBM Internet2 Corporate Partners

  6. Enabling advanced applications...

  7. Advanced Applications • Distributed computing • Collaboration • Virtual laboratories • Digital libraries • Visualization and virtual reality • All of the above in combination

  8. Sciences Arts Humanities Health care Business/Law Administration … Instruction Collaboration Streaming video Distributed computation Data mining Virtual reality Digital libraries … Many Disciplines and Contexts

  9. Re-creating leading edge networking capabilities...

  10. Applications and Engineering Applications Motivate Enables Engineering

  11. Internet2 Engineering Objectives • Deploy a production network to support applications R&D • Establish quality of service (QBone) • Support native multicast • Establish gigaPoPs as effective service points

  12. Internet2 Interconnect Cloud Network Architecture GigaPoP One GigaPoP Two GigaPoP Four GigaPoP Three “Gigabit capacity Point of Presence” an aggregation point for regional connectivity

  13. Internet2 Interconnect Cloud Network Architecture University A GigaPoP One Commercial Internet Connections Regional Network University B University C

  14. GigaPoPs • Variety of services and styles • Technical and organizational differences • Mixture of technologies • Common approaches to: • IP as common bearer service • Inter-gigaPoP routing policy and design • Measurement • Trouble tickets among network operations centers

  15. Internet2 GigaPoPs

  16. The Abilene Network

  17. Abilene Timeline • Announced: April 1998 • First demonstration: September 1998 • Operations officially begin: February 1999 • 50+ connected institutions: September 1999

  18. Abilene Goals • Support Internet2 applications development • Demonstrate next generation networking capabilities • Create facilities for network research

  19. Abilene Goals, continued • Support Internet2 multicast • Support Internet2 QoS architecture as it evolves • Support other advanced functionality as it evolves • Maximize robustness • Minimize latency

  20. Abilene Project Partners • UCAID • Qwest Communications • Cisco Systems • Nortel Networks • Indiana University

  21. Key Attributes • Benefit from Qwest OC-48 Sonet capacity and collocation sites • Benefit from Nortel OC-192 Sonet kit and Lucent fiber • Benefit from Cisco GSR 12000 series routers in support of QoS and native multicast • NOC Provided by Indiana University

  22. Architecture • 10 core nodes • Each located at a Qwest PoP • Each with a Cisco 12008 router • Rack also contains measurements/ management computers • Interior lines connect core nodes • OC-48 Sonet • IP-over-Sonet interfaces • Access lines connect from core node to gigaPoP • IP-over-Sonet or IP-over-ATM possible • OC-3 and OC-12 typical

  23. 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 university gigaPoPs

  24. Abilene Network Seattle Cleveland New York Sacramento Denver Indianapolis Kansas City Los Angeles Atlanta Abilene Router Node Houston Abilene Access Node Operational January 1999 Planned 1999

  25. Abilene Participants

  26. Abilene Weather Maphttp://www.abilene.iu.edu/

  27. APAN/Transpac CA*net-2 DANTE DREN ESnet Israel Inter-University NORDUnet NISN NREN  RENATER SingAREN SURFnet vBNS Soon to peer JANET/UKERNA CUDI DFN INFN Abilene Peer Networks

  28. Internet2 International Activities • Ensure global interoperability of advanced networking technologies and applications • Enable collaboration between US researchers at Internet2 institutions and their non-US counterparts

  29. Internet2 International Activities • Building peer to peer relationships • Looking for similar goals/objectives and similar constituencies • Mechanism: Memoranda of Understanding • Implementation: Peering and Connection Agreements • Collaboration: Projects and Applications

  30. CANARIE (Canada) Stichting SURF (Netherlands) NORDUnet (Nordic countries) TERENA (pan-European association) UKERNA (UK) INFN-GARR (Italy) DFN-Verein (Germany) GIP RENATER (France) JAIRC (Japan) SingAREN (Singapore) CUDI (Mexico) APAN (Asia-Pacific region) Israel-IUCC (Israel) DANTE (European network) AAIREP (Australia) HEAnet (Ireland) CESnet (Czech Republic) SWITCH (Switzerland) Internet2 International Partners

  31. Advanced Research and Education Network Atlas (ARENA) • An on-line atlas containing descriptions and maps of research and education networks • Content will be provided by participating networks • Provides a well known URL for sometimes hard to find information • Users: Research and education network engineers and application users • http://www.internet2.edu/arena/

  32. For More Information • On the Web • www.internet2.edu/abilene/ • www.abilene.iu.edu • www.internet2.edu • Email • ghwood@internet2.edu • info@internet2.edu

  33. www.internet2.edu TM

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