Internet2: An overview

1. Internet2: An overview Ana Preston, Program Manager, International apreston@internet2.edu Primer Encuentro Internacional“REDES AVANZADAS DE INVESTIGACIÓN Y BANDA ANCHA” Universidad Ricardo Palma – Lima, Peru 3 December 2003

2. Internet Who? • Elevator Explanation • Internet2's mission is to develop and deploy advanced network applications and technologies, accelerating the creation of tomorrow’s Internet • Who we really are • Membership organization of 200+ US research universities • Parent 501.3c (UCAID) has board of university presidents • Project supported by numerous partnerships (government, industry, international) • Goals • Enable new generation of applications • Re-create leading edge R&E network capability • Transfer capability to global production internet

3. Internet2 Universities205 University Members, November 2003

4. Internet2 Growth • 1996 • Project created as a collaboration among 34 leading research universities • 1997 • Over 100 university members, first corporate memberships, formally incorporated as a not-for-profit organization • 1998 • 123 university members, 30 corporate members, and 22 affiliate members • Today • 205 regular university members, 66 Corporate members, and 41 Affiliate members

5. Internet2: una nueva vuelta a la espiral…(desarrollo de Internet) Participación iniciativa privada Comercialización masiva • ISP Públicos • Tecnologías de • última milla (modems) • PC´s Redes públicas de IP Redes Colaborativas (Avanzadas):Internet2 (Abilene)ESNETNASA ARPAnet NSFnet I&D – patrocinio entre universidades: Partnerships I&D – Gobierno Federal Gigabit Test-beds Source: Ivan Moura Campos

6. Internet2 and the Next Generation Internet Initiative Internet2 NGI Federal agency-led University-led Developing education and research driven applications Agency mission-driven and general purpose applications Building out campus networks, gigaPoPs and inter-gigapop infrastructure Funding research testbeds and agency research networks Interconnecting and interoperating to provide advanced networking capabilities needed to support advanced research and education applications

7. Internet2 Corporate Partners

8. Arbor Networks BellSouth BroadSoft Ford Motor Company Foundry Networks inSORS Integrated Communications Ixia Polycom Worldwide RADVision VBrick Systems Internet2 Corporate Sponsors

9. Level 3 Communications Motorola Labs Network Associates, Inc. Nippon Telephone and Telegraph (NTT) PaeTec Communications, Inc. Ping Identity Corporation Pfizer Procket Networks Progress Software ProQuest Information and Learning Prous Science Star Valley Solutions, Inc. Syntel, Inc. Telecom Italia Lab TippingPoint Technologies Verizon Communications Video Furnace, Inc. Warner Bros. Wave Three Software Yipes Enterprise Services, Inc. Internet2 Corporate Members • Advanced Infrastructure Ventures • Apparent Networks • Apple Computer, Inc. • Aventis • Avici Systems • Blackboard, Inc • C-SPAN • Ceyba Corporation • CIENA • Comcast Communications, Inc. • Community of Science, Inc. • EBSCO Information Services • Eli Lilly Corporation • Enterasys Networks, Inc. • Fujitsu Laboratories of America • General Motors • Hewlett-Packard Company • Interoute • Japan Telecom Co., LTD • Johnson & Johnson • Level 3 Communications • Motorola Labs • Network Associates, Inc. • Nippon Telephone and Telegraph (NTT) • PaeTec Communications, Inc. • Ping Identity Corporation • Pfizer • Procket Networks • Progress Software • ProQuest Information and Learning • Prous Science • Star Valley Solutions, Inc. • Syntel, Inc. • Telecom Italia Lab • TippingPoint Technologies • Verizon Communications • Video Furnace, Inc. • Warner Bros. • Wave Three Software • Yipes Enterprise Services, Inc. • Advanced Infrastructure Ventures • Apparent Networks • Apple Computer, Inc. • Aventis • Avici Systems • Blackboard, Inc • C-SPAN • Ceyba Corporation • CIENA • Comcast Communications, Inc. • Community of Science, Inc. • EBSCO Information Services • Eli Lilly Corporation • Enterasys Networks, Inc. • Fujitsu Laboratories of America • General Motors • Hewlett-Packard Company • Interoute • Japan Telecom Co., LTD • Johnson & Johnson

10. Altarum • American Distance Education Consortium • Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy (AURA) • CENIC • CERN • Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia • Cleveland Institute of Music • Cleveland Museum of Art • Department of Commerce, Boulder • Desert Research Institute • EDUCAUSE • Food and Drug Administration • Howard Hughes Medical Institute • Indiana Higher Education Telecommunications System (IHETS) • OneNet • Pacific Northwest National Laboratory • PeachNet • Southeastern Universities Research Association (SURA) • Southwest Research Institute • State University of New York System • State University System of Florida • Survivors of the Shoah-Visual History Foundation • TOPIX • University Corporation for Atmospheric Research • University of Missouri System • University of North Carolina, General Administration Internet2 Affiliate Members • Jet Propulsion Laboratories • LaNet • Manhattan School of Music • MCNC • Merit Network, Inc. • MOREnet • NASA Goddard Space Flight Center • NASA Marshall Space Flight Center • National Archives and Records Administration • National Institutes of Health • National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration – Silver Spring • National Science Foundation • New World Symphony • NYSERNet, Inc. • Oak Ridge National Labs • OARnet

11. Sponsored Education Group Participants

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13. Technology Development – before… Applications motivate enable Engineering

14. Applications End-to-end Performance Security Motivate Enable Middleware NetworkServices Networks …and the Whole Enchilada Too!

15. Areas of Emphasis • Advanced Network Infrastructure • Security • Federated Authentication • Applications

16. Abilene NetworkCore Map, September 2003 • Backbone operates at 10 Gbps • GigaPoPs provide regional high-performance aggregation • Local campus networks provide 100 Mbps to the desktop

17. University A Internet2 Interconnect Cloud GigaPoP One Regional Network Commercial Internet Connections University C University B How do universities connect?

18. Last updated: 11 November 2003 Abilene International Peering back

19. Last updated: 01 November 2003 Networks reachable via Abilene - by country Europe-Middle East Asia-Pacific Americas Austria (ACOnet) Belgium (BELNET) Croatia (CARNet) Czech Rep. (CESNET) Cyprus (CYNET) Denmark (Forskningsnettet) Estonia (EENet) Finland (Funet) France (Renater) Germany (G-WIN) Greece (GRNET) Hungary (HUNGARNET) Iceland (RHnet) Ireland (HEAnet) Israel (IUCC) Italy (GARR) Latvia (LATNET) Lithuania (LITNET) Luxembourg (RESTENA) Malta (Univ. Malta) Netherlands (SURFnet) Norway (UNINETT) Poland (POL34) Portugal (RCTS2) Qatar (Qatar FN) Romania (RoEduNet)Russia (RBnet) Slovakia (SANET) Slovenia (ARNES) Spain (RedIRIS) Sweden (SUNET) Switzerland (SWITCH) United Kingdom (JANET) Turkey (ULAKBYM) *CERN Australia (AARNET) China (CERNET, CSTNET, NSFCNET) Hong Kong (HARNET) Japan (SINET, WIDE, IMNET, JGN) Korea (KOREN, KREONET2) Singapore (SingAREN) Philippines (PREGINET) Taiwan (TANet2, ASNet) Thailand (UNINET, ThaiSARN) Argentina (RETINA) Brazil (RNP2/ANSP) Canada (CA*net) Chile (REUNA) Mexico (Red-CUDI) United States (Abilene, vBNS) Venezuela (REACCIUN-2) More information at http://abilene.internet2.edu/peernetworks/international.html

20. Engineering – End to End Technologies • IPv6 • Measurement • Multicast • Quality of Service • Routing • Security • Topology End to End Performance

21. Middleware • Middleware is the stuff that makes “transparently use” happen, providing persistency, consistency, security, privacy, and capability.

22. Attributes of Advanced Appshttp://apps.internet2.edu/ • Provide qualitative and quantitative improvements in how we conduct research and engage in teaching and learning • Common attributes: • Remote instrumentation and interactive collaboration • Distributed data storage and data mining • Large-scale, multi-site computation • Real-time access to remote resources • Dynamic data visualization • Shared virtual reality • Physics traditional “power users” of all networks

23. Applications Priorities • Advance a vision for applications that motivate and, in turn, are enabled by cyberinfrastructure • Promote large scale adoption of common applications • Address the critical needs of research subcommunities • Encourage innovation at the edge (and be attentive to emergent apps)

24. HENP: High-Energy Nuclear Physics • Physics has traditionally been one of the “power users” of all networks. • Physicists are generating Terabytes of data per experiment from CERN • They are working on bulk data transfers extremely resistant to data loss. • VRVS video conferencing tool was developed by the physics community. Interesting: HENP is working on several protocols that take advantage of parallel streams and good neighbor practices (passive QOS).

25. e-VLBI: Very Long Baseline Interferometry • Multiple earth-based antennae at dispersed locations collect data • Data is analyzed by computers on a 24x7 basis • The end goal is tocombine dataat 1Gbps from each of over 20 antennae around the globe

26. The Internet of the Future and the Future of Medicine • High bandwidth human interaction • Low latency virtual reality • Reliable access to computational resources • Secure retrieval of medical images and data Source: Parvati Dev Stanford 1

27. Arts & Humanities • Unique Performance Events • Dance • Poetry • Musicals • Remote Rehearsal • Master Class Instruction • Distributed Ensembles

28. Distance Education/Learning • Tele-presence environments • Real-time interactions with very high quality audio and MPEG-2 video • as needed “meetings” connecting faculty and staff across the ocean Language/cultural Exchanges Learning foreign languages through cultural exchanges and problem based experiential learning Music instruction

29. Partnerships:Internet2 International • Strategic importance to Internet2 • Ensure global interoperability • of the next generation of Internet technologies and applications • Enable global collaboration • in research and education providing/promoting the development of an advanced networking environment internationally • Build effective partnerships in other countries • With organizations of similar goals/objectives and similar constituencies • Mechanism: Memoranda of Understanding

30. Europe-Middle East ARNES (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) Qatar Foundation (Qatar) FCCN (Portugal) RedIRIS (Spain) RESTENA (Luxembourg) RIPN (Russia) SANET (Slovakia) Stichting SURF (Netherlands) SWITCH (Switzerland) TERENA (Europe) JISC, UKERNA (United Kingdom) Americas CANARIE (Canada) CEDIA (Ecuador)CLARA (Latin America & Caribbean) CUDI (Mexico) CNTI (Venezuela) CR2NET (Costa Rica) REUNA (Chile) RETINA (Argentina) RNP (Brazil) SENACYT (Panama) Asia-Pacific AAIREP (Australia) APAN (Asia-Pacific) APAN-KR (Korea) APRU (Asia-Pacific) CERNET/CSTNE/NSFCNET (China) JAIRC (Japan) JUCC (Hong Kong) NECTEC/UNINET (Thailand) NG-NZ (New Zealand) SingAREN (Singapore) TANet2 (Taiwan) Last updated: November 2003 Current International Partners

31. Partners in the Americas • Discussions in progress: • Peru • Colombia • Uruguay • Guatemala • Cuba Latin America and Caribbean(16 countries)

32. Americas – highlightsA Brief Story of Networking in Latin America • Political, linguistic and cultural considerations have traditionally led to considerable interaction between countries within the region. However, networking has not followed this model • Until very recently, the only available telecom infrastructure for data communication was by satellite • Cost independent of distance • No incentive for establishing links within the region, as all countries were mainly interested in access to global internet

33. PanamericanE-mergia (Telefonica)ImpSatTransandinoUniSurGlobal Crossing Recent important changes: optical infrastructure • End of state telecom monopoly in many countries • Competition and lower prices; commodity IP providers • Building out of new infrastructure based on submarine fibre optical cables • Opening exciting and new possibilities for cooperation in advanced technological and scientific applications

34. Present Internet2 Connectivity in Latin America AMPATH: a project of FIU in collaboration with Global Crossing • connects Argentina, Brasil, Chile and Venezuela with connections at 45 Mbps • all connections are point to point from Miami, and thence to Abilene • Potential to connect other countries (where available) • Mexico: cross-border connections to USA (TX and CA)

35. Catalyzing initiatives: CLARA Cooperación Latino Americana de Redes Avanzadas Association of NRENs in LA open to all LA Countries • Coordination amongst LA-NRENs and other stakeholders • Cooperation for the promotion of scientific and technological development • Planning and implementation of network services for regional interconnection • Internet2-CLARA MoU (October 2003) • over 15 countries involved • Background: • @LIS: Alliance for the Information Society (2003-2005) • 62.5 Million Euros for EU-LA on Information Society Issues10 Million Euros for Interconnecting Europe & Latin American Research and Education Networks (cost sharing: EU 80% - LA 20%)

36. CLARA is important to Latin America • Major connectivity between Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Mexico (at least 45 Mbps) • Other countries connect to major nodes (between 10 and 45 Mbps) • Large pipe to Europe (at least 155 Mbps): • Project ALICE - América Latina Interconectada Con Europa [June 2003 - May 2006] • Reasonable expectations of greater bandwidth than these minimum values, at least on backbone • May improve Internet2 connectivity by optimising LA participation in AMPATH

37. Why work together? • 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

38. For more information: • www.internet2.edu • http://international.internet2.edu • Contact me: Ana Preston + 865-9742923 apreston@internet2.edu MANY THANKS!