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The Internet2 Commons

The Internet2 Commons is a large-scale and distributed collaborative environment that supports one-to-one, one-to-group, and group-to-group collaboration for personal communications, meetings, conferences, and teaching and learning. It offers services, research and development, and training for Internet2 members and their international counterparts.

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The Internet2 Commons

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  1. The Internet2 Commons By Larry Amiot (Internet2/Northwestern University) Internet2 Members Meeting March 2001

  2. The Internet2 Commons • A large-scale, Distributed Collaborative Environment for the Research and Education Community • A vision: • for enabling one-to-one, one-to-group, and group-to-group collaboration • in support of personal communications, meetings, conferences, and teaching and learning • for Internet2 members (primary and sponsored) and their international counterparts

  3. The Internet2 Commons • An Internet2 Project, much like Abilene • Initially, a H.323 service built on ViDeNet architecture • Research & development efforts (such as gateway development) to support other videoconferencing and collaborative technologies • Provision of MCUs by OSU, OARnet, and CIC- OARnet second level NOC service • VRVS gateway services

  4. The Internet2 Commons • Draft Implementation Plan recommends two phases: • Phase I • A “best effort” service • To last no longer than a year • Site coordinator point-of-contact • Extensive use of LISTSERVs for help desk and problem resolution • Distributed pool(s) of equipment (e.g. MCUs) • Training, workshops, tutorials, and documentation • Phase II • Operational production services • A financially sustainable service • Sponsored research and development • Bulk coercive purchasing

  5. The Internet2 Commons • The Internet2 Project will consist of: • A Management Team proposed to consist of: • Project Director • Director of Operations • Research and Development Director • Education and Training Coordinator • Public Communications Coordinator • A Technical Advisory Committee • Members that make significant contributions to project • Provide advice, counsel, & feedback to managers on matters relating to design, planning, implementation, and operation of videoconferencing activities

  6. The Internet2 Commons • Solicitation • A call for participation will be issued to provide some Phase I capabilities and production level service components for Phase II • Issued to Internet2 members (university, vendor, government, & non-profit) • To provide advanced functionality in areas such as: • Operations (e.g., MCU & gatekeeper provision & management) • Outreach & communications (training, documentation, & help desk support) • Research & development • Identification of Internet2 members who would like to join the Internet2 Commons (as opposed to providing services) to be done through Web-based forms, not the solicitation

  7. The Internet2 Commons • Levels of Participation • Non-Internet2 Organizations • Internet2 Member Organizations • Internet2 Member Sponsored Organizations • Requirements for Participation • Member organization to fill out Web-based form • If organization has gatekeeper, fill out ViDeNet form • Follow relevant standards • Provide any performance-critical network upgrades • Designate a site coordinator

  8. The Internet2 Commons • Site Coordinator Duties • Be the point of contact to work with campus users • Provide training to local users using Internet2 Commons provided materials • Participate in Coordinators LISTSERV to provide mutual assistance and problem solving with other member coordinators • Provide local directory of users • Arrange for local users to use shared resources • Certify local users as to equipment acceptability for use of shared resources

  9. The Internet2 Commons • Potential Areas for Research and Development • Networking • QoS for videoconferencing applications • Network analysis and simulation tools • High-reliability architectures • Multicast address space management • Video Teleconferencing • Gateway development • SIP • Integration of alternative media streams (e.g. MPEG4 & HDTV) into call signaling architecture • Data collaboration tools • Automated scheduling

  10. The Internet2 Commons • Potential Areas for Research and Development (continued) • Directory Services • Globally-scaleable dial plan evolution • Inter-gatekeeper communication • Security and authentication • Creation of video teleconferencing schema extensions to Eduperson

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