Federal Plan for Advanced Networking Research and Development

andTrusted Internet Connections (TIC)

Federal Plan for Advanced Networking Research and Development

andTrusted Internet Connections (TIC)

March 2008

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ITFAN Charge and Terms of ReferenceITFAN Charge and Terms of Reference

January 31, Dr. Marburger, Director of OSTP, charged the Committee on Technology to: Establish the Interagency Task Force on Advanced Networking

(ITFAN) Direct ITFAN to develop an interagency Federal Plan for Advanced

Networking Research and Development Deliver a preliminary draft by May, 2007 to provide input to the FY

2009 Federal budget planning cycle Terms of Reference Charged ITFAN to Develop a Plan

With: A strategic vision of current and future needs of the Federal

agencies, the commercial sector and the academic community Recommended scope and objectives for Federal advanced

networking R&D Identification of existing networking R&D programs and investments

and a gap analysis of existing versus needed advanced networking R&D

Identification and prioritization of advanced networking R&D needs A process for developing an implementation roadmap to guide future

advanced networking R&D activities

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Schedule for Production of the Federal PlanSchedule for Production of the Federal Plan

January 31, 2007: Tasking received from OSTP May 15: Produce Draft Federal Plan for Advanced

Networking Research and Development; Provide inputs to FY09 Federal research budget submissions

July 31: Solicit comments on the Draft Plan from networking researchers from universities, Federal labs, the commercial sector, and others

September 30: Cut-off for public comment: Revise the Draft Plan based on comments received

October 31: Send revised Draft Plan to Federal agency ITFAN participants for review

November 29: Submit Draft Plan for Agency concurrence January 31: Submit Draft Plan for NSTC concurrence April 1: Official distribution of the Plan

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Federal Agencies in ITFANFederal Agencies in ITFAN

Federal Agency Representation DOD DOE/SC NARA NASA NCO NIH/NLM NIST NSA NSF OSTP USDOJ

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Study ContextStudy Context

Based on visions of critical Federal advanced networking capabilities for the middle for the next decade

Identify research priorities across the Federal networking R&D portfolio

Support the American Competitiveness Initiative’s call for increased Federal investment to: Ensure continued U.S. leadership in scientific and technological

innovation Substantially improve capacity, adaptability and end-to-end

performance of Federal research networks Advanced networks include heterogeneous anytime

anywhere networking: Federation across domains and widely differing technologies Dynamic mobile networking with autonomous management Quality of service Support for sensornets Near-real-time autonomous discovery, configuration and

management of resources End-to-end security tailored to the application and user

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Communications & NetworkingNear to Mid-Term Architecture

GEOS

LEOS

Global-Area Network

Wide-Area NetworkRAircraft

Tier 4 Global

Coverage

Tier 3 Wide Area Coverage

TCS

Land Line (wire or fiber)R

Ground Based

Radio

Local Area Network

PeopleWeaponsSensors

UGS

R RAAVs

Medium-Area Network

Tier 2 Inter-Team

Coverage

Tier 1Team

Coverage

R = Internet Router or JTRS WNW

JTRS

JTRS

GIG-BEGIG-BE

R

RR

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RR

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RR

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Four major Networking GoalsFour major Networking Goals

A proposed coordinated research effort across Federal agencies focused on four goals: Goal 1: Provide network services anytime, anywhere Goal 2: Make secure global federated networks possible Goal 3: Manage network complexity and heterogeneity Goal 4: Foster innovation through development of advanced network

systems and technologies

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Five Dimensions of Networking ResearchFive Dimensions of Networking Research

For each networking goal, the plan considered five dimensions of networking research: Foundations: Develop architectural principles, frameworks, and

network models to deal with complexity, heterogeneity, multi-domain federation, management, and transparency, end-to-end performance, and differentiated services.

Design: Develop secure, near-real-time, flexible, adaptive services with built-in intelligence to facilitate discovery, federation, and management of resources across domains and to increase the application robustness and invulnerability to attack even in extraordinarily complex systems and new ways of interconnecting networks to provide those services.

Management: Develop management methods and tools that enable effective deployment, control, and utilization of networks and resources in dynamic environments, across domains, and with ever increasing network and application complexity.

Security: Achieve a high degree of security even in complex, heterogeneous federation and policy environments, especially in the face of component failures, malicious activities, and attacks, while also respecting privacy

Usability: Develop adaptable, user-centered services and interfaces that promote efficiency, effectiveness, and meeting user needs without overwhelming users with unneeded data.

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Example of Analysis and FindingsExample of Analysis and Findings

Design Goals Current Practice Mid-Next-Decade – Baseline Program

Remaining Challenges

Enable users to discover, schedule, and monitor resources across Federations

Phone-based and email exchanges to coordinate sharing of information among usersLimited sharing of state information across domains to enable user services Multicast and full sharing across heterogeneous network subject to security and policy restrictions. Web crawlers, directories, and other methods that place the burden on the user to find the right sources among a massive set.Minimal ability for individual users to schedule and monitor resources

Phone-based and email exchanges persist resulting in poor end-to-end performance and inefficient use of the networks resourcesSearch engines with advanced AI will improve ability to focus on relevant information, but “search overload” remains an issue for the end users.

Control and signaling plane technology that can assist the end users by seamlessly integrating diverse technologies (wireless, optical, packet switched, circuit switched, etc) to compose e2e path with user-defined characteristics.Tools to allow the users to view network monitoring, status reporting, and control informationEnable users to interact with network management to optimize performance to meet local demands while remaining globally consistent Distributed policies engines to support multi-domain e2e QoS, security certificates, SLAs, etc.

Goal 2: Global Federated Networks

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Technology Development CycleTechnology Development Cycle

Federal research efforts are part of a technology development cycle Basic and applied research in the full range of network hardware,

software, security and middleware needed to support the next generation of uses for networks and explore new paths

Partnerships with application developers to test basic research ideas on real problems in areas including national security, support of scientific leadership, and human health

A suite of testbeds that enable understanding and creation of new technologies in the large and the small. The large scale of existing deployed networks such as the Internet limits research and development, while laboratory and simulation studies cannot address some aspects of the solutions, particularly complexity, their ability to scale, and their potential realism. The suite of testbeds and prototypes will range from high flexibility/low cost platforms to high performance embedded systems.

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Plan AnalysisPlan Analysis

Task force analysis focused on: Existing status of Federal research Expected results of Federal agency existing and planned research

programs to the middle of the next decade Significant research challenges expected to remain in the middle of

the next decade under the existing Federal agency networking R&D profile.

Addressing the significant research challenges could provide additional options for meeting agency mission requirements, add significant flexibility, robustness, and scalability to the underlying basic network design and architecture, and support new commercial applications and technologies that will drive future U.S. competitiveness and ensure continued U.S. leadership in networking.

The Task Force strongly supports collaborative partnerships among government organizations and counterparts in the private sector, to accelerate transfer and commercialization of new technologies.

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ConclusionsConclusions

The Task Force recommends that the Government pursue the networking challenges aggressively to accelerate progress toward the long-term goals and to gain maximum benefits to the national interest from Federal networking R&D investments.

May 15, 2007 Draft Federal Plan for Advanced Networking Research and Development is currently available at:http://www.nitrd.gov/advancednetworkingplan/PDF/ITFAN-71907.pdf