internet2 heather boyles director, government and international relations aftel-cee 7 october 1999
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Internet2
Heather Boyles
Director, Government and International Relations
AFTEL-CEE
7 October 1999
Computers on the Internet
Source:
Internet Domain Survey
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Millions of Computers
People on the Internet
Source:Nua Internet Surveys
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Internet Economy Facts and Figures
64 Million US Adult Regular Users Seven new people every second$301 Billion in 1998 revenueDoubling every 9 monthsInternet Advertising generated $1.92
billion in 1998
Sources:Internet Indicators, Internet Advertising Bureau
Yesterday’s Internet
Thousands of usersRemote login, file transferApplications capitalize on underlying
technology
Today’s Internet
Millions of usersWeb, email, low-quality audio & videoApplications adapt to underlying
technology
Tomorrow’s Internet
Billions of users and devicesConvergence of today’s applications
and servicesNew technologies enable
unanticipated applications (and create new challenges)
Research andDevelopment
Commercialization
Partnerships
Privatization
Internet Development Spiral
Today’s Internet
Internet2
Internet2 Goals
Enable new generation of applications
Re-create leading edge R&E network capability
Transfer technology and experience to the global production Internet
Enabling advanced applications...
Advanced Applications
Digital LibrariesVirtual LaboratoriesCollaborationVisualization and virtual realityAll of the above in combination
Many Disciplines and Contexts
Sciences Arts Humanities Health care Business/Law Administration …
Instruction Collaboration Streaming video Distributed
computation Data mining Virtual reality Digital libraries …
Digital Libraries
Informedia Project
Carnegie Mellon University
Digital Libraries
Television News Archive
Vanderbilt University
Virtual Laboratories
Distributed nanoManipulator
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Virtual Laboratories
Real-time 3-D Brain Mapping
University of Pittsburgh,Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center
Collaborations
Link instruments, data sources, researchers and students
The CAVE
Source: University of Illinois-Chicago
Teleimmersion
Virtural Temporal Bone
University of Illinois at Chicago
Images courtesy Univ. of Illinois-
Chicago
Distributed Computation
Large-scale computation
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research
Image courtesy of UCAR
Re-creating leading edge networking capabilities...
Middleware Initiatives
Quality of Service: QBone• www.internet2.edu/qbone
MulticastDistributed Storage: I2-DSI
• dsi.internet2.edu
Digital Video: I2-DVI2MI: GlueWorks
• www.internet2.edu/middleware
Ubiquitous Digital Video
Scalable and easy to use
Integrated into applicationsStreaming and interactiveReal-time and asynchronous (stored)Unicast and native multicastSingle source to multi-sourceResolutions up to HDTV
I2-DSI Model: Replicated Services
Clients access nearby server
Everyone gets performance
Local resources implement a global service
Applications: Horizontal, Vertical, Spot Solutions
Middleware:Security, Directory, Quality of Service,Audio/Video Frameworks, Accounting,Collaboration Frameworks, Multicast
Operating system and network services
Standard APIs
Standard APIs
Interoperable Protocols
Internet2 Working Groups
IPv6MeasurementMulticastNetwork ManagementNetwork StorageQuality of ServiceRoutingSecurityTopology
Applications and Engineering
NetworkedApplications
NetworkEngineering
Enables
Motivate
Internet2 GigaPoPs
Abilene Network
Cleve
land
New York
Atlanta
Indianapolis
Kansas City
Houston
Denver
Los Angeles
Sacramento
Seattle
Abilene Router Node
Abilene Access Node
Operational January 1999
Planned 1999
Abilene Characteristics
2.4 Gbps (OC48) capacity today13,000+ miles of circuits70+ universities connected by end of
1999National testbed for leading edge
technologiesInterconnecting with other national
R&E networks
Transferring technology and experience...
Internet2 Universities159 Members as of July 1999
University of Puerto Rico not shown
University of Puerto Rico not shown
University Corporation for Advanced Internet Development (UCAID)
formed by Internet2 members in September 1997
not-for-profit corporation tat leads the Internet2 project
membership is self-selectingbased on ability of an organization to
make investment ($, time, personnel) towards Internet2 goals
Board of Trustees
David Ward, (Chair, Board of Trustees) University of Wisconsin Henry S. Bienen, Northwestern University William G. Bowen, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Molly Corbett Broad, University of North Carolina Larry R. Faulkner, University of Texas at Austin Steven B. Sample, University of Southern California Graham B. Spanier, Pennsylvania State University Eric Bloch, (Chair, Industry Strategy Council) Thomas A. DeFanti, University of Illinois at Chicago
(Chair, Applications Strategy Council) James Bruce, MIT
(Chair, Networking Policy and Planning Advisory Council) David Meyer, Cisco & Univ. of Oregon
(Chair, Networking Research Liaison Council ) Douglas E. Van Houweling
Internet2 Corporate Partners
Lucent Technologies MCI Worldcom Microsoft Newbridge Networks Nortel Networks Packet Engines Qwest Communications StarBurst WCI Cable Xylan
3Com Advanced Network &
Services Ameritech AT&T Cabletron Systems Cisco Systems FORE Systems IBM ITC^Deltacom
Internet2 Corporate Sponsors
Bell SouthCompaqEricsson (formerly Torrent Networking
Technologies)Litton Network Access SystemsNovellSBC Technology ResourcesStorageTek
Internet2 Corporate Members Alcatel Telecom Apple Computer AppliedTheory Communications Bell Atlantic British Telecom Deutsche Telekom Fujitsu Laboratories of America GTE Internetworking Hitachi IXC Communications KDD Motorola Nexabit Networks Nokia Research Center NTT Multimedia Pacific Bell
Alcatel Telecom Apple Computer AppliedTheory Communications Bell Atlantic British Telecom Deutsche Telekom Fujitsu Laboratories of America GTE Internetworking Hitachi IXC Communications KDD Motorola Nexabit Networks Nokia Research Center NTT Multimedia Pacific Bell
Project OXYGEN RR Donnelley Siemens Sprint Sun Microsystems Sylvan Learning Tachyon Telcordia Technologies (formerly Bellcore) Telebeam Teleglobe TransMedia Communications VTEL Williams
Communications Grp. Worldport Communications Inc.
Project OXYGEN RR Donnelley Siemens Sprint Sun Microsystems Sylvan Learning Tachyon Telcordia Technologies (formerly Bellcore) Telebeam Teleglobe TransMedia Communications VTEL Williams
Communications Grp. Worldport Communications Inc.
International Activities
Ensure global interoperability of advanced networking technologies and applications
Enable collaborations between US researchers at Internet2 institutions and their non-US counterparts
International Partners
GIP RENATER (France) JAIRC (Japan) SingAREN (Singapore) CUDI (Mexico) APAN (Asia-Pacific
region) Israel-IUCC (Israel) AAIREP (Australia) HEAnet (Ireland)
CANARIE (Canada) Stichting SURF
(Netherlands) NORDUnet (Nordic
countries) TERENA (pan-European
association) UKERNA (UK) INFN-GARR (Italy) DFN-Verein (Germany)
International Infrastructure
Australia
Japan
Korea
Singapore
Taiwan
CERNCzech Rep.DenmarkFinlandFranceGermanyIcelandIrelandIsraelItalyNetherlandsNorwayRussiaSwedenUKMexico
Canada
Courtesy of STAR TAP
Technology Transfer Conduits
Collaborating on advanced applications
Deploying pre-commercial infrastructure and protocols
Establishing expertise and human capital
More
Time
Performance
Less
hypetechnologicalpotential
actualperformance
reality gap
Innovating to Close the Gap
www.internet2.edu
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