Internet2: Today, Tomorrow and the GTRN

1. Internet2: Today, Tomorrow and the GTRN Douglas E. Van Houweling President and CEO, Internet2 dvh@internet2.edu

2. Introduction • Delighted to join our partners • CERNET • CSTNET • NSFCNET • Privileged to join distinguished colleagues from the Chinese and US networking community • My fourth Chinese – American Networking Symposium • 11 January 1999 -- Maryland • 26 May 2000 -- Beijing • 12 March 2001 – Maryland • 22 August 2002 - Shanghai

3. Internet2 Mission and Goals • Develop and deploy advanced network applications and technologies, accelerating the creation of tomorrow’s Internet. • Enable new generation of applications • Create leading edge R&E network capability • Transfer technology and experience to the global production Internet

4. University Leadership • 200 university members • University presidents/chancellors are the voting representatives • Strong board • Advisory councils with board seats • Applications Strategy • Network Planning and Policy • Network Research Liaison • Industry Liaison Council

5. Internet2 Members +200 universities (yellow dots)

6. Additional Membership • Over 60 Internet2 Corporate Members • Over 40 Affiliate Members • Government Research Agencies • Internet2/U.S. Government: • separate but interdependent • Internet2 is led by higher education • Focused on research and education needs • Internet2 International Partner Program

7. Internet2/U.S. Government Separate but Interdependent • U.S. Government • NSF leadership role in NSFnet • NSF’s vBNS served as first Internet2 backbone • NSF and other agencies fund next generation internet research, infrastructure, applications • Internet2 • Led by higher education • Focused on research and education needs • Interdependent: • Government agency funding to research, connections, applications development • Science and engineering funded projects increasingly dependent on persistent, high-performance infrastructure provided by Internet2 community (at campus, regional and national levels)

8. Internet2 Focus Areas • Advanced Applications • Middleware • Engineering • End to End Performance • Advanced Network Infrastructure • Partnerships

9. 2.4Gbps upgrading to 10Gbps Driving deployment of advanced services - native IPv6, native multicast, measurement infrastructure, QoS 215 participating institutions Lead connectors at backbone speed Connect millions of students, faculty, and staff Internet2 Backbone Network:Abilene

10. Extending Availability:State Educational Networks Internet2 members sponsor Abilene participation Currently 18 State-based education networks Enables collaboration using advanced networking for K20, museums, libraries, etc Additional regional and state investment

11. 09 January 2002 Sacramento Washington Los Angeles Abilene International Peering (August 2002) STAR TAP/Star Light APAN/TransPAC, CA*net3/4 CERN, NAUKAnet, GEMnet, HARNET, HEANET, IUCC, KOREN/KREONET2, NORDUnet, RNP2, SURFnet, SingAREN, TAnet2 Pacific Wave AARNET, APAN/TransPAC, CA*net3, TANET2 NYCM CA*net3, GEANT*, HEANET, NORDUnet SNVA GEMNET, SINET, SingAREN, WIDE LOSA UNINET OC3->OC12 San Diego (CALREN2) CUDI AMPATH ANSP, REUNA, RNP2, RETINA El Paso (UACJ-UT El Paso) CUDI * ARNES, CARNET, CESnet, DFN, GRNET, JANET, NORDUNET, RENATER, RESTENA, SWITCH, HUNGARNET, GARR-B, POL-34, RCCN, RedIRIS

12. IPv6 • Focus 1: Running native, high-performance IPv6 on Abilene backbone routers • IPv4-IPv6 dual stack running on Cisco GSR 12008 routers • Will run dual stack on Juniper T640 from installation (starting August 2002) • Motivations • Resolving IPv4 address exhaustion issues • Preserving original End-to-End Architecture model • International collaboration • Router and host OS capabilities • Focus 2: hands-on training at campus level, 6-10 workshops this year

13. End to End Performance Initiative • To enable the researchers, faculty, students and staff who use high performance networks to obtain optimal performance from the current infrastructure on a consistent basis. Raw Connectivity Applications Performance

14. E2E Performance Initiative Work • Understand applications and their performance requirements • Technical Advisory Group • Provide best practices/experience for network operators • Collecting Performance Stories • Help the application user troubleshoot problems • Measurement Architecture Document • H.323 Beacon • Reflector Development • Bring all of this together for the end user • Performance Analysis Station and GUI for End-User Solution

15. Internet2 Middleware Initiative • Focus on core middleware as infrastructure • Issues: • Interoperability • Implementation on campuses • Integrate with and support applications (upper) middleware, e.g. Grid

16. Shibboleth • Facilitates inter-institutional sharing of web resources subject to access controls • Examples: • Students enrolled in a course across multiple universities accessing class materials and Learning Mgmt Systems • Research workgroups sharing controlled resources (the original web) • Users register only at their “home” or “origin” institution • The release of the beta code is due in August and a production code release scheduled for October

17. Result: uses of Internet2 networking environment • Numerous applications in use/being developed • Remote instrument access • High-quality video-conferencing

18. Internet2 Tomorrow • Nationwide backbone capable of gbps+ flows • Explore optical technologies • New types of transport technologies • Wavelength switching • Potential for another 10x leap in bandwidth • Cooperatively managed, high-performance global network infrastructure • End to End Performance analysis tools • Middleware components built into popular applications • Shibboleth for video-conferencing

19. Global Terabit Research Network (GTRN)http://www.gtrn.net/ • Cooperatively, cohesively manage intercontinental infrastructure • Focus on end to end performance on global basis for global science • Initial partners: • Europe NREN Consortium/DANTE • Internet2 • Need global engagement by continent • CANARIE engaged • Asian partnership • Assisted by public & private infrastructure investment

20. DANTE-provided router in NYC in GTRN AS DANTE-provided 2.5gbps links across Atlantic to GEANT Abilene providing tunnel between New York, (Chicago), Seattle NSF-funded StarLight will provide GNAP Pacific Wave hosting GNAP in Seattle Global NOC at Indiana University GTRN Current Infrastructure

21. E2E piPES: End to End Performance Initiative Performance Environment System E2E piPES will provide contact information when a segment in the path appears to have a problem Campus X Abilene PMP Gigapop S Regional Network M PMP PMP PMP Host A PMP Host B PMP Campus Y piPES Test Analysis Looks like a problem In Gigapop T. Pass these test result to: Joe@gigapopT.net PMP PMP PMP Regional Network J GigapopT The test results obtained by the End-User will be passed on to the contact person

22. Supporting New uses, applications

23. Internet2 in the Dot.com/Telecom Collapse Environment • Advanced infrastructure for research & education more difficult to acquire. • Corporate R&D spending greatly reduced • Labs & startups • Internet2 has a more clearly defined but broader mission • Requires partnership across the planet