Internet2 Background and Demonstrations

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Internet2 Background and Demonstrations
October 31, 2003 Jennifer MacDougall,
Applications Coordinator Gregory D. Palmer,
Director
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What is Internet2?

• Born in 1996 by UCAID
• Led by over 200 US universities, K20, and
  corporations
• Recreating the partnership among academia,
  industry and government that fostered todays
  Internet in its infancy
• Mission Develop and deploy advanced network
  applications and technologies, accelerating the
  creation of tomorrows Internet

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Internet2 The National Network (Abilene)
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Comparison of Download Times of The Matrix DVD
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Application Areas Supported

• Telemedicine
• Arts Humanities
• Foreign Languages
• International Business
• Nanotechnology
• Genomics/Proteomics
• Computer Science
• International Cultures

• Network Technology
• Addictions
• Physics
• Astronomy
• Pharmacology
• Workforce Development
• Digital Libraries

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K20 Initiative

• New K20 Consortium Established in 2002
• Focus outreach and connectivity to K-12s,
  Museums, Libraries
• Aim to bridge K-12 to Higher Ed
• Increased opportunities for joint funding,
  student attraction, learning and education

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The New Jersey State Network
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Conceptual PA Network
NY
JJ Pharms
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Princeton University
NJ
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DE
W. Virginia
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International MoU Map
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CERNET Layer 3 Topology

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GÈANT

• Research Networking in Europe - Striving for
  Global Leadership

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Architecture

• 40 10 Gbps ?s
• Cisco Equipped
• Level3 fiber
• Lab --gt Lab

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The Quilt Network
Northern
PNWGP
Northern
Lights
(WA)
Lights
PNWGP
(ND)
(MN)
(MO)
NoX
PNWGP
MREN
Northern
PNWGP
(WI)
(VT)
Lights
(SD)
OREGON
Merit
(NH)
FRGP
Intermountain
NYSERnet
(OR)
(ID)
(MI)
(WY)
(NY)
(MA)
(IA)
GPN
(CT)
PSC
(NE)
(PA)
Indiana
OARnet
Intermountain
MAGPI
MREN
(NJ)
(RI)
Cenic
(OH)
(IN)
(UT)
(IL)
FRGP
(NV)
PSC
GPN
(DE)
(CO)
GPN
(WV)
(KS)
MAX (Washington DC)
MAX
(MO)
Net.Virg
NWV
Cenic
SoX
(VI)
(CA)
(KY)
(MD)
SOX

NC Giga
MAX
(TN)
(OK)
GPN
(NC)
(AR)
(AZ)
(NM)
SOX
Cenic (CA, NV)
(SC)
SOX
SOX
Texas
MAX (MD, VI)
(GA)
(AL)
(MS)
Texas Gigapop
Merit (MI)
(TX)
Texas
MREN (WI, IL, IA)
(LA)
NC Giga (NC)
NET.Virg (KY)
FRGP (CO, WY)
(FL)
(HI)
NWV (VI)
GPN (NE, KS, AR, IA)
NYSERnet (NY)
N. Lights (ND, SD, MN)
(AK)
OARnet (OH)
NoX
Indiana Giga (IN)
(ME,NH,VT,MA,CT,RI)
OREGON (OR)
MAGPI (PA,NJ,DE))
PNWGP (WA,ID,MO, OR)
PSC (PS,WV)
Intermountain (ID,UT)
SOX (TN,AL,GA,SC)
Texas (TX,LA,MS)
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Application Attributes

• Interactive collaboration
• Real-time access to remote resources

Mark Ellisman, UCSD
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Attributes, cont.

• Large-scale, multi-site computation and data
  mining
• Shared virtual reality
• Any combination of the above

Glen Wheless, Old Dominion
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Application Demonstrations