A Gathering of State Networks

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A Gathering of State Networks St Louis Mo. April
2000
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verview

• Mission
• NYSERNet advances network technologies and
  applications that enable collaboration and
  promote technology transfer for research and
  education, expanding these to government,
  industry, and the broader community.

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verview

• A Network of Firsts

1985 - NYSERNet founded. 1986 - Receives NSF,
NYS, NYT funding to build a regional
network. 1987 - First NYSERNet node goes
live. 1987 - 56 Kbps statewide network
deployed. 1988 - Co-development of SNMP
protocol 1989 - First T1 backbone deployed. 1989
- First to deploy dedicated 24x7 NOC. 1989 -
First redundant T1 backbone. 1990 - First
regional to spin off ISP, PSINet. 1991 to 1993 -
First Network to extend Internet to K-12 and
Libraries. 1994 - First Internet Training Center.
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• 1994 - NYSERNet members drive the need to upgrade
  to T3 (45 Mbit/sec) connectivity.
• 1994 - NYSERNet partners with NYNEX, Frontier,
  and Sprint to deploy a redundant 45 Mbit/sec
  backbone throughout New York.
• 1996 - NYSERNet forms another for-profit company,
  AppliedTheory, to market commercial Internet
  services.
• 1997-1998 - NYSERNet continues to seek funding
  from the NSF in support of network development
  for education and research, including HPC,
  wireless networking, videoconferencing.
• 1999 - Deploy OC-12 network statewide with
  gateways to vBNS and Abilene.

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verview

• Strategic Goals for 2000
• Undertake a major national initiative to advance
  networking technology.
• Continue improvement of the network.
• Enable and deploy network applications.
• Continue to build NYSERNets external relations.
• Enhance membership services.

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rganization
Timothy Lance, President Board Chairman
Elaine Verrastro, Admin. Assistant
Mark Oros, Chief Operating Officer
Robin Jones, Admin. Assistant Project Coordinator
Benjamin Chi, Director Applications
Network Technology
Steve Kankus, Project Manager
Jim Brennan, Director External Programs
Anne Dunford, Program Manager
Applications Technology Program Manager
William Owens, Advanced Network. Tech. Program
Manager
Larry Gallery, Director of Sponsored Programs
Kathie Barzee, Applications Engineer
Cathie Sundet, Network Engineer
Robert Bellandi Communications Mgr. Web Master
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rganization

• Board Member Institutions

• Alfred University
• Brookhaven National Laboratory
• City University of New York
• Clarkson University
• Columbia University
• Cornell University
• Eastman-Kodak Company
• Hofstra University
• Marist College
• New York Public Library
• New York State Education Dept.
• New York University

• Polytechnic University
• Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
• Rochester Institute of Technology
• Rockefeller University
• SUNY Albany
• SUNY Binghamton
• SUNY Buffalo
• SUNY Central Administration
• SUNY Stony Brook
• State University of New York
• Syracuse University
• University of Rochester

ex officio
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etwork
Advanced Networking Research Applications
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etwork

• Network Overview
• Distributed gigaPoP with OC-12 (622 Mbps)
  backbone.
• OC12 and OC48 SONET providing access at T3 and
  OC3.
• PoPs in NYC, Albany, Syracuse, Rochester,
  Buffalo.
• ATM switching provided by Newbridge Networks.
• Backbone co-location services leased from
  AppliedTheory.
• Local access from Time Warner Telecom and Bell
  Atlantic.
• Network operations support provide by
  AppliedTheory.
• Links to national high performance networks vBNS
  Abilene.

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Albany
Syracuse
Rochester
Buffalo
New York
NYSERNet 2000 Network Topology
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legend
OC-3
OC-12
OC-48
gigaPoP
Gateway or Other Network
Fujitsu SONET Add-Drop Mux
Newbridge 36170 ATM Switch
New York City
NYC Metropolitan SONET Ring
NYSERNet 2000 New York City gigaPoP
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etwork

• Participating Institutions

• Alfred University
• American Museum of Natural History
• Brookhaven National Laboratory
• Brooklyn Public Library
• City University of New York
• Clarkson University
• Columbia University
• Cornell University
• Eastman-Kodak Research Labs
• Hofstra University
• Marist College
• New York Public Library
• New York University

• Polytechnic University
• Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
• Rome Air Force Labs
• Rochester Institute of Technology
• Rockefeller University
• SUNY Albany
• SUNY Binghamton
• SUNY Buffalo
• SUNY Central Administration
• SUNY Stony Brook
• Syracuse University
• University of Rochester

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ext Generation Network

• The Near Future
• Possible peering between NYSERNet 2000 and
  commodity Internet and dual Local-Loop for
  redundancy.
• NYSERNet 2000 voice and video trials.
• QoS services.
• Multicast services.
• IPv6 services.
• VPN services.
• PoP expansion.
• Upgrade backbone to OC48.
• Upgraded OC12 gateway access to the vBNS or
  Abilene.

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• Application Deployment
• Institutional deployment of applications
  underway.
• SWAT assisting connected institutions.
• Prototype Regional Applications Database
  developed.
• Engineering Working Group focused on institution
  connection implementation and post-network-build
  technology.
• Participating institutions engaged in video
  application and H.323 multiconferencing efforts.

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• Application Information System
• Repository of information about research taking
  place on the NYSERNet network. Tool for NYSERNet
  to support network planning, performance
  analysis, and collaborative proposal development.
• Tool for researchers to identify opportunities
  for collaboration and further research.
• Development of Web-based service federally funded
  and slated for delivery early-3rd Quarter 2000.
• Prototype for linked regional and national
  systems, to promote information sharing on
  national basis.

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embership

• Benefit Basics - Tangible
• Competitive pricing in the delivery of commodity
  Internet services through NYSERNet-negotiated
  reseller agreements.
• Quarterly newsletter Bits, Bytes, Broadcasts.
• Up-to-date information on evolving NYSERNet
  products and services, and advances in the world
  of internetworking.
• Entry point for participation in NYSERNet
  projects.

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embership

• Benefit Basics and Intangible
• Strength in numbers.
• Creating opportunity for members to engage in and
  transition technology as rapidly as possible.
• Joining the discussion with Internet pioneers.

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embership

• Expanding Member Interaction through Project
  Participation
• Focus interest through project opportunities.
• Unique nature of projects can carry extra costs.
• Projects provide expanded benefits tailored to
  participant needs through service suite
  offerings.
• Offerings assist building collaborations,
  communication of applications, and technology.

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hank you