Internet2 Mission and Goals

April 24, 2023

Internet2 and Global Collaborations

Heather BoylesDirector, International RelationsInternet2heather@internet2.edu

19 February 2003Hong Kong

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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

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University Leadership

200 university members with commitments from their Presidents/Chancellors/Rectors

• 60+ corporate members• Over 40 Affiliate Members

–Government Research Agencies

• Internet2/U.S. Government: separate but interdependent

• Internet2 International Partner Program

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Internet2 Universities202 University Members, January 2003

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Internet2 – JUCC partnership

Internet2 – JUCC Partnership • (via Memorandum of Understanding)• In place since August 2000

Abilene – HARNET Peering• Agreement in place since August 2000• Connectivity in place since September 2002

Internet2 – JUCC/HARNET users collaborations

• Let this launch event provide a basis for starting new work together!

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International Partnerships

Ensure global interoperability • of the next generation of Internet technologies and applications

Enable global collaboration • in research and education providing/promoting the development

of an advanced networking environment internationally

Build effective partnerships with organizations • similar goals/objectives • similar constituencies

Mechanism: Memoranda of Understanding

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Internet2 International Partners

Asia-PacificAAIREP (Australia)APAN (Asia-Pacific)APAN-KR (Korea)APRU (Asia-Pacific)CERNET, CSTNET, NSFCNET (China)JAIRC (Japan)JUCC (Hong Kong)NECTEC / UNINET (Thailand)SingAREN (Singapore)TAnet2 (Taiwan)

AmericasCANARIE (Canada)CEDIA (Ecuador)CUDI (Mexico)CRNET2 (Costa Rica)REUNA (Chile)RETINA (Argentina)RNP2 (Brazil)SENACYT (Panama)

Europe-Middle EastARNES (Slovenia)BELNET (Belgium)CARNET (Croatia)CESnet (Czech Republic)DANTE (Europe)DFN-Verein (Germany)GIP RENATER (France)GRNET (Greece)HEAnet (Ireland)HUNGARNET (Hungary)INFN-GARR (Italy)Israel-IUCC (Israel)NORDUnet (Nordic Countries)POL-34 (Poland)RCCN (Portugal)RedIRIS (Spain)RESTENA (Luxembourg)SANET (Slovakia)Stichting SURF (Netherlands)SWITCH (Switzerland)TERENA (Europe)JISC, UKERNA (United Kingdom)

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Internet2 Areas of Work

Advanced ApplicationsMiddlewareNetwork Engineering

• End to End Performance

Advanced Network InfrastructurePartnerships and Outreach

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How Internet2 works

Universities commit:• Engineering lead: connect university to rest of Internet2

community, deploy new technologies• Applications lead: support apps development on campus• Middleware architect: work with I2MI to implement middleware

infrastructure

Working groups:• Of expert/interested individuals within community• Chaired by volunteer (sometimes by staff)• Staff support

Projects/Initiatives:• Where collective resources needed• E.g. Commons Initiative, End to End Performance Initiative

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Internet2 staff

Primarily facilitate, coordinate work of Internet2 members

• E.g. Ted’s applications team

Support working groups• Posting working group notes (see the www.internet2.edu

website)

Support meetings of the community• “Joint Techs” – network engineers• Hands-on training workshops – IPv6 and multicast

deployment, Internet2 Commons site Coordinator Training

Applications and Engineering

Applications

Engineering

MotivateEnables

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Internet2Backbone Networks

GigaPoPOne

Internet2 Network Architecture

GigaPoPTwo

GigaPoP(n)

GigaPoPThree

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Internet2 Network Architecture

Internet2 Backbone Network(s)

GigaPoPOne

Regional Network

University C

CommercialInternetConnections

University B

University A

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Abilene NetworkCore Map, January 2003

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Internet2 Backbone Network(s)

Have had two backbones in the past:• vBNS (NSF supported, run by MCIWorldcom)• Abilene (Internet2 member supported, run by UCAID)

Abilene is current backbone network• 11 core router nodes• Moving to 10Gbps core backbone links• Connections to the backbone at 622mbps to 10Gbps

• Most universities aggregate connections through “gigapops” or regional aggregator networks

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Abilene NetworkLogical Map

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STAR TAP/Star LightAPAN/TransPAC†, CA*net, CERN, CERNET/CSTNET/NSFCNET, NAUKAnet, GEMnet, HARNET, KOREN/KREONET2, NORDUnet, SURFnet, SingAREN, TANET2

NYCGEANT*,

HEANET, NORDUnet,

SINET,SURFnet

Pacific WaveAARNET, APAN/TransPAC†, CA*net, TANET2

SNVAGEMNET, SingAREN, WIDE(v6)

L.A.UNINET

AMPATHANSP,

REUNA2, RNP2, RETINA (REACCIUN-2)

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El Paso (UACJ-UT El Paso)CUDI

San Diego (CALREN2)CUDI

09 January 2002

Abilene International Peering (January 2003)

•ARNES, ACONET, BELNET, CARNET, CERN, CESnet, CYNET, DFN, EENet, GARR, GRNET, HEANET, IUCC, JANET, LATNET, LITNET, NORDUNET, RENATER, RESTENA, SWITCH, HUNGARNET, GARR-B, POL-34, RCST, RedIRIS, SANET, SURFNET•† WIDE/JGN, IMnet, CERNet/CSTnet,/NSFCNET, KOREN/KREONET2, SingAREN, TANET2, ThaiSARN

Last updated: 17 January 2003

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International Transit Network

In partnership with Canada’s CA*net, STAR TAP/StarLightProvide transit over Abilene (CA*net, STAR TAP/StarLight exchange point)Between non-US networks

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Networks reachable via Abilene – by country

Europe-Middle EastAustria (ACOnet)Belgium (BELnet)Croatia (CARnet)Czech Rep. (CESnet)Cyprus (Cynet)Denmark (UNI-C)Estonia (ESnet)Finland (FUnet)France (RENATER)Germany (G-Win)Greece (GRnet)Hungary (HUNGARnet)Iceland (ISnet)Ireland (HEANET)Israel (IUCC)Italy (GARR)Latvia (LATNET)Lithuania (LITNET)

Asia-PacificAustralia (AARNET)China (CERNET, CSTNET, NSFCNET)Hong Kong (HARNET)Japan (SINET, WIDE,

IMNET, JGN)Korea (KOREN, KREONET2)Singapore (SingAREN)Taiwan (TANET2)Thailand (UNINET, ThaiSARN)

AmericasArgentina (RETINA)Brazil (RNP2/ANSP)Canada (CA*net4)Chile (REUNA)Mexico (CUDI)United States (Abilene, vBNS)

More information about reachable networks at www.internet2.edu/abilene/peernetworks.htmlAlso, see www.startap.net

Luxembourg (RESTENA)Netherlands (SURFnet)Norway (UNINETT)Poland (PCSS)Portugal (FCCN)Romania (RNC)Slovakia (SANET)Slovenia (ARNES)Spain (RedIris)Sweden (SUNET)Switzerland (SWITCH)United Kingdom (JANET)

*CERN

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APANhttp://www.apan.net

APAN organization brings together national research and education networks of Asia-Pacific

• Network interconnection

• Technology Collaboration

• Applications/Science Interest Groups

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APAN area collaborations

PRAGMA – Pacific Rim Applications and Grid Middleware Assemply

• Sharing expertise, tools in grid development• Sharing resources, infrastructure

IPv6 development and deployment• Significant focus of CERNET and WIDE (Japan)• Internet2 Model Hands-on IPv6 workshop for

campus/network engineers at next APAN meeting – also at AIT, Bangkok

Natural Resource Science Community• Sharing satellite data, images across APAN networks

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Americas- highlights

Remote instruments• Telescopes in Chile• Cosmic ray observatory (P. Auger) in Argentina

• eVLBI – ALMA (Atacama Large Millimeter Array)

Earth-observation, environmental, biotechnology

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Americas highlights

CLARA• Comunidad Latino Americana de Redes Avanzadas

• Chile, Argentina, Brazil leading interconnections• Connectivity to North America, Europe

AMPATH: Florida International University

• Potential to connect 10 countries at 45mbps each• Peering through Miami (collocated with SFGP)• Some U.S. National Science Foundation funding

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Europe highlights

TERENA (Trans European Research and Education Network Association)

• Membership association of National Research Networks (NRNs)

• No network, but technology and applications working groups

GEANT• Pan-European network (connects together National

Research Networks)• Operated by DANTE

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Europe highlights

Middleware Development• TERENA working groups• Closely tracking Internet2 middleware

activities

More European-funded research

• DataGrid• vLBI experiments

IPv6 focus• 6Net testbed

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GEANThttp://www.dante.org.uk

31 countries connecting10gbps core backbone

• Connectors at up to 2.5gbps

Connectivity to North America, APAN (TEIN through Korea)Outreach to SE Europe (Balkans), Med. (+N. Africa), S. America (@LIS-CAESAR)

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Africa highlights

No dedicated R&E network connectivity from African continentEuropean Commission funding connections from northern Africa to GEANT

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EUMEDCONNECT

Algeria, Cyprus, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Malta, Morocco, the Palestinian authority, Syria, Tunisia, and Turkey

• Egypt: Egyptian Universities Network (EUN) http://www.frcu.eun.eg/

• Morocco: Maroc Wide Area Network (MARWAN) http://www.marwan.ac.ma/

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Other university networks, research links

South Africa: Tertiary Education Network (TENET) http://www.tenet.ac.za/

National Institutes of Health MIMcom project

• Satellite connectivity to malaria research sites in Ghana, Kenya, Tanzania

• http://www.nlm.nih.gov/mimcom/locations.html

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Global Terabit Research Network (GTRN)http://www.gtrn.net/

Cooperatively, cohesively managed intercontinental infrastructure

• Focus on end to end performance on global basis for global science

Initial partners: • Europe NREN Consortium/DANTE• Internet2• CANARIE (Canada)

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How can you engage?

Have a collaborator, scientific facility, resource you need to reach in another country?

• Learn about the path connectivity may take–Arena.internet2.edu or international.internet2.edu

• Let your campus and inter-campus network people know

• What kind of network services do you need? What kinds of applications would you like to utilize?

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Engage, continued

Want to learn how others are deploying advanced network services?

• Join APAN working group• Attend (in person or virtually) an Internet2 “Joint Techs” meeting; hands-on workshop; TERENA meeting

–Almost all Internet2 meetings (although not hands-on workshops) are webcast; so are most APAN and TERENA meetings

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