Beyond Tomorrow’s Internet

University of Alaska FairbanksMarch 23, 2006

Douglas Van HouwelingPresident & CEO, Internet2

The Broadband Homeof Tomorrow

SON and FRIENDSwatching on-demandHDTV nature show

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DVR saving HDTV sportsevent for later viewing

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Family movies sharedwith UNCLE and AUNTacross the country.

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MOTHER consulting with DOCTOR andGRANDMOTHER via 3-way DVD-quality videoconferencing,Including real-time blood pressure and heart rate data

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FATHER working with COLLEAGUES viaDVD-quality videoconference and sharedvirtual whiteboard 0 10 20 30

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DAUGHTER working on multimedia school project with her friends via IM and VoIP phone while surfing the Web and downloading legal video and music.

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Internet2’s Role

• Develop and deploy advanced network applications and technologies, accelerating the creation of tomorrow’s Internet– Research universities and scientific labs– State education networks– The commercial Internet

Internet2 - today• US-based membership organization

– 207 US University members – 66 Corporate members– 47 Affiliate members

• Including several US government research labs

– 2 Association members– 46 International partnerships– Budget more than $25 million per year

Internet2 Universities207 University Members, December 2005

Coordinating Across Geographic Scales

Internet2 Network Infrastructure Overview• Campus

• Regional Aggregation– Example: by US state, metropolitan

region, multi-state region

• National– Backbone network infrastructure

Network Infrastructure Visualized

Internet2 Backbone Networks

(“Abilene”)

Research and EducationRegional Network

University C

CommercialInternetConnections

University B

Current Internet2 infrastructure

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NationwideNetwork Links

100 Mbps -10 Gbs

Abilene Backbone Network

Connecting to Abilene

State Higher Education Sponsored Networks

• Connected:– More than half of all colleges and

universities in the US connected– More than 1/3 of all K-12 schools– 1 in 5 libraries across the nation

• Now substantially expanded with the reach into Alaska!

A map of NRENs

Related Efforts in FormationRelated Efforts in Formation

Current MoU PartnersCurrent MoU Partners

Developing PartnershipsDeveloping Partnerships

Europe-Middle EastAustria (ACOnet)Belgium (BELNET)Croatia (CARNet)Czech Rep. (CESNET)Cyprus (CYNET)Denmark (Forskningsnettet)Estonia (EENet)Finland (Funet)France (Renater)Germany (G-WIN)Greece (GRNET)Hungary (HUNGARNET)Iceland (RHnet)Ireland (HEAnet)Israel (IUCC)Italy (GARR)Jordan (JUNET)Latvia (LATNET)Lithuania (LITNET)Luxembourg (RESTENA)

Asia-Pacific AmericasArgentina (RETINA)Brazil (RNP2/ANSP)Canada (CA*net)Chile (REUNA)Costa Rica (CR2Net)Mexico (Red-CUDI)Panama (RedCyT)Peru (RAAP)Uruguay (RAU2)Venezuela (REACCIUN2)

Malta (Univ. Malta)Netherlands (SURFnet) Norway (UNINETT)Palestinian Territories (Gov’t Computing Center)Poland (POL34)Portugal (RCTS2)Qatar (Qatar FN)Romania (RoEduNet)Russia (RBnet)Slovakia (SANET)Slovenia (ARNES)Spain (RedIRIS)Sweden (SUNET)Switzerland (SWITCH)Syria (HIAST)United Kingdom (JANET)Turkey (ULAKBYM)*CERN

Australia (AARNET)China (CERNET, CSTNET, NSFCNET)Fiji (USP-SUVA)Hong Kong (HARNET)Japan (SINET, WIDE, JGN2)Korea (KOREN, KREONET2)New Zealand (NGI-NZ)Philippines (PREGINET)Singapore (SingAREN)Taiwan (TANet2, ASNet)Thailand (UNINET, ThaiSARN)

77 Networks reachable via Abilene

More information at http://abilene.internet2.edu/peernetworks/international.html

Algeria (CERIST)Egypt (EUN/ENSTIN)Morocco (CNRST)Tunisia (RFR)South Africa (TENET)

Central Asia AfricaArmenia (ARENA)Georgia (GRENA)Kazakhstan (KAZRENA)Tajikistan (TARENA)Uzbekistan (UZSCI)

Last updated: Feb. 2006

Today’s Internet2Networking and Applications

Fine Arts Rehearsal and Performance

Health Science Research and Instruction

Images courtesy of NOAA

Weather Prediction and Disaster Recovery

Collaboration and Communication

What We Have Learned

• Bandwidth

• Symmetry

• Neutrality

• Global Competitiveness

Bandwidth

• The applications we use today require up to 100 megabits/second

• Today’s local infrastructure is capable of speeds above 10 megabits/second

• Special challenges exist for rural communities

Symmetry

Collaboration and content creation

Enabling new content creation opportunities– FTP vs. BitTorrent– “Big Web” vs. Blogging– Streaming Audio vs. Podcasting– Apple iTMS video vs. Grouper.com

• Opens up distributed enterprise

Network Neutrality

• Today’s technology allows high bandwidth to the home and small business– Internet2 experience: Simple and

inexpensive, not complex and expensive!

• Innovation

• Critical for higher education

Global Competitiveness

• Other nations are out-investing us and doing it with a national strategy

• If the US doesn’t invest, we will be followers, not leaders

• Our geographic diversity requires investment to harness the productivity of all our people

Foundation for New ServicesCommunity-owned optical networking infrastructure

Diversity

Cost-effectiveness

National LambdaRail

FiberCo

Owning the infrastructure• Campus, regional and national networks

moving away from buying telecommunications services to “owning” the assets– Campus – laying fiber on campus and between

campuses in metro area– Regional networks – buying, laying and long-term

leasing “dark” fiber to build networks– National – National Lambda Rail 20-year IRU on

dark fiber; lit with NLR-owned equipment

Deploying and Testing

The Future for Alaska• Extend fiber-based networking to Alaska

higher education– Work with government & industry

• Deploy higher bandwidth connectivity intra-state– New technologies will be required– An opportunity for Alaskan leadership globally

• Ensure that the commercial network is capable of real broadband

Questions?

• Find us at www.internet2.edu