Internet2
Heather Boyles
Director, Government and International Relations
AFTEL-CEE
7 October 1999

Computers on the Internet

People on the Internet

Internet Economy
Facts and Figures
64 Million US Adult Regular Users
Seven new people every second
$301 Billion in 1998 revenue
Doubling every 9 months
Internet Advertising generated $1.92 billion in 1998

Yesterday’s Internet
Thousands of users
Remote login, file transfer
Applications capitalize on underlying technology

Today’s Internet
Millions of users
Web, email, low-quality audio & video
Applications adapt to underlying technology

Tomorrow’s Internet
Billions of users and devices
Convergence of today’s applications and services
New technologies enable unanticipated applications (and create new challenges)

Internet Development Spiral

Internet2 Goals
Enable new generation of applications
Re-create leading edge R&E network capability
Transfer technology and experience to the global production Internet

Enabling advanced applications...

Advanced Applications
Digital Libraries
Virtual Laboratories
Collaboration
Visualization and virtual reality
All of the above in combination

Many Disciplines and Contexts
Sciences
Arts
Humanities
Health care
Business/Law
Administration
Instruction
Collaboration
Streaming video
Distributed computation
Data mining
Virtual reality
Digital libraries

Digital Libraries
Informedia Project
Carnegie Mellon University

Digital Libraries
Television News Archive
Vanderbilt University

Virtual Laboratories
Distributed nanoManipulator
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Virtual Laboratories
Real-time 3-D Brain Mapping
University of Pittsburgh,
Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center

Collaborations
Link instruments, data sources, researchers and students

The CAVE

Teleimmersion
Virtural Temporal Bone
University of Illinois at Chicago

Distributed Computation
Large-scale computation
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

Re-creating leading edge networking capabilities...

Middleware Initiatives
Quality of Service: QBone
www.internet2.edu/qbone
Multicast
Distributed Storage: I2-DSI
dsi.internet2.edu
Digital Video: I2-DV
I2MI: GlueWorks
www.internet2.edu/middleware

Ubiquitous
Digital Video
Scalable and easy                              to use
Integrated into applications
Streaming and interactive
Real-time and asynchronous (stored)
Unicast and native multicast
Single source to multi-source
Resolutions up to HDTV

I2-DSI Model: Replicated Services
Clients access nearby server
Everyone gets performance
Local resources implement a global service

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Internet2 Working Groups
IPv6
Measurement
Multicast
Network Management
Network Storage
Quality of Service
Routing
Security
Topology

Applications and Engineering

Internet2 GigaPoPs

Slide 29

Abilene Network

Abilene Characteristics
2.4 Gbps (OC48) capacity today
13,000+ miles of circuits
70+ universities connected by end of 1999
National testbed for leading edge technologies
Interconnecting with other national
R&E networks

Transferring technology and experience...

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University Corporation for Advanced Internet Development (UCAID)
formed by Internet2 members in September 1997
not-for-profit corporation tat leads the Internet2 project
membership is self-selecting
based on ability of an organization to make investment ($, time, personnel) towards Internet2 goals

Board of Trustees
David Ward, (Chair, Board of Trustees) University of Wisconsin
Henry S. Bienen, Northwestern University
William G. Bowen, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Molly Corbett Broad, University of North Carolina
Larry R. Faulkner, University of Texas at Austin
Steven B. Sample, University of Southern California
Graham B. Spanier, Pennsylvania  State University
Eric Bloch, (Chair, Industry Strategy Council)
Thomas A. DeFanti, University of Illinois at Chicago
(Chair, Applications Strategy Council)
James Bruce, MIT
(Chair, Networking Policy and Planning Advisory Council)
David Meyer, Cisco & Univ. of Oregon
(Chair, Networking Research Liaison Council )
Douglas E. Van Houweling

Internet2 Corporate Partners
Lucent Technologies
MCI Worldcom
Microsoft
Newbridge Networks
Nortel Networks
Packet Engines
Qwest Communications
StarBurst
WCI Cable
Xylan
3Com
Advanced Network & Services
Ameritech
AT&T
Cabletron Systems
Cisco Systems
FORE Systems
IBM
ITC^Deltacom

Internet2 Corporate Sponsors
Bell South
Compaq
Ericsson (formerly Torrent Networking Technologies)
Litton Network Access Systems
Novell
SBC Technology Resources
StorageTek

Internet2 Corporate Members
Alcatel Telecom
Apple Computer
AppliedTheory Communications
Bell Atlantic
British Telecom
Deutsche Telekom
Fujitsu Laboratories of America
GTE Internetworking
Hitachi
IXC Communications
KDD
Motorola
Nexabit Networks
Nokia Research Center
NTT Multimedia
Pacific Bell
Project OXYGEN
RR Donnelley
Siemens
Sprint
Sun Microsystems
Sylvan Learning
Tachyon
Telcordia Technologies (formerly Bellcore)
Telebeam
Teleglobe
TransMedia Communications
VTEL
Williams
Communications Grp.
Worldport
     Communications Inc.

International Activities
Ensure global interoperability of advanced networking technologies and applications
Enable collaborations between US researchers at Internet2 institutions and their non-US counterparts

International Partners
GIP RENATER (France)
JAIRC (Japan)
SingAREN (Singapore)
CUDI (Mexico)
APAN (Asia-Pacific region)
Israel-IUCC (Israel)
AAIREP (Australia)
HEAnet (Ireland)
CANARIE (Canada)
Stichting SURF (Netherlands)
NORDUnet (Nordic countries)
TERENA (pan-European association)
UKERNA (UK)
INFN-GARR (Italy)
DFN-Verein (Germany)

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Technology Transfer
Conduits
Collaborating on advanced applications
Deploying pre-commercial infrastructure and protocols
Establishing expertise and human capital

Innovating to Close the Gap

For More Internet2 Information
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heather@internet2.edu

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