Internet2: Higher Education’s Advanced Network
Douglas Van Houweling
President & CEO, UCAID
1999 Telecon
4 November 1999
Anaheim, California

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

Today’s Internet
Hundreds of millions of users
Web, email, low-quality audio & video
Applications adapt to underlying technology
Important, not mission-critical uses

Tomorrow’s Internet
Billions of users and devices
Convergence of today’s applications and services with real time rich media environments
New technologies enable unanticipated applications (and create new challenges)
Mission-critical uses

Why Internet2?
The Internet was not designed for:
Millions of users
Congestion
Multimedia
Real time interaction
But, only the Internet can:
Accommodate explosive growth
Enable convergence of information work, mass media, and human collaboration
Internet2 is focused on the
Internet’s potential for our future

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

Internet Development Spiral

Enabling advanced applications...

Advanced Applications
Voice over IP
Internet video
NTSC
HDTV
Collaboration
Megaconference
Visualization and shared virtual reality
All of the above in combination

Collaborations
Link instruments, data sources, researchers and students

Virtual Laboratories
Real-time access to remote instruments
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Distributed nanoManipulator

Teleimmersion
Telecubicle -- The distributed virtual office
Work led by Advanced Network & Services
Brown University
Naval Postgraduate School
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
University of Pennsylvania
Using Inperceptible Light and VR CAVE technologies

The first generation telecubicle

Re-creating leading edge networking capabilities...

Applications and Engineering

Initiatives
Quality of Service: QBone
www.internet2.edu/qbone
Multicast
I2MI: Glue Factory
www.internet2.edu/middleware
Distributed Storage: I2-DSI
dsi.internet2.edu
Digital Video: I2-DV
i2dv.nwu.icair.edu

End-to-End Network Performance
Campus networks
GigaPoPs
National backbones

Internet2 GigaPoPs

Internet2 and the Next Generation Internet Initiative

National Networks
Internet2 Backbone Networks
vBNS(+)
Abilene
Federal Backbone Networks
DREN
ESnet
NREN

Abilene Network

Transferring technology and experience...

Internet2 Universities
163 Members as of September 1999

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

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.

The Future…

Ubiquitous Connectivity
Steadily lower costs
Task-specific and everyday devices
Machine-to-machine network traffic
Nomadic connections

Unanticipated Innovation
Lesson of the Web
Network growth and value are non-linear
New technologies enable qualitatively different uses
Users become innovators

Network Convergence
Common bearer service (IP)
End to end capability
New interoperable middleware environment will be required
Applications driven
Media types combine to enable integrated electronic collaboration

Information Ž Collaboration
Today’s Internet focuses on access to and delivery of information and entertainment
Tomorrow’s Internet will support human collaboration in an information and media rich environment
The vision is vision!

The Time Is Now, We Can Lead!
The Internet will evolve into the global “space” for human interaction
The technology is ready
Standards are converging
Deployment is underway
We can accelerate the movement
Focus on interoperability and human factors
The opportunity is enormous -- the WWW of the future

More on Internet2 later today
Marriott Salon 3
2:00 -- Internet2 Overview
2:30 -- Internet2 Digital Video
3:45 -- Internet2 Corporate Partnerships
4:15 -- Internet2 Discussion Panel

For More Internet2 Information
On the Web
www.internet2.edu
Email
info@internet2.edu

www.internet2.edu