Internet2: Higher
Education’s Advanced Network
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Douglas Van Houweling |
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President & CEO, UCAID |
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1999 Telecon |
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4 November 1999 |
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Anaheim, California |
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Yesterday’s Internet
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Thousands of users |
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Remote login, file transfer |
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Applications capitalize on underlying
technology |
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Experimental uses |
Today’s Internet
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Hundreds of millions of users |
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Web, email, low-quality audio &
video |
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Applications adapt to underlying
technology |
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Important, not mission-critical uses |
Tomorrow’s Internet
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Billions of users and devices |
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Convergence of today’s applications and
services with real time rich media environments |
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New technologies enable unanticipated
applications (and create new challenges) |
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Mission-critical uses |
Why Internet2?
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The Internet was not designed for: |
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Millions of users |
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Congestion |
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Multimedia |
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Real time interaction |
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But, only the Internet can: |
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Accommodate explosive growth |
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Enable convergence of information work,
mass media, and human collaboration |
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Internet2 is focused on the
Internet’s potential for our future |
Internet2 Goals
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Enable new generation of applications |
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Re-create leading edge R&E network
capability |
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Transfer technology and experience to
the global production Internet |
Internet Development Spiral
Enabling advanced
applications...
Advanced Applications
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Voice over IP |
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Internet video |
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NTSC |
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HDTV |
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Collaboration |
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Megaconference |
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Visualization and shared virtual
reality |
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All of the above in combination |
Collaborations
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Link instruments, data sources,
researchers and students |
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Virtual Laboratories
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Real-time access to remote instruments |
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University of North Carolina, Chapel
Hill
Distributed nanoManipulator |
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Teleimmersion
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Telecubicle -- The distributed virtual
office |
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Work led by Advanced Network &
Services |
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Brown University |
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Naval Postgraduate School |
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University of North Carolina Chapel
Hill |
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University of Pennsylvania |
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Using Inperceptible Light and VR CAVE
technologies |
The first generation
telecubicle
Re-creating leading edge
networking capabilities...
Applications and Engineering
Initiatives
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Quality of Service: QBone |
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www.internet2.edu/qbone |
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Multicast |
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I2MI: Glue Factory |
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www.internet2.edu/middleware |
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Distributed Storage: I2-DSI |
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dsi.internet2.edu |
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Digital Video: I2-DV |
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i2dv.nwu.icair.edu |
End-to-End Network
Performance
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Campus networks |
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GigaPoPs |
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National backbones |
Internet2 GigaPoPs
Internet2 and the Next
Generation Internet Initiative
National Networks
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Internet2 Backbone Networks |
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vBNS(+) |
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Abilene |
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Federal Backbone Networks |
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DREN |
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ESnet |
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NREN |
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Abilene Network
Transferring technology and
experience...
Internet2 Universities
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Members as of September 1999
Internet2 Corporate Partners
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ITC^Deltacom |
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Lucent Technologies |
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MCI Worldcom |
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Microsoft |
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Newbridge Networks |
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Nortel Networks |
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Qwest Communications |
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StarBurst |
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WCI Cable |
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3Com |
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Advanced Network & Services |
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Alcatel |
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Ameritech |
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AT&T |
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Cabletron Systems |
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Cisco Systems |
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FORE Systems |
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IBM |
Internet2 Corporate Sponsors
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Bell South |
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Compaq |
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Ericsson (formerly Torrent Networking
Technologies) |
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Litton Network Access Systems |
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Novell |
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SBC Technology Resources |
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StorageTek |
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Internet2 Corporate Members
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Alcatel Telecom |
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Apple Computer |
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AppliedTheory Communications |
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Bell Atlantic |
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British Telecom |
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Deutsche Telekom |
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Fujitsu Laboratories of America |
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GTE Internetworking |
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Hitachi |
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IXC Communications |
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KDD |
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Motorola |
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Nexabit Networks |
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Nokia Research Center |
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NTT Multimedia |
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Pacific Bell |
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Project OXYGEN |
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RR Donnelley |
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Siemens |
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Sprint |
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Sun Microsystems |
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Sylvan Learning |
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Tachyon |
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Telcordia Technologies (formerly
Bellcore) |
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Telebeam |
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Teleglobe |
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TransMedia Communications |
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VTEL |
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Williams
Communications Grp. |
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Worldport |
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Communications Inc. |
The Future…
Ubiquitous Connectivity
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Steadily lower costs |
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Task-specific and everyday devices |
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Machine-to-machine network traffic |
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Nomadic connections |
Unanticipated Innovation
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Lesson of the Web |
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Network growth and value are non-linear |
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New technologies enable qualitatively
different uses |
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Users become innovators |
Network Convergence
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Common bearer service (IP) |
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End to end capability |
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New interoperable middleware
environment will be required |
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Applications driven |
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Media types combine to enable
integrated electronic collaboration |
Information Ž Collaboration
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Today’s Internet focuses on access to
and delivery of information and entertainment |
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Tomorrow’s Internet will support human
collaboration in an information and media rich environment |
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The vision is vision! |
The Time Is Now, We Can
Lead!
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The Internet will evolve into the
global “space” for human interaction |
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The technology is ready |
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Standards are converging |
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Deployment is underway |
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We can accelerate the movement |
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Focus on interoperability and human
factors |
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The opportunity is enormous -- the WWW
of the future |
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More on Internet2 later
today
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Marriott Salon 3 |
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2:00 -- Internet2 Overview |
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2:30 -- Internet2 Digital Video |
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3:45 -- Internet2 Corporate
Partnerships |
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4:15 -- Internet2 Discussion Panel |
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For More Internet2
Information
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On the Web |
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www.internet2.edu |
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Email |
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info@internet2.edu |
www.internet2.edu