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Abilene: an Internet2 Backbone Network Abilene: An Internet2 Backbone Network Greg Wood Director of Communications Internet2 ORAP Workshop 26 October 1999 Paris, France Internet Development Spiral Commercialization Privatization Today’s Internet Internet2 Research and Development Partnerships Source: Ivan Moura Campos Internet2 Goals ¡Enable new generation of applications ¡Re-create leading edge R&E network capability ¡Transfer technology and experience to the global production Internet Internet2 Universities 163 Members as of September 1999 Internet2 Corporate Partners ¡ 3Com ¡ ITC^Deltacom ¡ Advanced Network & ¡ Lucent Technologies Services ¡ MCI Worldcom ¡ Alcatel ¡ Microsoft ¡ Newbridge Networks ¡ Ameritech ¡ Nortel Networks ¡ AT&T ¡ Qwest ¡ Cabletron Systems Communications ¡ Cisco Systems ¡ StarBurst ¡ WCI Cable ¡ FORE Systems ¡ IBM Enabling advanced applications... Advanced Applications ¡Distributed computing ¡Collaboration ¡Virtual laboratories ¡Digital libraries ¡Visualization and virtual reality ¡All of the above in combination Many Disciplines and Contexts ¡ Sciences ¡ Instruction ¡ Arts ¡ Collaboration ¡ Humanities ¡ Streaming video ¡ Health care ¡ Distributed ¡ Business/Law computation ¡ Administration ¡ Data mining ¡ … ¡ Virtual reality ¡ Digital libraries ¡ … Re-creating leading edge networking capabilities... Applications and Engineering Applications Motivate Enables Engineering Internet2 Engineering Objectives ¡Deploy a production network to support applications R&D ¡Establish quality of service (QBone) ¡Support native multicast ¡Establish gigaPoPs as effective service points Network Architecture GigaPoP GigaPoP One Two Internet2 Interconnect Cloud GigaPoP GigaPoP Three Four “Gigabit capacity Point of Presence” an aggregation point for regional connectivity Network Architecture Internet2 Interconnect Cloud University A GigaPoP One Commercial Regional Network Internet Connections University B University C GigaPoPs ¡ Variety of services and styles • Technical and organizational differences • Mixture of technologies ¡ Common approaches to: • IP as common bearer service • Inter-gigaPoP routing policy and design • Measurement • Trouble tickets among network operations centers Internet2 GigaPoPs The Abilene Network Abilene Timeline ¡Announced: April 1998 ¡First demonstration: September 1998 ¡Operations officially begin: February 1999 ¡50+ connected institutions: September 1999 Abilene Goals ¡Support Internet2 applications development ¡Demonstrate next generation networking capabilities ¡Create facilities for network research Abilene Goals, continued ¡Support Internet2 multicast ¡Support Internet2 QoS architecture as it evolves ¡Support other advanced functionality as it evolves ¡Maximize robustness ¡Minimize latency Abilene Project Partners ¡UCAID ¡Qwest Communications ¡Cisco Systems ¡Nortel Networks ¡Indiana University Key Attributes ¡Benefit from Qwest OC-48 Sonet capacity and collocation sites ¡Benefit from Nortel OC-192 Sonet kit and Lucent fiber ¡Benefit from Cisco GSR 12000 series routers in support of QoS and native multicast ¡NOC Provided by Indiana University Architecture ¡ 10 core nodes • Each located at a Qwest PoP • Each with a Cisco 12008 router • Rack also contains measurements/ management computers ¡ Interior lines connect core nodes • OC-48 Sonet • IP-over-Sonet interfaces ¡ Access lines connect from core node to gigaPoP • IP-over-Sonet or IP-over-ATM possible • OC-3 and OC-12 typical Abilene Characteristics ¡2.4 Gbps (OC48) among gigaPoPs, increasing to 9.6 Gbps (OC192) ¡Connections at 622 Mbps (OC12) or 155 Mbps (OC3) ¡IP over Sonet technology ¡Access PoPs very close to university gigaPoPs Abilene Network Seattle Cleveland New York Sacramento Denver Indianapolis Kansas City Los Angeles Atlanta Abilene Router Node Houston Abilene Access Node Operational January 1999 Planned 1999 Abilene Participants Abilene Weather Map http://www.abilene.iu.edu/ Abilene Peer Networks ¡ APAN/Transpac ¡ RENATER ¡ CA*net-2 ¡ SingAREN ¡ DANTE ¡ SURFnet ¡ DREN ¡ vBNS ¡ ESnet ¡ Israel Inter- Soon to peer University ¡ JANET/UKERNA ¡ NORDUnet ¡ CUDI ¡ NISN ¡ DFN ¡ NREN ¡ INFN Internet2 International Activities ¡Ensure global interoperability of advanced networking technologies and applications ¡Enable collaboration between US researchers at Internet2 institutions and their non-US counterparts Internet2 International Activities ¡ Building peer to peer relationships ¡ Looking for similar goals/objectives and similar constituencies ¡ Mechanism: Memoranda of Understanding ¡ Implementation: Peering and Connection Agreements ¡ Collaboration: Projects and Applications Internet2 International Partners ¡ CANARIE (Canada) ¡ SingAREN (Singapore) ¡ Stichting SURF ¡ CUDI (Mexico) (Netherlands) ¡ APAN (Asia-Pacific ¡ NORDUnet (Nordic region) countries) ¡ Israel-IUCC (Israel) ¡ TERENA (pan-European ¡ DANTE (European association) network) ¡ UKERNA (UK) ¡ AAIREP (Australia) ¡ INFN-GARR (Italy) ¡ HEAnet (Ireland) ¡ DFN-Verein (Germany) ¡ CESnet (Czech Republic) ¡ GIP RENATER (France) ¡ SWITCH (Switzerland) ¡ JAIRC (Japan) Advanced Research and Education Network Atlas (ARENA) ¡ An on-line atlas containing descriptions and maps of research and education networks ¡ Content will be provided by participating networks ¡ Provides a well known URL for sometimes hard to find information ¡ Users: Research and education network engineers and application users ¡ http://www.internet2.edu/arena/ For More Information ¡On the Web • www.internet2.edu/abilene/ • www.abilene.iu.edu • www.internet2.edu ¡Email • [email protected][email protected] TM www.internet2.edu.
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