International Partnerships

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International Partnerships

• Internet2 International Program
• Ana Preston, Program Manager, International
  apreston_at_internet2.edu
• NJEdge Member Meeting
• 11 June 2003

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Thank you!

• Who is this person with the accent?
• Thank you for the invitation to participate
• What I will talk about
• Internet2 International Partnerships
• Example of international collaborations

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Internet2 communities
InternationalPartners
UniversityMembers
CorporateMembers
AffiliateMembers
Shared interestsand joint effort
K20Community
GovernmentPartners
GigaPoPs
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Internet2 Partnerships

• Partnerships are key to Internet2
• International partners are of strategic
  importance to Internet2
• Ensure global interoperability
• of the next generation of Internet technologies
  and applications
• Enable global collaboration
• in research and education providing/promoting the
  development of an advanced networking environment
  internationally

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International Focus

• Build effective partnerships in other countries
• With organizations of similar goals/objectives
  and similar constituencies
• Mechanism Memoranda of Understanding
• Provide/promote interconnectivity between
  communities
• Collaborate on technology development and
  deployment
• Facilitate collaboration between members on
  applications
• Engagement to
• Establish leading, high-performance network
  infrastructures in support of science, teaching
  and learning
• Ensure global coordination and end-to-end
  performance in support of our communities

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Current International Partners
Last updated 23 April 2003
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Abilene International Peering
Last updated 24 April 2003
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International connectivity

• Internet2 backbone networks are primarily in the
  United States
• Primarily, our partners networks pay to get to
  the US
• NSF provides some funding for 3 international
  links and a couple of interconnection points
• TransPAC (Asia/Pacific Rim)
• EuroLink (Europe)
• NAUKAnet (Russia)
• STAR TAP/Star Light (Chicago)
• AMPATH
• Other international exchange points/transit
  facilitated by Internet2 members

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Networks reachable via Abilene - by country
Last updated 24 April 2003
Europe-Middle East
Asia-Pacific
Americas
Austria (ACOnet) Belgium (BELnet) Croatia
(CARnet) Czech Rep. (CESnet) Cyprus
(Cynet) Denmark (UNI-C) Estonia (ESnet) Finland
(FUnet) France (RENATER) Germany (G-Win) Greece
(GRnet) Hungary (HUNGARnet) Iceland
(ISnet) Ireland (HEANET) Israel (IUCC) Italy
(GARR) Latvia (LATNET) Lithuania
(LITNET) Luxembourg (RESTENA) Netherlands
(SURFnet)
Argentina (RETINA) Brazil (RNP2/ANSP) Canada
(CAnet) Chile (REUNA) Mexico (Red-CUDI) United
States (Abilene, vBNS) Venezuela
(REACCIUN-2)
Norway (UNINETT) Poland (PCSS) Portugal
(FCCN) Romania (RNC)Russia (RIPN) Slovakia
(SANET) Slovenia (ARNES) Spain (RedIris) Sweden
(SUNET) Switzerland (SWITCH) United Kingdom
(JANET) CERN
Australia (AARNET) China (CERNET, CSTNET,
NSFCNET) Hong Kong (HARNET) Japan (SINET, WIDE,
IMNET, JGN) Korea (KOREN, KREONET2) Singapore
(SingAREN) Philippines (PREGINET) Taiwan
(TANET2) Thailand (UNINET, ThaiSARN)
More information at http//abilene.internet2.edu/
peernetworks/international.html
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Continental Research Networking Initiatives and
Issues - highlights
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Europe to US connectivity 2Q 2003
Country Network BW(Mbps) Interconnect
CERN CERN 10,000 Star Light
Ireland HEANET 310/45 NYC/StarTAP
Netherlands SURFnet 2x10,000 622 Star Light/NYC
Nordic Countries NORDUnet 622 /155 NYC/Star Light
Russia Naukanet (NSF funded) 155 STAR TAP
Europe GEANT 5,000/2,500 NYC/WASH
EUROPE via GEANT Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria,
Croatia, Czech Republic, Cyprus, Denmark,
Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece,
Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy. Latvia,
Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway,
Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia,
Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, CERN
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Europe - highlights

• TERENA (Trans European Research and Education
  Network Association)
• Membership association of National Research and
  Education Networks (NRNs)
• No network, but technology and applications
  working groups
• Individual countries NRENs
• Generally connect higher ed and research centers
• Connect to GEANT backbone network
• Lambda connectivity between NRENs emerging
• European-wide technology, grid and science
  projects using high performance networks
• DataGrid European vLBI network (EVN) 6NET
• Compendium of European NRENs (2002)
  www.terena.nl/compendium

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GEANThttp//www.dante.net/geant/

• 31 countries connecting
• Operated by DANTE
• 10 Gbps core backbone
• Connectors at 2.5Gbps and below
• 3x2.5 Gbps across Atlantic

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Europe International connectivity
Report on present status of international
connectivity in Europe and to other continents
From SERENATE Study into European Research and
Education Networking As Targeted by eEurope,
http//www.serenate.org/publications/d6-serenate.p
df
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Asia to US connectivity2Q 2003
Country Network BW(Mbps) Interconnect
APAN/US TransPAC 622 Tokyo to Pacific Wave
(NSF funded) 622 Tokyo to Star Light
Australia AARNET 2 x 155 Pacific Wave
Korea KOREN/KREONET2 45 STAR TAP
Hong Kong HARNET 45 STAR TAP
Japan SINET 2,500 NYC (Abilene)
Japan WIDE (ipv6 only) 155 Sunnyvale (Abilene)
Japan GEMNET 155 Pacific Wave
Singapore SingAREN 155 Pacific Wave
Taiwan TANET2 155 Pacific Wave
Thailand UNINET 155 Los Angeles (Abilene)
APAN/TransPAC WIDE-JGN, IMNet,
CERNET/CSTNET/NSFCNET, PREGINET, ThaiSARN,
SingAREN, TANET, KOREN/KREONET2
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Asia-Pacific - highlights

• APAN Asia-Pacific Advanced Network
• Partner in TransPAC link
• Several national networks moving to 10Gbps
• APAN network made up of country-owned p2p links
  contributed to APAN
• Trans Eurasia and Trans Pacific connectivity
  increasing

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APAN interconnections current and upcoming
North Cluster (CN, JP, KR, )
Russia
North America
Europe
Japan

Korea
USA
Central Asia Net

China

• Taiwan

Hong Kong
South Asia Net

Thailand
Vietnam
Philippines
Malaysia

• Sri Lanka

West Asia Net

Singapore
Indonesia
Southeast Cluster (MY, SG, TH,)
Oceania Cluster (AU,)
Exchange Point Access Point Current status 2003
(plan)

• Australia

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TransPAChttp//www.transpac.org

• Connections APAN to US
• OC-12 POS Seattle (Pacific Wave) to Tokyo
• OC-12 ATM Chicago (StarLight) to Tokyo
• Together 1.244 Gbps Tokyo to the US
• Funded by NSF and Japanese government

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Africa - highlights

• No dedicated RE network connectivity from
  African continent
• Some national inter-university connections
• South Africa Tertiary Education Network (TENET)
  http//www.tenet.ac.za/
• Egypt Egyptian Universities Network (EUN)
  http//www.frcu.eun.eg/
• Morocco Maroc Wide Area Network (MARWAN)
  http//www.marwan.ac.ma/
• EUMEDconnect
• To GEANT (includes some countries in northern
  Africa)

• National Institutes of Health MIMcom project
• Satellite connectivity to malaria research sites
  in Ghana, Kenya, Tanzaniahttp//www.nlm.nih.gov/m
  imcom/locations.html

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Americas Connectivity2Q 2003
Country Network BW (Mbps) Interconnect
Canada CAnet 3000 Star Light / Pacific Wave
Mexico RED-CUDI 155 / 100 Tijuana-San Diego (CALREN-2) / Juarez - El Paso (UTEP)
Chile REUNA 45 AmPATH
Brazil RNP2 45 AmPATH
ANSP 45 AmPATH
Argentina RETINA2 45 AmPATH
Gemini/NOAO (funding from NSF) 10 SFGP
Puerto Rico (Arecibo Observatory) To Abilene-U.S. (funding from NSF) 45 SFGP
Venezuela REACCIUN-2 45 AmPATH
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Partners in the Americas

• Discussions in progress
• Peru
• Colombia
• Uruguay
• Guatemala
• Cuba

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Americas - highlights

• Canada
• CANARIE 1st Internet2 MoU partner
• CANet 18,000 km OC192 wavelength network
• Customer controlled wavelengths
• Mexico, Brazil, Chile, Argentina and Venezuela
  all peering with Internet2 networks

• AMPATH Florida International University (Global
  Crossing)
• currently Argentina, Brasil (2), Chile and
  Venezuela all at 45 Mbps
• point to point from Miami
• Initial boost for Advanced Networking in LA
• Stimulus for advanced connectivity inside each
  country

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Latin America - highlights

• During last 3 years, several firms have been
  building optical fiber rings in LAC
• Significant projects underway
• Opening exciting and new possibilities for
  cooperation in advanced technological and
  scientific applications

PanamericanGlobal Crossing EmergiaImpSatTrans
andinoUniSurGlobal Crossing
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CLARA Cooperacion Latino Americana de Redes
Avanzadas

• Association of NRENs in LA open to all LA
  Countries
• Background
• _at_LIS Alliance for the Information Society
  (2003-2005)
• CAESAR promote EU-LA connectivity
• Project ALICE - América Latina Interconecta Con
  Europa
• September/October 2003 Phase I connection to
  Europe at 155 Mpbs)
• Unpredecented opportunities for Latin America and
  collaborations across the continent

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Why International importance?
International
Applications
End-to-end Performance
Security
motivate
enable
Middleware
Services
Networks
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Cornucopia of Applications!apps.internet2.edu
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VLBI - Very Long Baseline Interferometry

• Astronomers collect data about a star from many
  different earth based antennae and send the data
  to a specialized computer for analysis on a 24x7
  basis.
• VLBI is not as concerned with data loss as they
  are with long term stability.
• The end goal is to send data at 1Gb/s from over
  20 antennae that are located around the globe.

http//web.haystack.mit.edu/e-vlbi/meeting.html
Interesting Successfully ran 788 Mbps sustained
test between sites in U.S. Working on prototype
experiment to test their ability to run data to
Europe and Japan.
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Multi-disciplinary involvement new
opportunities for solving real problems

• TRIMS project Transboundary Information
  Management System (United States Mexico border
• Center for Environmental Resource Management -
  http//www.cerm.utep.ed
• Integrative information management (GIS) system
  (current, reliable and consistent information on
  the border)
• Assistance towards local, regional and binational
  organizations - the grid-enabled border
• via multi-point videoconferences via Internet2
  network and CUDI Mexican network Symposiums
  (x) to define issues and facilitate dialogue
  between universities throughout border and with
  agencies (e.g., HUD, EPA, Dept. Health and
  counterparts in Mexico)
• http//www.trims.org

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Distance Education/Learning

• Tele-presence environments
• Real-time interactions with very high quality
  audio and MPEG-2 video
• as needed meetings connecting faculty and
  staff across the ocean

Music instruction Language/cultural
Exchanges Learning foreign languages through
cultural exchanges and problem based experiential
learning
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In summary

• Leading-edge, high-performance network
  infrastructure is being put in place to support
  science, research, teaching and learning in
  countries around the world
• International partnerships are key to Internet2
• New and unique opportunities for a new level of
  collaborations around the world

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Resources more information

• On the Web
• www.internet2.edu
• International.internet2.edu
• Email
• info_at_internet2.edu
• Contact us!Ana Preston apreston_at_internet2.edu
• Thank you very much!

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