Internet 2 Liaison Report APAN Member Meeting Heather

Internet 2 Liaison Report APAN Member Meeting Heather Boyles

Quick Outline §APAN-Internet 2 partnership highlights • Partnerships in place • APAN community at Internet 2 • Connectivity between our communities §Internet 2 2004 priorities §Upcoming Internet 2 Meetings

APAN – Internet 2 partnership §APAN – Internet 2 Memorandum of Understanding • Since June 1999 – Providing for/promoting interconnection between our respective institutions – Collaboration on advanced technology and applications development – Promoting the transfer of technology to the wider education community and the commercial marketplace

International Partners Asia-Pacific AAIREP (Australia) APAN (Asia-Pacific) ANF (Korea) APRU (Asia-Pacific) CERNET, CSTNET, NSFCNET (China) JAIRC (Japan) JUCC (Hong Kong) NGI-NZ (New Zealand) NECTEC / UNINET (Thailand) Sing. AREN (Singapore) NCHC (Taiwan)

APAN community and Internet 2 §APAN at the last Internet 2 Member Meeting • Fay Sheu – Taiwan’s TWAREN initiative • Congxiao Bao -Video Conference Service Development in China During SARS

APAN Region–Internet 2 Connectivity §Internet 2’s Abilene national backbone network • Upgrade to 10 G done • APAN–Internet 2 connectivity highlights – Trans. PAC – currently led by Internet 2 member Indiana University – Pacific Wave – now merging north and south with PNWGP and CENIC cooperation – IEEAF/Tyco donated link – PNWGP and WIDE working to complete connections

Fundamental Questions §What does higher education (and the rest of the world) require from the Internet and its applications? §What should the Internet 2 community do to address those requirements? §What specific steps should we take to move forward?

Strategic Foci § Address the advanced networking needs and interests of the research & education community § Provide leadership in the evolution of the global Internet § Leverage strategic relationships among academia, industry and government § Catalyze activities that cannot be accomplished by individual organizations § Implement a systems approach towards a scalable and vertically integrated advanced networking infrastructure § Focus on financially feasible, affordable, and deployable technologies and solutions

Internet 2 Today (and Tomorrow) Applications Middleware Services Networks Security End-to-end Performance Motivate Enable

2004 Priorities §Engage with the NSF Cyberinfrastructure Initiative §Establish security initiatives which enable Internet 2 applications and leverage Internet 2 capabilities §Ensure availability of production infrastructure for the Internet 2 community §Enhance Internet 2’s role as a leader in advanced networking

International Connections §Now multiple NSF agreements • Different regions of the world • Different types of connectivity & research §Also various uncoordinated donated infrastructure §Our international partners could work more effectively if they had a coordinated point of contact §Working with our members to coordinate response

Upcoming Internet 2 meetings http: //events. internet 2. edu/calendar/main. php § 19 -21 April, Internet 2 Member Meeting • Arlington, VA (outside Washington, DC) § 18 -22 July, Joint Tech Meeting • Columbus, OH § 27 -30 September, Internet 2 Member Meeting • Austin, TX