UCAID, Internet2 and relationships with other initiatives

Heather Boyles

Chief of Staff

US Federal Gov’t: Next Generation Internet (NGI) Programhttp://www.ngi.gov

Established in parallel with Internet2 multi-agency research and development

(R&D) program to develop, test, and demonstrate advanced networking technologies and applications

via testbeds that are 100 to 1,000 times faster end-to-end than today's Internet

Internet2 <--> NGI Relationship

Similar technical objectives Focused on different, but complementary

communities• NGI: Federal Mission agencies• UCAID/Internet2: university research and

education community

Working to interconnect, make interoperable federal research networks and Abilene

Internet2 <--> NGI Relationship cont’d

Cooperative programs:• NSF High Performance Connections

grants: UCAID universities using to connect to achieve Internet2 connectivity

• Abilene <-> Energy, NASA network interconnection: being planned to provide high performance access for universities to research labs

• Applications: researchers benefit from numerous federal grants that help develop applications

International Opportunities

International Efforts

Focus on researcher partnerships working on advanced applications

Cooperate on QoS, etc. to maintain global interoperability

Use STARTAP (Science, Technology, and Research Transit Access Point) for connectivity•www.startap.net

ANN

ANN

UCAID/Internet2/Abilene and International Relations

Seek to enable collaboration between researchers within and beyond the US that pushes the state of advanced networking technology and applications development.

Form mutually beneficial bilateral relationships with initiatives similar (in goals, scope) to UCAID, Internet2 and Abilene outside the US.

International Collaborations cont’d

UCAID Board and management are interested in exploring best policies and options to achieve this.

One model is the Memorandum of Understanding signed by UCAID and CANARIE (Canadian Advanced Research and Education Network)

International Collaborations cont’d

Main principles:• advanced, pre-commercial networks and

revolutionary technologies -- not commodity Internet service

• focus on applications • most effective relationships between

initiatives of similar scope, mission, constituents

• focus on non-governmental relationships

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