GDLN World Forum Program The Potential of Internet2, NRENs and other Partnerships for Expanding Connectivity and Building a Wider Knowledge Community Internet2 and GDLN Heather Boyles Director, Internet2 heather@internet2.edu
Quick Overview What is Internet2? What does Internet2 do? What are NRENs and why? What relevance do they have to GDLN? Am I connected to an NREN? How are GDLN sites using NRENs?
What is Internet2? US not-for-profit organization Formed in 1996 by US universities Today: 200+ US universities Other research centers (corporate and government), museums, libraries, hospitals, industry World Bank group is a member
What does Internet2 do? Builds and operates a dedicated network interconnecting its members Separate from the commercial Internet Owned and operated by the university community itself The World Bank is connected Through the local (Washington, DC) consortium of universities that connect to the Internet2 network
Internet2 Network Infrastructure
Internet2 and the term NREN Internet2 is the name of the US organization of US universities and other members Internet2 as Kleenex or Hoover National Research and Education Networks (NRENs) is generic term Internet2 is the NREN of the United States
Why are NRENs relevant to GDLN? Many countries have NRENs NRENs are dedicated to serving the research, teaching, learning, clinical, outreach, etc. needs of the education and research community Many GDLN centers are at universities Already connected
But why NRENs? (and not just the commercial Internet) Pool demand, resources, expertise of the research and education community Optimize network infrastructure for particular needs of research, teaching, learning How: through building dedicated networks separate from the commercial Internet Commercial Internet Goal: make money Method: serve many with common-denominator capabilities Control and build your own: deploy capabilities the commercial Internet hasn t (can t find enough customers, not yet profitable enough, etc.)
Examples
Examples
Am I connected to an NREN? Resources: List on next slide if reachable via one NREN, generally reachable via any A few countries have NRENs, but not yet connected in a dedicated way KENET, Kenya TERENA Compendium http://www.terena.nl/activities/compendium/
82 Networks reachable via Abilene Europe-Middle East Europe (GEANT2) Austria (ACOnet) Belgium (BELNET) Croatia (CARNet) Czech Rep. (CESNET) Cyprus (CYNET) Denmark (Forskningsnettet) Estonia (EENet) Finland (Funet) France (Renater) Germany (G-WIN) Greece (GRNET) Hungary (HUNGARNET) Iceland (RHnet) Ireland (HEAnet) Israel (IUCC) Italy (GARR) Jordan (JUNET) Latvia (LATNET) Lithuania (LITNET) Luxembourg (RESTENA) Malta (Univ. Malta) Netherlands (SURFnet) Norway (UNINETT) Palestinian Territories (Gov t Computing Center) Poland (POL34) Portugal (RCTS2) Qatar (Qatar FN) Romania (RoEduNet) Russia (RBnet) Slovakia (SANET) Slovenia (ARNES) Spain (RedIRIS) Sweden (SUNET) Switzerland (SWITCH) Syria (HIAST) United Kingdom (JANET) Turkey (ULAKBYM) *CERN Asia-Pacific Australia (AARNET) China (CERNET, CSTNET,NSFCNET) Fiji (USP-SUVA) Hong Kong (HARNET) India (ERNET) Indonesia (ITB) Japan (SINET, WIDE, JGN2) Korea (KOREN, KREONET2) Malaysia (MYREN) New Zealand (KAREN) Philippines (PREGINET) Singapore (SingAREN) Taiwan (TANet2, ASNet) Thailand (UNINET, ThaiSARN) Vietnam (VINAREN) Africa Algeria (CERIST) Egypt (EUN/ENSTIN) Morocco (CNRST) Tunisia (RFR) South Africa (TENET) Americas Latin America (redclara) Argentina (RETINA) Brazil (RNP2/ANSP) Canada (CA*net) Chile (REUNA) Costa Rica (CR2Net) Mexico (Red-CUDI) Panama (RedCyT) Peru (RAAP) Uruguay (RAU2) Venezuela (REACCIUN2) Central Asia Armenia (ARENA) Georgia (GRENA) Kazakhstan (KAZRENA) Tajikistan (TARENA) Uzbekistan (UZSCI)
How can GDLN sites use NRENs? Connecting to each other World Bank MCUs are connected to Internet2 network Traffic from a GDLN center on an NREN goes to WB MCU via NRENs Connecting with universities and other institutions on NRENs Bringing in faculty, students, researchers to GDLN community and vice versa
Examples GDLN LAC ehealth initiatives July 14, 2005 seminar on "Biotechnology, Bioethics, and Genomics: Implications on Public Health GDLN Centers in Argentina, Chile, Peru and Venezuela connected via NRENs Any many others since! African GDLN centers February 2006 Internet2 Commons Site Coordinator videoconference training course Ghana, Tanzania, Uganda, Burkina Faso, Mauritania, Senegal, and the Ivory Coast - 43 participants
Questions? http://www.internet2.edu http://international.internet2.edu Heather Boyles heather@internet2.edu