Internet2 and the Abilene Network
Internet2 and Indiana University: The Context
Some Definitions
Why is Internet2 Needed?
History of the Internet
History of the Internet (con’t)
Enter Internet2
Enter Internet2 (con’t)
Enter Internet2 (con’t)
Internet2
UCAID Member Universities
Abilene
PPT Slide
What is Abilene?
The Abilene Project
Network Engineering Objectives
Abilene Partners
Abilene Backbone
Abilene Characteristics
Access to Abilene Backbone
Abilene Access Nodes
Abilene Services
Networks Peering with Abilene
How did IU get Abilene?
Qwest US Fiber Map
How did IU get Abilene? (con’t)
How did IU get Abilene? (con’t)
Rollout History
Abilene NOC
Abilene NOC (con’t)
NOC Services
PPT Slide
Indiana GigaPoP
Abilene Network Architecture
GigaPoPs
PPT Slide
PPT Slide
What kind of network applications will use Abilene?
Virtual Laboratories
Virtual Laboratories
Digital Libraries
Distributed Computation
Distributed Computation
Teleimmersion
Middleware Challenges
UCAID Membership
Related Initiatives
High Performance Network Applications Program (HPNAP)
Why Internet2 is Important to Indiana
Why Internet2 is Important to Indiana (con’t)
Why Internet2 is Important to Indiana (con’t)
Why Internet2 is Important to Indiana (con’t)
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