Minnesota BroadbandTask Force

August 13, 2013

60 next-generation applications

200 community test beds

Coordinate best practices

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OUR GOALS

Infrastructure

Next-Gen Applications

Economic Leadership

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US Ignite fosters the creation of next-generation Internet applications that provide transformative public benefit

STRATEGIES:

A. Assemble and maintain a community of public-private partners that believe in the goals and support the US Ignite Partnership.

B. Create greater awareness of the initiative, the successes of its partners in achieving US Ignite goals, and opportunities to join.

C. Stimulate the development of compelling next-generation applications.

Activities to support strategies with individual targets

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Mobilize stakeholders to deploy next-generation testbeds

Implementation

Work with end-users to set priorities and define challenges

Connect with developers and partners to create applications

Leverage US Ignite share best practices and execute

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PARTNERS

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Research and Education Networks

Network Operators

Equipment Manufacturers

Foundations & Nonprofits

Municipalities

APPLICATION HIGHLIGHTS

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HEALTH CARE Multipoint HD Connected Collaboration (Case Western)• Low-cost, low-latency, high-quality connected video collaboration• Leverages Bandwidth, Software-defined networking and provides dynamic

provisioning

Home Monitoring for Patients with Dementia (Red Wing,/KU Medical)• Home behavior monitoring/alerting using a remote-controlled computer webcam • Leverages Software-defined networking and US Ignite rack (local cloud)

Health Monitoring via Cloud-based Complex Event Processing (Mozilla Ignite)

• Cloud-based interpretation, feedback, and alerting for health monitoring devices• Leverages Software-defined networking and US Ignite rack (local cloud)

SmartGrid (Chattanooga)• Smart energy systems reduce number and length of outages and enable customers to

monitor and manage their energy consumption• Leverages Bandwidth, Software-defined networking and US Ignite rack

CLEAN ENERGY

Home Services Delivery Platform (Georgia Tech)• Virtualizing a single high-bandwidth physical channel and tying each virtual channel to

a separate application-based revenue stream for carriers• Leverages Bandwidth, Software-defined networking

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Remote Surgery

Doctors can “practice” using real patient data prior to surgery

Can be performed remotely, allowing more doctors’ input

SEVA

Personal Sensor Network

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EMERGENCYPREPAREDNESS

& PUBLICSAFETY

Low-level Radar for Improved Weather Forecasting (U. Mass)• A low-cost, dense RADAR network for better prediction of severe weather• Leverages Bandwidth, Software-defined networking (provides dynamic

provisioning) and US Ignite rack

SimCenter Application for Disaster Mitigation (Chattanooga/ U. Tenn)• Disaster mitigation system using intense modeling/simulation and ultra fast networks to

move relevant data from users and sensors to responders• Leverages Bandwidth, Software-defined networking (provides dynamic

provisioning) and US Ignite rackSoftware-defined Public Safety Network (Idaho)• Working replacement for current public safety communications allowing

two-way voice, data, and video• Leverages Software-defined networking and possibly US Ignite rack

APPLICATION HIGHLIGHTS

Real-time Emergency Response (Red Wing/Mozilla Ignite)• Distribution, registration, and interaction with multimodal data sets to facilitate

emergency response among first responders and operations centers.• Leverages Bandwidth, Software-defined networking (provides dynamic

provisioning)

ADVANCED MANUFACTURING

Remote Process Control (Purdue/Kettering/San Leandro)• Platform for building real-time remote-sensing and processing capabilities for

enhancing manufacturing process control • Leverages Bandwidth and Software-defined networking

Cloud Computing for Collaborative Advanced Manufacturing (Ok/OSU)• Collaborative use of distributed resources and teams to function as virtual enterprises

in the assembly of micro devices• Leverages Bandwidth and Software-defined networking

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SimCenter

Next-generation emergency response

Millions of municipal data points used to move people and resources in real-time

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EDUCATION & WORKFORCE

DEVELOPMENT

Online STEM Study Groups via Low-latency Video Conferencing (Vanderbilt/Philadelphia)

• Students can join an online study group on a specific subject via “Hollywood Squares” based, low-latency video conferencing

• Leverages Bandwidth, Software-defined networking and provides dynamic provisioning

Immersive, 3D Workforce Development Simulation (Lafayette)• Interactive, 3D simulation-based learning environment to train and test workers on how

to deal with real-world job situations• Leverages Bandwidth, Software-defined networking (provides dynamic

provisioning) and US Ignite rack

Public Applications Library (Mozilla Ignite)• Access to high-end applications is provided via authentication and scheduled access

to servers• Leverages Bandwidth, Software-defined networking and US Ignite rack

APPLICATION HIGHLIGHTS

High-quality Open Source Web Conferencing (supporting HTML5 clients) (Mozilla Ignite/Big Blue Button)• Creates a WebRTC “server” that can accept incoming connections from multiple

clients and multiplex the HD audio and video • Leverages US Ignite rack (local cloud)

Smart Transportation Management (Clemson/Portland)• Real-time integration of multiple transportation, sensing, and network systems for

multi-modal urban transportation corridor management• Leverages Bandwidth, Software-defined networking (possibly provides dynamic

provisioning) and US Ignite rack

TRANSPORTATION

Public Apps Library

What if we made advanced tools publicly available through advanced networks?

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APPLICATION PIPELINE• Telehealth (e.g., radiology, DNA sequencing) • Remote surgery/surgical training• Virtual fitness classes• Multiple, prioritized ambulance feeds to ED

• DOE collaboration on smart grid + EV charging

• Support for MOOCs• Enhanced remote scientific collaboration• Edu-gaming/place-based collaborative learning• 3D video conferencing using Kinect

• “Maker” labs for students• Autocad projected on to portable devices

• Emergency portal/community micro-casting• Twitter-based outbreak monitoring

• Optimizing public transportation• Rapid traffic congestion flow analysis TRANSPORTATION

EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS& PUBLIC SAFETY

ADVANCEDMANUFACTURING

EDUCATION &WORKFORCEDEVELOPMENT

CLEAN ENERGY

HEALTHCARE

Ignite’s Value

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APPLICATIONS

INFRASTRUCTURE

BREAKTHGOUGHTECHNOLOGY

• New ways to address social challenges

• Provide new revenue models

• Utilize existing investments

• Expand demand for new infrastructure

• Training the next-generation of “gigabit thinkers” and developers

• Leading edge opportunities for R&D