Current Status of Abilene Sponsored Education Group Participants (SEGPs)

Internet2 K-20 InitiativeHeather Bruning, Abilene Project Coordinator

7 February 2002

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Abilene Focus

Goals• Enabling innovative applications and advanced services

not possible over the commercial Internet• Backbone & regional infrastructure provides a vital

substrate for the continuing culture of Internet advancement in the university/corporate research sector

Advanced service efforts• Multicast• IPv6• QoS• Measurement• Security

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Raw HDTV/IP Testing

Packetized raw HDTV (1.5 Gbps) • ISIe, Tektronix, & UW project/DARPA support

Connectivity and testing support• P/NW & MAX GigaPoPs, Abilene and DARPA Supernet,

Level(3)

DARPA PIs Meeting• January 2002• SEA -> DC via Abilene• P/NW & MAX at ends

1.5 Gbps

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SEGP Fundamentals

How do SEGPs work?• SEGP status targeted at both developed and emerging

state-based education networks• One or more Internet2 University Members in the same

state act as sponsor(s)– Periodic SEGP progress updates to Abilene required

• How are SEGPs implementing advanced applications?• Connectors take overall fiscal and operational

responsibility for the SEGP– No direct UCAID relationship with the SEGP– Quarterly fractional utilization reports to Abilene required

• Differentiate Member/Sponsored Participants and SEGPs• % (in/out) traffic and method of measurement

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SEGP Process

• Sponsor(s) completes SEGP Application• SEGP Connector completes Abilene Connection Agreement Addendum

• Connector submits SEGP routing information to UCAID at abilene@internet2.edu

• UCAID reviews and approves routes and submits them to the Abilene NOC

• Abilene NOC begins passing additional SEGP traffic on the network

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SEGP Milestones & Statistics

• March 2001: Abilene SEGP program launched• April 2001: first state education network added to Abilene

• August 2001: Internet2 K-20 Initiative inaugurated at Snowmass

• 18 SEGPs approved to date• 3 applications imminent; 9 additional inquiries• Expect at least 25 SEGPs by end of 2002• Tremendous growth!

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Approved SEGPs

StateState Education

Network(s) Sponsor(s)Connecting

OrganizationCalifornia •California State

Univ. system (4CNet)•Association of Independent California Colleges and Universities•California Community Colleges•Digital California Project (K-12)

California Internet2 Member Universities

CENIC

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Approved SEGPs (continued)

StateState Education

Network(s) Sponsor(s)Connecting

OrganizationHawaii Hawaii State

Department of Education (HDOE)

University of Hawaii

University of Hawaii

Indiana Indiana Higher Education Telecommunication System (IHETS)

Indiana University Indiana University

Louisiana Louisiana Education and Research Network (LEARNET)

Louisiana State University

LaNet

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Approved SEGPs (continued)

StateState Education

Network(s) Sponsor(s)Connecting

OrganizationMaryland Univ. of Maryland

Academic Telecommunications System (UMATS)

University of Maryland – College Park

MAX

Michigan MichNet (educational sites)

University of Michigan

Merit

Minnesota Minnesota Statewide Education Group network (MSEG)

University of Minnesota

Northern Lights GigaPoP

Missouri MOREnet University of Missouri

Great Plains Network

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Approved SEGPs (continued)

StateState Education

Network(s) Sponsor(s)Connecting

OrganizationNorth Carolina North Carolina

Research and Education Network (NCREN)

Duke, North Carolina State U, U North Carolina, East Carolina, Wake Forest U

NCNI

North Dakota North Dakota Statewide Telecommunications Network (NDSTN)

North Dakota State U, U of North Dakota

Northern Lights GigaPoP

Ohio OARnet (educational sites)

Ohio Internet2 Member Universities

OARnet

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Approved SEGPs (continued)

StateState Education

Network(s) Sponsor(s)Connecting

OrganizationOklahoma OneNet (educational

sites)U of Oklahoma, Oklahoma State U, U Tulsa

OneNet

Oregon Oregon Public Education Network (OPEN)

University of Oregon

Oregon GigaPoP

Pennsylvania Penn. State System of Higher Education (SSHE)

Drexel University Drexel University

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Approved SEGPs (continued)

StateState Education

Network(s) Sponsor(s)Connecting

OrganizationRhode Island Ocean State Higher

education, Economic development and Administrative Network (OSHEAN)

Brown University, U of Rhode Island

Northern Crossroads (NoX)

Virginia Net.Work.Virginia Next Generation (NWVng)

Virginia Tech NWVng

Washington Washington State K-20 Educational Telecommunications Network

University of Washington

Pacific/Northwest GigaPoP

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Approved SEGPs (continued)

StateState Education

Network(s) Sponsor(s)Connecting

OrganizationWisconsin WiscNet Univ. of Wisconsin-

MadisonWiscREN

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SEGP Application Snapshots

California• The Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation

(VHF) is a non-profit organization founded by Steven Spielberg, dedicated to videotaping and archiving interviews of Holocaust survivors all over the world. To date, more than 50,000 testimonies have been collected. This multimedia archive is currently being catalogued for use in museums and educational institutions throughout the world.

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SEGP Application Snapshots

Missouri• The eMints program transforms elementary classrooms into places for learning where teachers and students use multimedia technology to better understand the world, work together and achieve at new and higher levels

SMART Board in actionParkade Elementary-Columbia, MO

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SEGP Application Snapshots

Washington• NEPTUNE project, led by UW School of Oceanography: a fiber optic system providing interactive, real-time flow of data and imagery over a wide area of the Pacific Ocean and seafloor

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SEGP Inquiries

• Colorado• Florida• Georgia• Illinois• Iowa• Kansas• Kentucky• Nevada• New York• Tennessee• Texas• Utah

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For More Information

www.internet2.edu/abileneabilene@internet2.edu

• Steve Corbató–corbato@internet2.edu

• Heather Bruning–heather2@internet2.edu

www.internet2.edu