Envisioning the Future of Advanced Regional & State Networks in the Broadband Era University of Utah October 20-21, 2010 Brief Overview of the ARN Futures Workshop Salt Lake City Fall 2010 https://www.mcnc.org/arn-envision-meeting/ Steve Corbató, University of Utah/Cyberinfrastructure and Member, UEN Steering Group in collabora@on with the Workshop Steering Group Internet2 Spring Member Mee@ng Panel Arlington Virginia April 19, 2011 Sponsors: NSF OCI, MCNC, UEN, Univ. of Utah
Envisioning the Future of Advanced Regional & State Networks in the Broadband Era University of Utah October 20-21, 2010 Address issues, offer a vision, s@mulate further discussion Encouragement (workshop funding) by NSF Invite diverse group of 20-30 community leaders, Federal officials & other strategic thinkers Develop a crisp, forward- looking white paper to be shared broadly with interested par@es Draw lessons from the starts of the NSFnet and Internet2 eras No substan@al organiza@onal models advanced for regional networking at the start of Internet2 era
Envisioning the Future of Advanced Regional & State Networks in the Broadband Era University of Utah October 20-21, 2010 Drivers for workshop Economic turmoil affec@ng funding par@cularly state ARRA s@mulus package implica@ons NTIA BTOP; NSF ARI, MRI & EPSCoR RII C2; ESnet 100G U.S. UCAN forma@on Many successful BTOP proposals (most usually state based) by ARNs and their affiliates MCNC, Merit, OSHEAN, UEN, E- rate program changes FCC Na@onal Broadband Plan A more generally suppor@ve poli@cal and funding climate in D.C. Perhaps the first fundamentally transformalve moment in this field in almost 15 years?
Envisioning the Future of Advanced Regional & State Networks in the Broadband Era University of Utah October 20-21, 2010 Structure Co- hosts: MCNC, University of Utah, and Utah Educa@on Network (UEN) Principal sponsor: NSF Office of Cyberinfrastructure (Award OCI- 1102443) Steering Group Co- chairs: Mark Johnson (MCNC) and Steve Corbató (Utah) Tim Lance (NYSERNet) Jen Leasure (The Quilt) Mike Petersen (UEN) Mike Roberts (Consultant) Pankaj Shah (OARnet) Steve Wolff (Cisco) 1.5 days of focused discussion in a campus segng mostly PPT- free
39 invited ahendees Representa@on: 36 dis@nct organiza@ons Envisioning the Future of Advanced Regional & State Networks in the Broadband Era 3 federal agencies NSF (OCI & EPSCoR), NLM/NIH, NCO/NITRD 5 research university VPIT/CIOs IT leader of the Navajo Na@on 9 ARN CEOs CEOs of The Quilt & Internet2; NLR CAO/CFO; ESnet former lead 10 BTOP winners represented 2 (former) NTIA BTOP program officers 2 commercial service provider 1 equipment provider University of Utah October 20-21, 2010 Par@cipa@on
Envisioning the Future of Advanced Regional & State Networks in the Broadband Era University of Utah October 20-21, 2010 Par@cipants (morning of Day 1)
Envisioning the Future of Advanced Regional & State Networks in the Broadband Era University of Utah October 20-21, 2010 Process Strongly encouraged advance wrihen contribu@ons 29 papers received (including two from non- ahendees) compiled in single document (100+ pages) now available Six sessions drove towards a vision, mul@ple scenarios, and specific recommenda@ons Wri@ng/edi@ng team assembled from par@cipants and other key contributors First public output shortly External reviewers sought (currently ~40 in number) Workshop communiqué released in late October
Envisioning the Future of Advanced Regional & State Networks in the Broadband Era University of Utah October 20-21, 2010 Agenda Short introductory presenta@ons Mark Luker, NCO/NITRD; Alan Blatecky, NSF OCI; Steve Wolff, Cisco Systems Community perspec@ves View from Canada Mike Hrybyk View from Research Kris@n Rauschenbach and Mahhew Arroh View from the Navajo Na@on Harold Skow View from BTOP Recipient Joe Freddoso View from U.S. UCAN Dave Lambert Group discussion sessions Environmental assessment Factors: BTOP, NSF, FCC, UCAN, ARN heterogeneity, etc. Comparisons with the NSFNet Regional and GigaPoP eras Challenges, opportuni@es, and risks the upside Poten@al obstacles the downside Poten@al ways forward - core ahributes of future ARNs and possible scenarios Assessment and rela@ve merits of poten@al scenarios Closing White paper design; Next steps; Workshop assessment
Envisioning the Future of Advanced Regional & State Networks in the Broadband Era University of Utah October 20-21, 2010 Core discussion themes Removing networking as a barrier Support for advanced research through cyberinfrastructure The prolonged absence of a U.S. NRN was noted Enhanced inclusion of Community Anchor Ins@tu@ons (CAIs) U.S. UCAN will have a major impact on the ARNs Increasing importance of wireless and mobility Broader public benefit issues FCC Na@onal Broadband Plan, open interconnec@on, public safety
Envisioning the Future of Advanced Regional & State Networks in the Broadband Era University of Utah October 20-21, 2010 Punch lines Impact of new technologies tablets, mobility CAIs U.S. UCAN interface Research importance Researchers have a significant par@cipa@on barrier Consider a U.S. NRN Poten@al for broader public impact Seek broader bases of support
Envisioning the Future of Advanced Regional & State Networks in the Broadband Era University of Utah October 20-21, 2010 One ahendee s themes (Corbató) 1. Leverage exis@ng regional and state organiza@ons capabili@es wherever possible 2. Maintain research, educa@on, and medicine as the core service sectors for the ARNs during their expansion to support a broader ensemble of community anchors 3. Sustain the resurgence of federal network leadership through the programs of NSF, NIH, DOE, NOAA, and related R&D agencies 4. Develop and share sustainable, non- profit business models for ARNs that beher define the financial and opera@onal rela@onships with the na@onal networks 5. Move towards a more common network user interface for integrated service models and performance delivery across the ARNs 6. Expand interconnec@on arrangements with private telecoms (esp. wireless) and municipal fiber networks
Envisioning the Future of Advanced Regional & State Networks in the Broadband Era University of Utah October 20-21, 2010 For more informa@on Workshop web site includes compila@on of advance contribu@ons and communique hhps://www.mcnc.org/arn- envision- mee@ng/
ARN Futures Workshop October 2010 Internet2 Spring MM Panel Jen Leasure, The Quilt
14 Another Attendee s Themes Maintain research and education as primary participant segments while expanding services to other CAI s Support primary mission with effective leadership coordinating policy and advocacy Identify meaningful way to engage CAI communities in governance Need to provide enterprise support for multi-site research collaborations such as N-Wave 4/23/11
15 Another Attendee s Themes Construct service and cost recovery structure that removes networking as a barrier Recognize U.S. UCAN as part of the R&E ecosystem Continue to forge partnership and collaborations public, private, education and not-for-profit Catalyze technology training and outreach Maintain distinction of transparency financial and technical 4/23/11
What Might It Look Like If We Get It Right" David Lassner "" University of Hawaii" david@hawaii.edu"
The National Network" We have something that is widely recognized as the U.S. R&E Network" It underlies development, provisioning and support of an integrated multilayer multi-service cyberinfrastructure ecosystem for the national R&E community and Community Anchor Institutions (CAIs)" It supports Future Internet R&D showcases the real-life deployment of advanced and emerging capabilities across autonomous networks at scale" It enables and underlies both community-provisioned and commercial cloud services for community anchor participants" It has a high-speed full-service POP in every state that wants and can support one" It supports national R&E backbones for cooperating mission agencies (DOE, NOAA, NIH, NASA...) and is funded directly by user agencies and networking/broadband agencies (FCC, Commerce...)" It is recognized as a Tier 1 ISP (no transit charges)"
State & Regional Networks" State-based initiatives are the primary means of extending R&E networking to CAIs within their jurisdictions, leveraging federal, state and institutional support" Multiple technical and organizational models are applied" Outreach programs bring CAIs online and support positive outcomes" Research universities provide leadership for cyberinfrastructure support" State laws and regulations promote state & regional R&E networks." New fiber builds for R&E networks also increase open infrastructure for provisioning of competitive advanced broadband services to residents and businesses" State & regional networks peer with local Internet exchanges" Community anchor institutions enjoy cost-effective options for high-speed connectivity to their R&E POP"
Community Anchor Institutions" CAIs are knowledgeable about their own State/Regional network and understand its services, benefits and costs" CAIs have access to direct federal support for connectivity through their funding agencies: NSF/NIH for universities, ED for schools & libraries, NIH for health care -- as well as erate, USF, RUS, BTOP2..." CAIs apply advanced networking to improve their communities, leveraging national best practices and driving demand for advanced services by consumers and businesses" Federal agency offices participate and peer locally, while getting full service access to their national agency backbones" CAIs view R&E connectivity as essential to their current and future capabilities and invest institutional resources (e.g., staffing, indirect coss returns) to leverage federal and state opportunities"
Collectively, we" Share models of success for state & regional networks" With with the national organizations of anchor institutions to develop and share best practices in the application of advanced R&E networking in community anchor settings" Encourage and reward networks to work together to facilitate more widespread access rather than compete negatively against each other in a marketplace for connectees" Engage and collaborate internationally to learn and share"
Reflec@ons On The Pickle We re In Stephen Wolff Interim VP and CTO Internet2
Commercializing the NSFNET was a great idea
Priva@zing it wasn t
The idea was to give the backbone money to the regionals and let them buy na@onal connec@vity on the open market. The idea was that compe@@on among ISPs would make that affordable. The idea was wrong.
The result was UCAID, Internet2, Abilene et seq., and NLR Free of central government meddling and support. Unlike NRENs in many other developed countries
What Department of the USG should fund the US NREN? Is the scale and scope appropriate for NSF? There are NREN veterans and NREN- savvy people now in government This is a dialogue and debate whose @me has come
Thank you