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Annual Update

Thomas A. DeFanti

Principal Investigator, STAR TAP

Director, Electronic Visualization Laboratory

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STAR TAP: Global Interconnectivity

STAR TAP is made possible by major funding from NSF, award ANI-9980480, to UIC.www.startap.net

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• Next Generation Internet (NGI) initiative is a US Government R&D funding program for high-performance networks and applications

• STAR TAP is the international component of US government agency research networks:– DREN DOD Research & Education Network– ESnet DOE Energy Science research network– NREN NASA Research & Education Network– NISN NASA Information Science Network– vBNS NSF very-high-speed Backbone Network Service

www.ngi.gov

Who is Connected to STAR TAP?

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• Internet2™ is a consortium of over 180 universities working in partnership with industry and government to develop and deploy advanced network applications and technologies

• Abilene, an Internet2 backbone network, interconnects at STAR TAP (as well as other peering locations) with several National Research & Education Networks with whom Internet2 collaborates.

www.internet2.edu

Who is Connected to STAR TAP?

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STAR TAP:Science Technology And Research Transit Access Point

Japan

Korea (2)

Taiwan

Singapore (2)

Australia (2)

China

Norway

Iceland

Sweden

Finland

Denmark

Russia

France

Netherlands

CERN

Israel

Ireland

Belgium

Europe/DANTE

United Kingdom

Canada

Chile, Brazil ANSP, Brazil RNP, Mexico

US: Abilene, DREN, ESnet, NISN, NREN, vBNS/vBNS+

www.startap.nethttp://www.ucaid.edu/abilene/html/itnpeerparticipants.html (Abilene ITN)http://www.canet3.net/optical/peering_info/intl_peering.html (CA*net3 ITN)

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What is STAR TAP?

Infrastructure• Engineering support• Engineering advanced

services– QoS testbeds

• Marketing– Documentation– Conference participation– Host annual meetings– Education and outreach

• Team building– Liaison to network consortia– Application communitiesConnection Point

Racks at AADS NAPfront/back views

www.startap.net

Managed by UIC in collaboration with Argonne National Laboratory, Northwestern (MREN/iCAIR) and Indiana University; operated by Ameritech Advanced Data Services

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STAR TAP Engineering Support

• STAR TAP Engineers

• Global NOC

www.startap.net/ENGINEERINGnoc.startap.net

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STAR TAP Engineering Advanced Services

• IPv4 Router• IPv6 Router (“6TAP” with ESnet)• Multicast• Globus Middleware/Grid Services Package

(with Argonne/ISI)• Network Measurement (NLANR AMP)• Web Caching (NLANR)• QoS testbeds• Application-level network performance metrics• “Distributed STAR TAP” (Teleglobe, C&W)• Abilene/CA*net3 International Transit Networks• DWDM (optical switching with CA*net4 and SURFnet)

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STAR TAP Documentation

Internet Disseminationwww.startap.net

• General information

• Engineering information

• Application information

• Publications

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Team Building: iGrid 2000 at INET 2000July 18-21, 2000, Yokohama, Japan

• 14 regions: Canada, CERN, Germany, Greece, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Netherlands, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, UK, USA

• 24 demonstrations featuring technical innovations in tele-immersion, large datasets, distributed computing, remote instrumentation, collaboration, streaming media, human/computer interfaces, digital video and high-definition television, and grid architecture development, and application advancements in science, engineering, cultural heritage, distance education, media communications, and art and architecture

www.startap.net/igrid2000

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STAR TAP ActivitiesAnnual Advisory Committee Meetings

STAR TAP International Advisory Committee MeetingINET 2000, Yokohama, July 2000www.startap.net/ABOUT/meetings.html

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For more informationwww.startap.net

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