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Internet Educational Equal Access Foundation (IEEAF) and the Global Quilt
Common Solutions GroupPrinceton, NJ
May 9, 2003
Dr. Donald R. RileyChair, IEEAF (www.ieeaf.org)
Professor, Decision Information TechnologiesRobert H. Smith School of Business
University of Maryland, College ParkTel 301-405-8855; Fax 301-405-8655
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The Cornerstone of the Information Society is Education and Research
• Universities and colleges are key to providing the ‘human infrastructure’ necessary for any country to participate in the global information society
• They train and educate the young people that are needed to create, operate and maintain the technical infrastructure and applications.
• They create the base for innovation and entrepreneurship
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Strengthen the Cornerstone by Enabling Bandwidth
• Most universities and colleges in developing countries are severely crippled by totally inadequate bandwidth and connectivity to their colleagues and sister institutions around the country and around the world
• Public policy and initiatives for the Information Society should start with the universities and colleges and recognize their importance for overall economic development.
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Goal: Pervasive Global CyberInfrastructure
US NSF CyberInfrastructure Panel recommendation:• establish and lead a large-scale, interagency, and
internationally coordinated Advanced CyberInfrastructure Program (ACP)
• to create, deploy, and apply cyberinfrastructure in ways that radically empower all scientific and engineering research and allied education
• to achieve critical mass and to leverage the coordinated co-investment from other federal agencies, universities, industry, and international sources necessary to empower a revolution.
• to reduce opportunities lost through continuing and increased fragmentation and balkanization of the research communities.
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New Public-Private Partnerships Needed• Global telecomm build-out of technical infrastructure
provides new possibilities for economic development• Current market conditions have resulted in great capacities
which are currently going unused -- cannot be sold.• As a matter of social responsibility, this unused capacity
could be made available for stimulating future applications and markets -- by donation for use by research and education institutions.
• Public-private partnerships involving government, universities and private sector are needed
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New Public-Private Partnership: IEEAF
• The IEEAF represents one such partnership whose goal is to obtain donations of international bandwidth to enable a global collaboration in research and education
• Current donations have already linked US and Europe, and will soon link US and Asia-Pacific
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IEEAF Vision: The Global Quilt
A Network of Networks fabric, “stitched together” through collaboration and community effort, until it covers the globe
The IEEAF has no boundaries of “home” territory…..
"Non Nobis Solo" (Not by ourselves alone)
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EC/GEANT Strategies
Exploiting the “cooperative model”as a global model to advance global networking for our collective benefit is a challenge worth pursuing!!!
Spyros Konidaris. European Commission 21 February 2002
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IEEAF - What is it?
• U.S. 501.c.3 Not-for-profit corporation• Formed from original MOU between GEO and CENIC
(Corporation for Educational Networking in California)
• Vision: Accelerate the global growth of Internet2 to achieve "universal educational access” to:• Enable and stimulate the rapid expansion of research and
educational collaboration in many forms between teaching and learning institutions around the world.
• Cultivate and promote practical solutions to delivering scalable, universally available and equitable access to suitable bandwidth and necessary network resources in support of these collaborations.
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IEEAF OrganizationHonest Broker Group (IEEAF)
• Accepting assets
• Matching Corp assets w/Educational needs
• Advocate for assets on behalf of Education
• Granting of assets as Free Use licenses
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IEEAF - How does it work?
• Partner with various organizations on strategies, specific initiatives
• Leverage global deregulation and new entrants into telco business
• Leverage private sector business relationships• Geographic Network Affiliates, Inc. (GEO)
• Build donations into business deals (contracts) as no-cost IRUs
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GEO builds carrier hotel buildings and supports the IEEA Foundation goals which include helping to solve the digital divide.
GEO - The Catalyst
GovernmentGovernment““The Need”The Need”
Submarine FiberSubmarine Fiber““The Wet”The Wet”
Terrestial FiberTerrestial Fiber““The Dry”The Dry”
Universities
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IEEAF - What does it do?
• Gets donated communications assets• Makes them available to existing
institutions and networking organizations to put to work
• Vehicle: Asset Steward Agreement
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Successes: The Netherlands Model
• New cable landing: Eemshaven• New carrier hotel: Groningen
• Zernicke Research Park adjacent to University of Groningen
• Groningen Internet Exchange (GNIX)• New fiber backhaul to major Internet exchanges
• Essent Kabelcom• Amsterdam to Groningen to Hamburg
• New R&D and Economic Development Opportunities
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MunicipalityMunicipality
TycoTyco EssentEssent Amsterdam
Groningen Hamburg
North America Asia Pacific
Eemshaven
Groningen: Wet meets Dry = Opportunity
TycoTyco
EssentEssent
EssentEssent
TycoTyco
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GroNingen Internet eXchange
AccessRouters
DedicatedverbindingGNIX
Klant
INTERNETEuropa
KPNTelfortVersatelEssent
INTERNETWereldwijd
Trans-atlantischProject (Tycom)
GTI
GNIX PROJECT
Groningen
(Worldwide)
DedicatedConnection
Client
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Tyco Telecomm Donation Summary• Colocation space in NYC for Expanded NYC Int’l Exchange Pt
• Production R&E Bandwidth: 622 Mbps• NY-London-Groningen (Netherlands)
• Connects to IEEAF fiber to Amsterdam and Hamburg
• CA-Tokyo, Seoul, Shanghai, Taipei, Hong Kong, and Singapore
• Research 10 Gbps optical wavelength• NY-London-Groningen (Netherlands)• CA-Tokyo, Seoul, Shanghai, Taipei, Hong Kong, and Singapore
• 200sq.ft. Co-location space in each of global facilities
• Additional donations as global build-out continues
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Tyco Transpacific Donation
Available last December,Not yet placed in service
Donated,Available late ‘03, early ‘04
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SingaporSingaporee
SingaporSingaporee
= Current= Current
Los Angeles, CALos Angeles, CALos Angeles, CALos Angeles, CA
Seattle, WASeattle, WASeattle, WASeattle, WA
Portland, Portland, OROR
Portland, Portland, OROR
College Park, College Park, MDMD
College Park, College Park, MDMD
Santa Clara, Santa Clara, CACA
Santa Clara, Santa Clara, CACA
OslOsloo
OslOsloo
London-London-HtrwHtrw
London-London-HtrwHtrw
DusseldoDusseldorfrf
DusseldoDusseldorfrf
ParisParisParisParis
IrelanIrelandd
IrelanIrelandd
CopenhageCopenhagenn
CopenhageCopenhagenn
BarcelonBarcelonaa
BarcelonBarcelonaa
BangladeshBangladeshBangladeshBangladesh
MadridMadridMadridMadrid
LisbonLisbonLisbonLisbon
CypresCypresss
CypresCypresss
TokyoTokyoTokyoTokyo
Hong Hong KongKongHong Hong KongKong
TaipeiTaipeiTaipeiTaipei
SeoulSeoulSeoulSeoul
BeijingBeijingBeijingBeijing
ShanghaShanghaii
ShanghaShanghaii
PhilippinePhilippiness
PhilippinePhilippiness
ChennaiChennaiChennaiChennai
MumbaMumbaii
MumbaMumbaii
BangaloreBangaloreBangaloreBangalore
THE GLOBAL QUILT INITIATIVE SITESTHE GLOBAL QUILT INITIATIVE SITES
CSU-HaywardCSU-HaywardCSU-HaywardCSU-Hayward
RussiRussiaa
RussiRussiaa
MilanMilanMilanMilan
MiamiMiamiMiamiMiami
GenevaGenevaGenevaGeneva
London-London-StfdStfd
London-London-StfdStfd
FrankfurFrankfurtt
FrankfurFrankfurtt
BerliBerlinn
BerliBerlinn
HamburHamburgg
HamburHamburgg
GuamGuamGuamGuam
Tel Tel AvivAvivTel Tel
AvivAviv
NY-6NY-6thth Ave AveNY-6NY-6thth Ave Ave
NY-BroadwayNY-BroadwayNY-BroadwayNY-Broadway
= Future= Future
NJ-Wall NJ-Wall TownshipTownshipNJ-Wall NJ-Wall
TownshipTownship
AmsterdaAmsterdamm
AmsterdaAmsterdamm
GroningeGroningenn
GroningeGroningenn
RomRomee
RomRomee
ViennaViennaViennaVienna
MarseilleMarseilleMarseilleMarseille
HelsinkiHelsinkiHelsinkiHelsinkiStockholStockholmm
StockholStockholmm
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IEEAF-SURA Partnership: USA Waves
AT&T Cooperative Proposal
SURA: Southeast Universities Research Assocation
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SURA:• SURA Goals: Strengthen research capacity of Southeastern U.S.
universities and ability to attract federal R&D funding• SURA Southern Crossroads Initiatives
• SoX - Atlanta GigaPOP• MAX - Greater Washington GigaPOP
• SURA Regional Infrastructure Initiative (RII)• Recognition that SoX and MAX were not enough• Needed more inclusive, pervasive, ubiquitous….
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AT&T offer for USAWaves “Grid Network Development and Infrastructure Cooperative”:
• No-cost IRU for 6,000 miles of dark fiber (AT&T NexGen) -- for 'production' optical backbone
• Donation of additional “next generation” fiber (2000 miles) for optical research pilot/projects (with annual O&M costs waived)
• Very aggressive low price for dark fiber, low O&M
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Richmond
NASA Wallops Flight Center
Danville
Raleigh
Proposed NASA & trans-Atlantic fiber run to Norfolk, VA
Washington, D.C.
Red line = e-58 Corridor Project.A regional project within the Virginia Tobacco Commission that is looking to use Tobacco Commission funds for this project.
Blue line = AT&T’s existing NextGen fiber network
IEEAF Hampton Roads Region Network Initiatives
Possible Trans-AtlanticSubmarine Cable from Europe
See slides 2-5 for Hampton Roads network details
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Applications Oriented Initiatives
• GMRE - Global Medical Research Exchange
• HEPRE - High Energy Physics Research Exchange
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New Donations To/In Europe
• 7,000 km fiber pair in Europe: NL-BE-FR-CH-DE
(OC12 until lit)
• Fiber pair: Amsterdam-Groningen-Hamburg• Fiber pair: UK• Submarine bandwidth:
• NYC-UK-Groningen• UK-Lisbon• UK-Bilbao-Madrid-Valencia-Barcelona-Marseilles