4 Collaboration with I2 and IPPM

• www.internet2.edu

• research project, started in 1997

• over 160 USA universities and other institutions

• it should provide:

  • low latency: little queuing delay, min. propagation delay
  • high reliability: failures should be few, repair rapid
  • advanced functionality: multicast, quality of service (QoS), measurements

• Abilene, Internet2 backbone: OC48 (2.4 Gb/s)

• 4.1 Internet2 and Abilene

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