Internet II You Say?!

Now we all know what the Internet 1 is so i will not go into that. Today i want to share with you some of the limitations of the Internet 1 and the second era of internet- Internet 2.

There are some limitations to the Internet I:

- Bandwidth Limitations; Bandwidth – Total information that can be sent through network/wire
- Not equally distributed; slower transfer
- Packet Switching Network—transfer data: breaking data set into smaller pieces. Each packet has information of where it comes from etc.. Finds routes that is that fastest, and comes together on the computer and computer reads the packet
- Quality of service limitations—not all packets have same priority
- Network architecture limitations— slow down; congestion on server
- Language & development limitations— does not work well with rich information

With that i introduce you to Internet II project!

Internet2 is the second era of internet being built by private corporations, universities, government agencies, built to overcome the limitations of internet I; come projects that have taken off are SETI(distributed processing)

Internet 2 is an advanced networking consortium of 200+ universities, government agencies and private businesses led by the research and education community., collaborating to find ways to make the internet more efficient and faster. The not-for-profit partnership includes leaders from research, academia, industry and government. In 2009, Internet2 member rolls included over 200 higher education institutions,over 40 members from industry,over 30 research and education network and connector organizations,and over 50 affiliate members.

Internet2 operates the Internet2 Network, a next-generation Internet protocol and optical network that delivers production network services to meet the high-performance demands of research and education, and provides a secure network testing and research environment. In late 2007, Internet2 began operating its newest dynamic circuit network, the Internet2 DCN, an advanced technology that allows user-based allocation of high-capacity data circuits over the fiber-optic network.

The Internet2 Network, through its regional network and connector members, connects over 60,000 U.S. educational, research, government and "community anchor" institutions, from primary and secondary schools to community colleges and universities, public libraries and museums to healthcare organizations.

Primary Goals of the Internet II:

§ Create leading edge and very high speed networks for national research community

§ Enable revolutionary internet applications

§ Ensure rapid transfer of new network services and applications

§ Ensure rapid transfer of new network services & applications to broadcast internet community

Benefits of the internet II would include IP multicasting as it enables efficient delivery of data to many locations on a network, latency solutions—diffserv (differentiated quality of service) assigns different levels of priority to packets depending on type of data being transmitted. Also Guaranteed service levels; having ability to purchase right to move data through network at guaranteed speed in return for higher fee.