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CURRENT_MEETING_REPORT_
Reported by Laura Breeden/FARNET
Minutes of the Perspectives on the Next Generation of the NSFnet BOF
At this BOF, Laura Breeden of FARNET reviewed the results of a meeting
held the previous week to discuss and analyze the NSF's Draft
Solicitation for the next generation of the NSFNET/IINREN. The meeting
(on July 9-10) included FARNET members, NSF representatives, other
Federal agency representatives, and interested members of the networking
community. The purpose was to understand better the goals and
intentions of the NSF and to provide commentary to them by August 3.
A full report of the two-day workshop is available on host farnet.org,
in the farnet/iinren directory.
Participants in the BOF were able to ask clarifying questions about
NSF's plans as expressed in the FARNET workshop. Peter Ford, one of the
architects of the plan, and Laura Breeden, who had extensive notes based
on a tape of the NSF presentation, fielded most of the questions. Other
workshop attendees also contributed.
Key items of interest were the number, location and operating policies
of the proposed Network Access Points (NAPs), the NSF requirement for
support of video conferencing on the Very High Speed Backbone, and the
transition from the current NSFNET to the planned follow-on.
The highlights of FARNET's recommendations are:
1. NSF should place the new solicitation more clearly within the NREN
context.
The introduction to the solicitation should be enhanced or expanded
to address the NREN context and to place the NSFNET in that
context.... We believe that it is critically important to clarify
this relationship, because just as the NSFNET backbone forms the
architectural core of the current Internet, the communities
attached to the NSFNET provide a strong foundation for continued
growth.
We hope that the solicitation will include a recognition that the
community of scientific scholars has diverse needs, from electronic
mail to high-bandwidth applications such as visualization. NSF has
a mission and a responsibility to support the entire community.
2. The plans for governance and management of the new infrastructure,
and the process for achieving them, should be stronger and more
explicit.
3. Transition planning must begin early and must include the provider
community -- the organizations and institutions that furnish
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network services today.
4. Separate the Routing Arbiter function from that of the NAP Manager.
The solicitation should separate the Routing Arbiter from the NAP
Manager.
A majority of the Group, but not the entire Group, felt that it
should be mandatory to bid separately on vBNS and NAP provision,
but that a bidder should be permitted to show combined (lower)
costs as part of the bid if desired. (The Routing Arbiter should
remain separate.)
5. Enforcement of ``appropriate use'' policies will continue to be an
issue under the new plan.
6. NSF's leadership role in extending networking to all of research
and education should be reaffirmed and continued.
7. Criteria for attachment to NAPs and to the vBNS are critical and
should be described by NSF in the solicitation.
NSF should specify the criteria for attachment to the vBNS and the
NAPs in the solicitation. Not doing so invites a bidding war for
access, which could destabilize the NSFNET, create unhealthy
competition among user institutions, and "skim the cream" from the
current set of network service providers.
8. We recommend the following priorities in setting evaluation
criteria for the review of responses to the final solicitation..
GOAL PRIORITY
Promotion of broad infrastructure Very High
Interaction with community, including technology transfer Very High
Continuity and stability of services High
QOS* measurement, accountability High
Advancement of technology High/Medium
Commercialization Medium
Cost-effectiveness Medium
CLNP availability Medium
Facilitation of new applications Medium
Provision of video services Low/Medium
*Quality of service
9. NAP parameters should be based on multiple dimensions and should
not be set solely on the basis of cost, which is only one component
of the total NSFnet system.
10. We strongly recommend that the following technical requirements be
included in the solicitation.
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The vBNS provider should be required to provide restoration
capability among NAPs using proven technology.
NSF should require in the solicitation that a plan be developed to
connect the current T3 network to the NAPs, as part of the
transition from the current backbone to the next generation.
The vBNS provider should be able to carry full routing information
(given the limitations of route server technology).
The vBNS provider should have a publicly available and appropriate
MIB (network Management Information Base).
Attendees
Bill Manning bmanning@rice.edu
John Curran jcurran@bbn.com
Donald Morris morris@ucar.edu
Jane Wojcik jwojcik@bbn.com
Patricia Smith psmith@merit.edu
Mark Knopper mak@merit.edu
Kraig Owen tko@merit.edu
John Labbe labbe@merit.edu
Evan Wetstone evan@rice.edu
Susan Estrada estradas@cerf.net
Tony Hain hain@nersc.gov
Guy Almes almes@ans.net
Peter Ford peter@lanl.gov
Padma Krishnaswamy kri@sabre.bellcore.com
Dan Jordt danj@nwnet.net
E. Paul Love loveep@sdsc.edu
Eugene Hastings hastings@a.psc.edu
Matt Mathis mathis@a.psc.edu
Carol Ward cward@westnet.net
Ari Ollikainen ari@es.net
Ross Veach rrv@uiuc.edu
Marsha Perrott mlp+@andrew.cmu.edu
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