Join me Tuesday morning to find out What is Happening in Network Services, which will include an overview of these highlights and a preview of the Network Services sessions occurring throughout the week.
Among those sessions, we’ll dive further into the Routing Integrity Initiative and efforts with the community to address routing security improvements in a session on Internet2 Route Reports and Routing Intentions – Policy vs. Implementation. We will also report on an effort to directly increase engagement with established community network performance groups to assist in the use of the Internet2 platform and its services – including performance assurance and service telemetry. Informally dubbed “peer engineer,” we will discuss early concepts for such engagements based on the established, successful Routing Integrity model.
Internet2 network engineering is in the process of deploying new software features and route policy enhancements to the NGI platform introducing new foundational elements that can optimize capacity utilization and support both research and cloud applications use cases. We will discuss these platform enhancements as well as future areas of technology development we expect to leverage in the coming year.
We are also in the process of collaborating on technology development with our community through multiple initiatives, including the expansion of the Atlantic Pacific Research and Education Exchange (AP-REX) to include new consortium members and scope of activities. We will discuss these initiatives, long-term goals, and how community input and requirements will likely impact the development of the Internet2 core.
I’m also looking forward to the many community-led sessions and discussions in the Advanced Networking track. Tuesday is all things network automation and orchestration – from the Network Automation Tapas panel to Network Automation Strategies and Tools to Data-Informed Network Automation and more! There are several don’t-miss sessions on automation throughout the day, building momentum for Wednesday morning’s NTAC Network Automation Special Interest Group discussion.
Who can resist the perfSONAR Power Hour? Developers will share the latest about perfSONAR, including new tools for visualization and on-demand testing, a new high-performance version of iperf3, and the latest on wireless monitoring.
ARIN, or the American Registry for Internet Numbers, will host a session on Enabling RPKI to access services that fill critical gaps in the internet’s routing security. With the window closing to lock in lower annual fees for our community’s legacy IP resources before the end of 2023, this session will offer the timely and helpful information you need to strengthen your routing security.
And many more sessions in the program will capture your interest! Those include timely topics and updates from U.S. and international R&E networks, including CENIC, ESnet, GÉANT, and CESnet.
Tutorials and Workshops Galore
I’m blown away by opportunities at this year’s TechEX to deepen our knowledge through training from the experts – and support our staff in doing the same. Beyond our regularly scheduled program, the event offers several tutorials and workshops on Monday and Friday (separate registration required). You can view the full list of tutorials and workshops, or scan through these advanced networking-related highlights:
- WiFi Access and Mobility – During eduroam-US Mobility Day, Sara Jeanes, Internet2, and community members will lead discussions on eduroam, 5G, WiFi 6e/7, Internet of Things, Passpoint/Hotspot 2.0, and other mobility-related topics.
- Advanced Networking and Research Engagement – Paul Ruth, University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill, will lead two FABRIC Early Experimenter Tutorials – Introduction and Intermediate/Advanced – taking a closer look at this international infrastructure for experimentation and at-scale network, cybersecurity, and systems research.
See You in Minneapolis!
We look forward to TechEX each year as the place where we can talk with colleagues and share ideas on how to tackle some of the challenges we all face together. The ideas and input we receive from our community at TechEX often shape the future direction of Internet2 Network Services, so please join us and contribute to the success of our community!
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