What does Internet2 provide beyond the commodity network?
• Richer content through higher bandwidth • Video, audio (Indiana University) • Virtual Reality (Teleimmersion at U of Illinois at Chicago – Virtual Temporal Bone) • Dynamic not static • Larger data transfer in shorter time • More interactivity via minimal delay • Reliable content delivery through quality of service model • Real-time access to remote instruments • Distributed computation over multi-site databases • Old Dominion University • University Corporation for Atmospheric Researchk – 3-D brain mapping • Bandwidth: speed • Capability to transmit large volumes of data • Video Conferencing • Research work groups in middleware, applications, networks, more
