Advancing GENI Campus Implemention

大学网络设施，无论是致力于研究的还是支持核心机构活动的，都在全球网络创新环境（GENI）项目中发挥着非常重要的作用。校园网带来了有趣而独特的挑战。GENI期望网络化的大学研究机构利用连接机制来开发现有的大学网络，这种机制允许使用实验协议，直到堆栈中的最低层，以及实验者可编程的节点，所有这些都不会中断相同网络的生产使用。在校园环境中部署这样的基础设施需要与大学IT部门密切协调。该奖项资助了一个由研究人员、校园网络领导者、GENI和NSF工作人员组成的研讨会，以解决具体的校园实施方案。会议受邀者将是高等教育网络和信息技术领域的顶尖专家，代表着全国各地的大学。拟议的会议和其他活动的目的是促进GENI员工与高等教育首席信息官社区之间有效、高效的沟通。本次会议的报告将帮助GENI确定将高等教育研究界与任何未来的实验性网络基础设施连接起来的最有效方法。这次会议将产生至少三种更广泛的影响。首先，它将为比当前互联网协议所能支持的更强大的网络奠定基础。其次，它将增强研究人员与网络运营商互动的能力，以平衡稳健性和灵活性。第三，它将使EDUCAUSE能够向更广泛的群体传播会议的资料和结论，从而帮助他们更有效地考虑今后建立网络的机会。

University network facilities, both those dedicated to research and those that support core institutional activities, play a very important role in the Global Environment for Network Innovations (GENI) project. Campus networks pose interesting and unique challenges. GENI expects networked university research facilities to exploit existing university networks using linkage mechanisms that permit the use of experimental protocols down to the lowest layers in the stack and nodes that are programmable by experimenters, all without disrupting production use of the same networks. Deploying such infrastructure in a campus environment requires close coordination with university IT departments.This award funds a workshop with researchers, campus network leaders, and GENI and NSF staff to address concrete campus implementation options. Meeting invitees will be among the top experts in higher-education networking and information technology, representing universities across the country. The purpose of the proposed meeting and other activities is to promote effective, efficient communication between the GENI staff and higher education CIO community. The report from this meeting will assist GENI in determining the most effective means for connecting the higher education research community to any future, experimental network infrastructure.The meeting will have broader impacts of at least three types. First, it will lay the foundation for much more capable networking than the current Internet protocols can support. Second, it will enhance the ability of researchers to interact with network operators in ways that balance robustness and flexibility. Third, it will enable EDUCAUSE to disseminate information and conclusions from the meeting to a broader constituency, thus, helping them to contemplate future networking opportunities more efficiently.