Transport protocols and bulk file transfer

[Steven Senger <>]

We will have our Sept call on the 18th at 1pm EDT. The dial-in information is the same as before. 

To join both the web and audio conference (recommended), click here:
https://edial.internet2.edu/call/0154927
If you only want to participate in the audio conference, you may dial in with the following numbers:
Call: +1-734-615-7474 (PSTN CALL-OUT DOES NOT WORK) or +1-866-411-0013 (toll free US/Canada Only)
Enter access code: 0154927

Here are draft descriptions for this group as we discussed on the last call. We also need to consider whether a name change for the group is appropriate considering the change in the scope of interest. 

- steve

Mission

The Transport group will study and report to NTAC on tooling and functional requirements for data movement in advanced networks. 

Descriptions

The Transport working group will serve as a forum for the Internet2 community to study, discuss and make recommendations to NTAC on issues related to data movement in advanced networks. Areas of interest include tooling that improves end-to-end data movement over standard network architectures as well as hybrid network models and supporting software. The group will develop functional requirements for existing data movement services as well as study and make recommendations on future technologies to support data movement in advanced networks. 

Milestones

1) Define functional requirements for Phoebus data movement service.

2) Review the Bulk Transport Design Space Survey document and develop a current snapshot of VFER and similar transport protocols.

3) Stay current with other protocol development with respect to future network architectures.