GEANT2, APAN, TEIN23

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GEANT2, APAN, TEIN2/3 South Asia Feasibility
Study

George McLaughlin, APAN Vice-Chair
Coordinator, TEIN3 South Asia Feasibility
Study SA-SIG meeting Kathmandu, Nepal, 14th
August 2008
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• Todays Topology
• 25 POPs
• Hybrid structure
• 11600km of dark fibre
• Multiple 10Gbps paths
• Global connections to other RE networks
• 15 Connectivity providers
• Drivers
• Technology
• Cost reduction
• User demand

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What is TEIN2?

• Intra-Asia regional network
• with Asia-Europe intercontinental links (both
  trans-Siberian and Indian Ocean)
• Funded by 10million Euros from European
  Commission contributions from Asian partner
  countries
• TEIN2 programme aims to
• build and operate a regional network
• promote network usage through catalysing
  applications
• train technical staff in developing countries
• reduce the digital divide

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TEIN2 Topology - January 2008
Partner EconomiesAustralia (AARNet) China
(CERNET)Hong Kong SAR Indonesia (ITB) Japan
(MAFFIN, NICT, NII) Korea (NIA) Malaysia
(MDC) Philippines (ASTI) Singapore
(SingAREN) Thailand (ThaiREN) Vietnam (VinaREN)
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Next Phase TEIN3

• TEIN2 launched in June 2006
• Around 30million users and 4,000 institutions in
  11 countries now connect to TEIN2 via their NRENs
• European Commission has approved funding for
  follow-on (TEIN3) program to end 2011
• Intention to extend to South Asia (subject to
  feasibility study) potential new partner
  countries are Bangladesh 7, Bhutan, India 2,
  Nepal, Pakistan 6, Sri Lanka (feasibility study
  kick-off meeting 13-14 May)
• Further support for application development
• Transfer TEIN3 programme to Asian ownership
• Plan for TEIN4

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Timezones and Populations
TEIN2 Member countries represent 1/3 of the
worlds population in a timezone range spanning
only 3 hours TEIN3 Potential member countries
represent almost 60 of the worlds population in
a timezone range spanning only 5 hours Small
timezone range is critical for interactive
collaboration
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TEIN3 Work Package 5South Asia Feasibility Study

• One of the key objectives of TEIN3 is to extend
  the TEIN network and programme to South Asia
• To this end, a feasibility study (SAFS) is being
  undertaken in conjunction with the prospective
  South Asian partners
• Seven countries were identified for inclusion in
  the SAFS
• Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal,
  Sri Lanka, Pakistan
• The study is assessing
• the status and prospects for research and
  education networking in the target countries
• the role that TEIN3 could play to assist the
  countries, and
• the obligations of the target countries of
  participation in TEIN3

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Areas of Study (1)

• Current status of research and education
  networking and plans
• Draw together relevant studies analyses
  undertaken or underway, augmented with
  information about capabilities, plans and needs
  provided by participants. Investigate national
  international networking infrastructures
  organisational structures, also user communities
  and current and potential applications that could
  be supported via TEIN3

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Areas of Study (2)

• Telecommunications market assessment
• Analyse regulatory and telecommunications market
  conditions to assess the feasibility, available
  technologies, supplier capabilities and potential
  costs of connection to TEIN3
• Undertake a comprehensive RFI for international
  capacity to gain a good insight into
  capabilities, costs and potential topologies

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Areas of Study (3)

• TEIN3 participation assessment
• Assess the benefits, costs and modalities for
  each target country of participating in the TEIN3
  programme
• Judge against the state of national readiness to
  benefit from the programme
• Assess what TEIN3 can offer in terms of support
  towards connectivity, applications development,
  and human capacity development
• Take account of the needs of each country and
  what can be afforded from within the TEIN3
  funding envelope

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Areas of Study (4)

• Sustainability
• Lesson learnt from other studies needs to be
  addressed from the outset
• TEIN3 is contracted to end 2011, after that date
  significant European funding support cannot be
  assumed.
• Need for target countries to discuss with their
  governments the principle of long term and
  increasing commitments to support continued
  participation.
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2008 Roadmap

• 13-14 May 2008 SAFS Kick-off meeting, Singapore
• Introducing TEIN2/3, participant presentations,
  NREN data collection analysis, determine action
  items
• 11-12 August 2008 2nd SAFS meeting, Kathmandu
• International capacity offerings RFI review, cost
  sharing model, user applications survey,
  preliminary SAFS report
• Early December 2008 3rd SAFS meeting,
  Vientienne, Laos
• Feasibility Study report, indicative funding
  proposals to partners
• Early 2009
• EC reviews Feasibility Study results, South Asian
  Partners decide whether to join TEIN3

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2009 Roadmap

• Q1 Joiners participate in TEIN3 Technical
  Committee meeting
• Q1 Q2 TEIN3 South Asia Connectivity Tender
• Q3 Q4 TEIN3 South Asian partners connected to
  TEIN3 network

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Participation

• Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Pakistan
  all signed letters of endorsement and
  participated in the Kick-off meeting
• Bhutan participated in the 2nd SAFS meeting
• NATO is currently exploring the connection of
  Afghanistan in an extension of the Virtual Silk
  Road. The intention is to cooperate with NATO
  and have NATO participate in SAFS meetings
• The World Band participated in the 2nd SAFS
  meeting exploring potential synergies. WB
  catalysing NREN development in Bangladesh
• TransPac/IRNC participated in the 2nd SAFS
  meeting, building on the collaboration already
  started with the Pakistan/Internet2 connection
• Interactions with the Asian Development
  Bank/SASEC Information Superhighway project
  (involving BT, BD, IN, NP)

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Initial data collection

• Reps from each country identified (from
  Government and NREN)
• Letters of endorsement to participate provided
  from Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka and
  Pakistan
• Comprehensive survey initiated covering (for each
  country)
• Geographic indicators
• Economic indicators
• Telecommunications/Internet indicators including
  international capacity
• NREN indicators including funding, staffing, user
  community, capacity and traffic, and services
  offered

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International Capacity RFI Objective

• To test the market in the target countries of
  South Asia
• Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
  (Bhutan not included this round)
• More specifically to test for International
  connection capability and offerings
• between the South Asian countries
• between South Asian countries and TEIN2 PoPs
• between South Asian Countries and GEANT2 PoPs
• To determine network topologies that make sense
  based on suppliers indicative offerings and
  indicative costs for these

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Schematic of offers
Beijing
Copenhagen
Nepal
London
Pakistan
Bangladesh
Paris
India
Hong Kong
Frankfurt
Milan
Sri Lanka
Vienna
Singapore
Madrid
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Summary

• Positive interaction among partners
• Telecommunications market and competition
  improving
• Started to identify applications that are low
  hanging fruit that will illustrate the value of
  the network
• Continue to identify current and potential
  collaborations between South Asian partners and
• other South Asian partners
• other TEIN2/3 partners
• European collaborators
• Other collaborations esp US

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Applications and Collaborations Sub-study

• A sub-study framework has been developed and
  documented following feedback from participants
  before, during and after the Kick-off meeting
• A high degree of commonality between partners was
  established in the areas of collaboration tools,
  digital libraries, and telehealth
• Parvati Dev, with support from South Asian
  practitioners, has agreed to lead the development
  of a roadmap for telehealth in South Asia
• Surveys were undertaken on collaboration tools,
  digital libraries and other collaborations

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Collaboration Tools
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Digital Libraries
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Other discipline collaborations
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Engaging User communities
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International Research for Prevention and
Mitigation of Meteorological Disasters in
Southeast Asia
Collaborating countriesJapanIndonesiaPhilippin
esThailandCambodiaLaosVietnamIndiaBangladesh
KoreaSingaporeChinaMalaysia

• Risk of high-impact weather is increasing due to
• economic development and urbanization
• global warming and climate change
• Probability information obtained using new
  techniques made based on sophisticated collection
  of earth observation data and high capacity
  networks is a critical to the development of
  decision support tools
• Research environment is rapidly changing due to
• growth of computer power
• improvement of internet infrastructure
• refer Philippines typhoon prediction example

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Earth Observation Applications

• (1) Crops Yield Forecasting Rice, Sugar cane,
  Rubber, Palm, Cassava
• (2) Natural Resources Monitoring Management
  Forest and Parks
• (3) Agricultural Land Reform, Land-use,
  Land-cover, Public Land
• (4) Flood Preparedness, Monitoring, Mitigation,
  Assessment
• (5) Water Reservoir Dams and Irrigation
• (6) Draught Prediction and Water Management
• (7) Illicit crop monitoring
• (8) GIS development
• (9) Geo-spatial Data Sets
• (10) Image Intelligence and National Security

New applications focused on national economic
value impact