Silk

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Silk

• Creating NRENs in Central Asia and the Southern
  Caucasus Region

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Central Asia and the Caucasus
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The Silk project

• The Central Asian and Caucasus region
• The NATO Science programme
• IT in Central Asia and the Caucasus
• Bringing Internet to the region Silk
• Current status
• Future plans

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Central Asia and the Caucasus
Some photo impressions
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A cross road of cultures
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Facts for The Netherlands

• Area 41.525 km2
• Population 16 million
• Life expectancy 78.6 years
• GDP/capita 26.900

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Armenia
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Azerbaijan
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Georgia
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Kazakhstan
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Kyrgyzstan
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Tajikistan
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Turkmenistan
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Uzbekistan
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The rôle of NATO in the region?

• Three dimensions of NATO
• Political
• Military
• Science
• Science panel
• Networking panel

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NATO Science division
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Computer Networking Panel

• IT related projects
• Shift of emphasises
• Computers ? Networks
• Stand alone ? Infrastructure
• West ?East
• Science ? Education
• National ?Regional
• Network Infrastructure Grants
• NATO IT consultants

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NATO IT consultant

• Feasibility of project proposal
• Coordination with other (NATO Science)
  initiatives
• Project monitoring and reporting
• Support of NATO programme management
• Liason with other donors

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Examples of NATO projects Uz

• Uzbekistan
• National NOC Metropolitan network Tashkent (
  150.000)
• Regional connectivity ( 190.000)
• Scientific web site ( 90.000)

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Examples of NATO projects Kz

• Kazakhstan
• Internet connection of the physical institute at
  Ala Tau
• National NOC metropolitan network Almaty
  195.000

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The academic community

• Russian system
• Clear distinction between Science and Education
• Government controlled
• After 1991 funding disappeared
• Tensions
• Between Academy and Universities
• Between Universities

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The Silk project

• Prelude
• The project definition
• The project implementation
• The service

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Silk time line
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Prelude to Silk

• Extreme high costs for little connectivity
• Increasing governmental control of Internet
• Poor cooperation
• Within the countries
• Between the countries

The beginning of the Silk project in 1999
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Project definition

• Satellite technology
• Minimise costs in eastern countries
• Possibility of receive only dishes
• Connect to western academic networks
• Organise NREN in eastern countries
• Work towards sustainable situation

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Project realisation

• DVB technology
• Smaller eastern dishes
• Collaboration with Cisco
• DESY Hamburg as western hub
• Geant connection

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EurasiaSat
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Kalitel
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Silk local node

• 2.4/3.8 m dish
• Cisco 7204 router
• Cisco Catalyst 3524 switch
• Cisco Content Engine CE 560
• UPS

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Silk requisites

• There must be an NREN
• The NREN has the necessary licences
• The NREN signs for operation management
• Sustainability

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Bandwidth forecast
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Silk bandwidth Q1 2003
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Bandwidth per 24 hrs (Uz,7-4-03)
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Silk budget
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Managing Silk
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Silk Executive Committee
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Current challenges

• NRENs need to become mature
• Government control
• Extension of Silk outside of the capital into the
  regions
• Attracting additional donors
• Extension to other countries (Mongolia,
  Afghanistan, )

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Silk donors
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SPONGE project

• EU programme
• IST Framework 5
• Participants
• UCL, RUG, ARENA, GRENA
• Four work packages
• Project management
• Infrastructure services
• Technical activities
• Personal communication

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RUG activities in SPONGE

• Liason with NRENs
• Together with UCL setup SIP VoIP infrastructure
• Creation and maintenance of interactive web site
  (www.silkproject.org)
• Several distribution lists
• Traffic measurements and cache fine tuning
• Video conferencing support

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Thanks to

• Sergey Berezhnev
• Jane Butler
• Jacek Gajeski
• Robert Janz
• Boris Japarov
• Walter Kaffenberger
• Askar Kutanov
• Peter Kirstein
• Ramaz Kvatze
• Janet Lace
• Christoff Lanovsky
• Ilya Mafter
• Boris Maydanik
• Ruben M
• Vadim Navotny
• Rolf Nordhagen
• Devrin Weiss
• Zita Wenzel