Academic Research Network

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Academic Research Network what it gives

• Pr. Abdelkader KHELLADI
• CERIST- ALGERIA
• GEANT2 meeting
• Luxembourg, 14 15 June 2005

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ARN Missions

• The goals provides the algerian scientific
  community with
• Communication infrastructure
• Networks Technology for
• E-library
• E-learning
• And links with others NERNs

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ARN Organization

• The project started at CERIST in 1994 under the
  approbation of the Ministry in charge of
  Universities and most of other scientific
  organizations
• Since 2005, the management is shared by members
  of a committee appointed by the Ministry (Comité
  National de Pilotage).

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Funding Sources

• Since 2002, the Ministry is paying for all the
  institutions belonging to the Ministry under a
  special presidential fund for boosting economy
  and research.
• Since May 2004 CERIST has got funds from EC for
  the connection to GEANT under the Eumedconnect
  Project. This funds cover 80 of the total cost
  and 20 are Algerian funds.

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WHAT IS THE ACADEMIC RESEARCH NETWORK ARN?

• Today 69 sites are connected
• 25 universities (from which 6 very big
  universities)
• 10 university centres
• 11 high institutes and engineering schools
• 12 research centres
• 11 others scientific institutions (not managed by
  the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific
  Research)
• Using a capacity
• 2M for 60 sites
• 3M for 6 sites
• 5M for 1 site (Univ. Béjaia)
• 6M for 2 sites (lUSTHB and USTO)

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ARN Architecture

• Four PoPs with high capacity supports
• Algiers 622 Mbps Sat Station
• Constantine 155 Mbps Sat Station
• Oran 155 Mbps Sat Station
• Ouargla 2 Mbps
• 45 Mbps to GEANT through the Madrid GEANT PoP
  since 19th April 2004 and 155 Mbps since May 2005

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ARN Map connectivity
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ARN services

• The staff in charge of ARN is doing diversified
  tasks
• Design and management of the network
• Basic services (mail, web, dns, proxy, etc.) and
  new services (multicast, IPv6, QoS) throughout
  RD projects
• Informational services (portals, research
  engines, etc.)
• NOC handling new connections and technical
  problems (mainly with the telecoms operator).
• Websites for institutions and laboratories
• Visio conferencing and streaming (UFC radio)

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ARN other activities

• National Theses Fund (latin and arabic PDF
  format) about 3000 are treated, national
  catalogs, etc. Research activities (scientific
  conferences announcements, publications, periodic
  seminars, STI spreading, etc.).
• Open and free software data base
• freesoft.cersist.dz
• is working waiting for your contribution
• Teaching activities (pedagogical plannings, text
  courses, specialities, LMD, etc.)
• Informations (institutions, scientific
  associations, ministry, etc.)
• Euromed cooperation with direct links (EUMEDIS,
  FP6, ..) and international scientific relations
  between laboratories and institutions

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2005 ARN 3

• Upgrade all capacities for most of institutions
  
• 10 universities up to 34 Mbps
• 16 universities up to 8 Mbps
• 5 university centres up to 8 Mbps
• 8 university centres up to 2 Mbps
• 1 high school up to 34 Mbps
• 4 high schools up to 8 Mbps
• 11 high schools and institutes up to 2 Mbps
• 5 research centres up to 8 Mbps
• 8 research centres up to 2 Mbps

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2005 ARN 3

• Two new PoPs
• Bejaia
• Batna
• ARN PoPs links
• Alger - Oran 155 Mbps
• Alger - Bejaia 155 Mbps
• Bejaia - Constantine 155 Mbps
• Batna Constantine 34 Mbps
• And eumedconnect

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ARN Portal
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ARN Understanding Usage Policy
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What is Eumedconnect ??

• An EC project to connect all the national NRENs
  of the meditan countries through EUs network
  GEANT
• Allows direct and closer and powerfull links
  throughout many concrete projects (better than
  comial Internet).
• 8 countries are connected and 3 more are on the
  verge to be included (Jordan, Syria, Palestine).
• Funded up to 80 by EC until june 2006.
• The partners are all interrested to the MED/MED
  and MED/EU collaborations (EUMEDIS, MEDANET,
  etc.).
• ALL participants hope continuation of the
  financing support after 2006.

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CONCLUSION

• These specific collaborations and cooperation are
  badly needed
• AS MORE COLLABORATIVE ACTIONS ARE EXPECTED AROUND
  THE EUMEDan AREA, ALLOWING BETTER
• UNDERSTANDINGS BETWEEN COMPLEMENTARY
• CULTURES AND EXPERIENCES
• AND SOCIAL STRUCTURES

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SOME WEB SITES DEDICATED TO ARN

• WWW.ARN.DZ
• WWW.NIC.DZ
• WWW.CERIST.DZ

THANKS FOR YOUR KINDLY ATTENTION