PREGINET: Advancing Research and Education Networking in the Philippines Denis F. Villorente denis@asti.dost.gov.ph 1st International Workshop on Networking Technologies December 17-18, 2003 Bangkok, Thailand

History 1994: The Philippines connects to the Internet through PHnet, a project funded by the Department of Science and Technology (DOST); PHnet initially connects ten universities and DOST 1996: Commercial ISPs are established in the Philippines; most organizations, including universities, connect to commercial ISPs to access the Internet 1997: PHnet connects to APAN through MAFFIN 1999: DOST-ASTI becomes a partner of the Asian Internet Interconnection Initiatives (AI3), a project of the WIDE Project 2002: DOST establishes and launches the PREGINET Project

Overview PREGINET is: the national research and education network of the Philippines funded by the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) and supported by the Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) Focus areas Networking technologies Distance education ICT for Agriculture Bioinformatics Internet services and applications

Current Network Infrastructure

Physical Presence 3 Exchange Points 19 Access Points AI3 APAN MANILA 1.54Mbps/512kbps (plus 9.7Mbps to Philippines) Batac La Union APAN 1.54Mbps to Japan (to be upgraded to 6Mbps) Benguet Nueva Vizcaya Nueva Ecija Physical Presence MANILA Laguna 3 Exchange Points 19 Access Points Legaspi Ormoc Iloilo 256/512 Kbps Frame Relay Tacloban CEBU E1 (2.048Mbps) Frame Relay (PLDT) CDO E1 (2 Mbps) (DOTC-TELOF) Iligan Zamboanga Cotabato Davao

Local Partners Manila Cebu Cagayan de Oro Benguet State University MMSU DMMMSU PSHS-CVC PLDT-Mabuhay PhilRice DOST Agencies PSHS-Main EARIST CLSU DOH ASTI UP System DOTC-Telof Manila Bureau of Agricultural Research Bicol University PSHS-Main IRRI Leyte State University SLPC UP Open University PSHS-EVC WVCST PSHS-WVC CVPC NORMISIST DOST will be able to undertake PREGINET on a bigger and wider scale with PREGINET Philippines, currently applied for foreign-funding. By year 2004, PREGINET will be a fully-functioning network with access points in regions all over the country and connectivity to the Internet. CVISNet Cebu PhilRice-CARAGA University of San Carlos Cagayan de Oro MPSC Ateneo de Zamboanga COMTECH MSU-IIT Southern City Colleges ZCSPC University of Southern Mindanao ZCCMST

International Partners PAN-ASIA

PREGINET Services PREGINET Connection Webhosting Server Co-location Site Mirroring Videoconferencing Videostreaming Voice Over IP Network Monitoring and Management Administrator and User Trainings

Network Research ASTI’s Network R&D has focused on: PREGINET serves as a test bed for the development, testing, and deployment of networking technologies, Internet services and applications ASTI’s Network R&D has focused on: IPv6 Internet over satellite Multimedia over IP Network Measurements Traffic Engineering Network Applications

IPv6 IPv6 network test bed in the Philippines Provides IPv6 transit for other domestic IPv6 networks IPv6 deployment and transition issues IPv6 advocacy and technical point of contact in the Philippines http://www.ipv6.asti.dost.gov.ph

Internet over Satellite Satellite Gateway TCP optimization over satellite Unidirectional Link Routing (UDL) over satellite Link performance experiments

Multimedia over IP OpenH323 Gateway Wireless VoIP System evaluation, integration and performance experimentation of videoconferencing and videostreaming systems Access Grid Node – setup, localization, performance experimentation, and optimization

Network Measurements Development of a Philippine Internet mapping system Development and Deployment of Network Monitoring and Measurement tools Network visualization tools Network Performance Service Standards http://noc.asti.dost.gov.ph

Network Applications Digital Library Content Management System User Interface Design Grid Computing and its applications

Technologies for the User Communities over PREGINET Digital Library Platform Interactive Virtual Learning Environment (IVLE) system Online trainings on demand VoIP H.323-based Videoconferencing Videostreaming Access Grid

Vision PREGINET Internet Education and Research Institutions Philippine IT Parks E-Governance and E- Services Center Government Applications Development and Incubation Center Government Call and Assistance Services Center Programming Tools Warehouse Backup Database and APAN vBNS Internet PREGINET AI3 Abilene STARTap Internet2 International Research&Education Networks Industry- based research organizations and SMEs Government Agencies and LGUs DOST’s Flagship Programs (SET-UP; SUPREGOV; TECHNICOM)

The PREGINET project is funded by the Grants-in-Aid Program of the Department of Science and Technology http://preginet.asti.dost.gov.ph http://www.preginet.net email: mgmt@preginet.net