Explorations in Telecommunications: Seeking New Frontiers Encounter 2002 Lecture Series Hawke Centre, University of South Australia Explorations in Telecommunications: Seeking New Frontiers by Professor Michael Miller Professor Emeritus, University of South Australia

Encounter 2002 1802 - Baudin had no means of knowing that Flinders was in the area - no telecommunications existed How have telecommunications developments changed our society in 200 years? Benefits from British & French engineering Analogies with today’s new social experiment in communications Project is more than just the infrastructure: It will assist university research in collaboration with industry It will provide direct support to companies developing new applications and technology and will facilitate commercialisation of these new technologies. mNet project - Adelaide as the hub of a new “encounter” likely to once again transform social & business practices

Early History of Telecoms 1680 - English physicist, Robert Hooke - concept of visual telegraph systems 1780 - put into practice by French engineer - Claude Chappe 230km line of optical telegraph stations from Paris to Lille whole of France systems proved of great military advantage Project is more than just the infrastructure: It will assist university research in collaboration with industry It will provide direct support to companies developing new applications and technology and will facilitate commercialisation of these new technologies.

Early History of Telecoms (cont) UK - mid 19th century - electric telegraphs began to appear US -1845 - Samuel Morse - Washington to Baltimore South Australia - Charles Todd - 1855 - Adelaide to Port Adelaide - 1872 - overland telegraph to Darwin US - 1890- Elisha Gray & Alexander Graham Bell patents Project is more than just the infrastructure: It will assist university research in collaboration with industry It will provide direct support to companies developing new applications and technology and will facilitate commercialisation of these new technologies.

Recent Decades 1960s & 1970s - founding of the Internet How have telecommunications developments changed our society in 200 years? Benefits from British & French engineering Analogies with today’s new social experiment in communications Project is more than just the infrastructure: It will assist university research in collaboration with industry It will provide direct support to companies developing new applications and technology and will facilitate commercialisation of these new technologies. mNet project - Adelaide as the hub of a new “encounter” likely to once again transform social & business practices

New Worlds -The Founding of the Internet A network: - a number of computers or other telecom devices use a shared medium to communicate - eg ethernet system. An intranet - two or more networks connected through intermediary systems Typical Small Network

What is the Internet? The Internet: with a capital “I” is the global internetwork that links businesses, universities, schools and public and private users.  All messages/data are transmitted across the Internet use the Internet Protocol (IP)  A large part of the data also uses the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) - hence TCP/IP  World Wide Web (WWW) : the browsing service/interface that enables access across the Internet to a highly distributed, global, multi-media database

Total worldwide network demand Gbps Total worldwide network demand 5000 10000 15000 20000 25000 30000 27645 Data 11328 Voice 4451 1294 948 1107 1511 1572 1766 2063 2411 135 273 588 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 Source: Insight Research Corp, May 1998

“Wireless access to the web will be the catalyst for a revolution of the Internet which is as profound as the impact of the original wired Internet circa 1994.” www.gartner.com It is now widely accepted that the Internet will grow through mobility. The two fastest growing areas of technology Mobile phones and the Internet are converging. The resulting growth over the next five years should rival the growth of the internet over the last five years. Mobility is the future of the Internet

The mNet Australia Project

Snapshot - the mNet project $9.23 million from the Australian Government $24m in-kind from the mNet partners, to: Establish wireless communication networks Undertake advanced wireless research Support development of applications Project is more than just the infrastructure: It will assist university research in collaboration with industry It will provide direct support to companies developing new applications and technology and will facilitate commercialisation of these new technologies. The network is part of a $30+ million project to make Australian companies key players in the next wave of the Internet.

Snapshot - the mNet network Core network 3G cellular mobile radio base stations along North Terrace in Adelaide Base stations linked by optical fibre Wireless LANs covering selected buildings and spaces Regional node Cellular network extended to Whyalla - to explore the delivery of health and education services to regional areas Project is more than just the infrastructure: It will assist university research in collaboration with industry It will provide direct support to companies developing new applications and technology and will facilitate commercialisation of these new technologies.

mNet location of core network North Terrace, Adelaide. A well defined microcosm of business, cultural and recreational activity. Retail Entertainment Cultural Government Finance Tourism Health Education Residential.

mNet Stakeholders Australian Developers: 3 universities: Aspect Computing BetterHealth Global Chimo DSpace Imagination Entertainment Knowledge South Medical Communications Associates 3 universities: University of South Australia Adelaide University Flinders University 3 Carriers: Telstra, Agile & Airnet Multinational ICT Companies: Alcatel, Cisco, Compaq, CSC & Motorola Foundation members on honour roll. Participating members also listed. Also: SA Govt, Playford Centre & The City of Adelaide

mNet Research Programs To develop core intellectual property: Examples: Wireless LAN deployment in wide area networks Connection handover 3G/wLAN Third generation network architectures Research to support 3G application development Voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) It is now widely accepted that the Internet will grow through mobility. The two fastest growing areas of technology Mobile phones and the Internet are converging. The resulting growth over the next five years should rival the growth of the internet over the last five years. mNet Corporation will commission research into the practical issues that emerge in the deployment of advanced networks.

mNet Industry Programs To support application development in 6 areas: Conventions & Tourism (eg WCIT 2002) Tele-health & other Health Informatics City E-business / mobile commerce Education New media & entertainment Intelligent Transport It is now widely accepted that the Internet will grow through mobility. The two fastest growing areas of technology Mobile phones and the Internet are converging. The resulting growth over the next five years should rival the growth of the internet over the last five years. The mNet network will enable Australian commercial developers to profit from an investment in developing new mobile Internet applications and services

Encounters in 2002 New adventures in telecommunications m.Net -an advanced Mobile Internet research environment development of applications and services for the new economy in a modern society Support for the commercialisation of Australian mobile Internet technologies and applications It is now widely accepted that the Internet will grow through mobility. The two fastest growing areas of technology Mobile phones and the Internet are converging. The resulting growth over the next five years should rival the growth of the internet over the last five years. Positioning Australia to profit from leadership in the application of next generation telecommunications technology