CanalAVIST an ASEAN COST initiative on TEIN2 by Kanchana Kanchanasut as Executive Director, AVIST Professor School of Engineering and Technology Director Internet Education and Research Laboratory ASIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

What is CanalAVIST? Within ASEAN framework, CanalAVIST is a part of.. ASEAN Virtual Institute for Science & Technology (AVIST) ASEAN Science and Technology Research and Education Network Alliance (ASTRENA) “Providing channels for seamless education, teaching, training, conferencing, lectures, and talks through ASEAN countries for ASEAN researchers and students.”

Mission: “Coming together to share learning, experiences and resources to develop our people” Objectives: To provide rapid dissemination and sustainable sharing of knowledge, information, data and skills in the context of ASEAN countries for: - Life Long e-Learning (AVIST) - Channels of Events - Cumulative Repository of Recorded Learning Materials

Why CanalAVIST? AVIST TEIN2 Technology

AVIST Life-long learning for ASEAN S&T Introduction to Technology and Innovation Management Sustainable Ecotourism Development HyperCourse on Bioinformatics

TEIN2 network infrastructure Before TEIN2.. APAN (Asia-Pacific Advanced Network) Transpac Link between Asia and USA Other Links: SG-US (Internet2), JP-PH (Agriculture)  AI3 satellite testbed  Two-way: JP, ID, MY, PH, SG, TH, VN  Unidirectional: KH, LA, MM

Trans Eurasia Information Network 1 st link: Korea- France 2001 (2 Mbps)

From TEIN1 to TEIN2 Intra-Asia regional network Asia-Europe inter-regional links 10million Euros European Commission funding + funding by 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

TEIN2 is part of the regional (APAN) network fabric Launched at Halong Bay in June 2006 Provides short paths to Europe (going west) Provides short paths WITHIN the APAN region (instead of transit via US or Japan) Capacity ranges from 45Mbps to 2.5Gbps Complements the multi-Gigabit networks from Japan and Korea to the US Catalysed new NRENS in Malaysia, Indonesia and Vietnam

TEIN2 network started Jan 2006, now connects: 30million researchers and students 4000 institutions 10 countries PoPs in Singapore, HK and Beijing; NOC in HK Funded to Sept 2008, then…… 2.5 Gbps 3 x STM4 Access capacities 45 – 622 Mbps 10 Gbps EU NA

TEIN2 Partner Countries- representatives Asia Pacific: Australia (AARNet) China (CERNET) Indonesia (ITB) Japan (MAFFIN, NICT, NII) Korea (NIA) Lao (LERNET) Malaysia (MDC) Philippines (ASTI) Singapore (SingAREN) Thailand (ThaiREN) Vietnam (VinaREN) Europe: France (RENATER) Netherlands (SURFnet) UK (UKERNA) DANTE Also supported by: TRANSPAC2 Juniper Networks

…TEIN3 Network project! European Commission has approved funding to end 2011 Extend to South Asia Further support for application development Transfer TEIN3 programme to Asian ownership Plan for ‘TEIN4’ Vietnam the first country to submit a Letter of Intent to participate in TEIN3

Timezones and Populations TEIN2: Member countries represent 1/3 of the world’s population in a timezone range spanning only 3 hours TEIN3 Potential member countries represent almost 60% of the world’s population in a timezone range spanning only 5 hours Small timezone range is critical for interactive collaboration

TEIN3 Network Topology To be determined from the tender results (not pre- defined) Current TEIN2 hub locations to be reviewed Europe-Asia links going West from Asia, likely to be 622Mbps, 2.5 or 10 Gbps Intra-Asia links likely to be in range 155Mbps to 10Gbps depending on partner needs, affordability by project and partner, and topology requirements (cost for some countries still currently very high)

Technology Towards open teaching and learning space

Open Classrooms: IP Multicast + VDO streaming TEIN2 High-speed m6bone 30 mbps 5 mbps 15 mbps

Towards canalAVIST : Telelecture from Baad Krud, Burirum to SOAS May 18, 2007 Living Royal Angkor Road Project led by Dr. Surat Lertum

Experiments [1]: Real-time medical lectures from University Pierre Marie Curie (Paris) to University of Medical Science (Cambodia) , DVTS over RENATER, GRANT2, TEIN2, APAN and AI3. Royal Angkor Road Lecture from Burirum to School of Africa and Oriental Studies, Uni of London, May 18,

Initial Plan:3 countries OLSR Gateway Mobile Vclass OLSR Node SOAS, UK Site 2, Cambodia Site 1, Burirum, Thailand Additional OLSR Relay Node(s) Additional OLSR Relay Node(s)

Actual Tele-lecture on May 18, 2007 OLSR Gateway Mobile Vclass OLSR Nodes SOAS, UK Site 1, Burirum, TH NOTE: Due to the change of plans by Dr.Surat Lertlum, lecturing from Site 2 has been cancelled. Instead, two instructor laptops have been used from the only site, Site1. Nevertheless, both instructor laptops were still utilized for lecturing during demonstration. Additional OLSR Relay Node

Network Diagram : a Detailed View OLSR Gateway Mobile Vclass OLSR Nodes SOAS, UK Classroom Multiple Instructors Site 1, Burirum, TH TEIN2 TEIN2 Vclass E-learning Platform IPStar Office BKK, TH UniNet Office BKK, TH Burirum Live Lecture Downstream Webcast Bangkok IX

Preparation at Burrirum side

Lecturing from the site

Actual Demo : SOAS

Actual Demo : SOAS (1)

Actual Demo : SOAS (2)

Actual Demo : SOAS (3)

Actual Demo : SOAS (4)

Actual Demo : SOAS (5)

Future Plan Virtual archeological excavation Multiple experts at different sites join an excavation team remotely Excavation being observed by students in classrooms

Mobile VClass Features Audio/Video Conferencing Class Presence Instant Messaging Presentation Slides Whiteboard Shared Folder

Mobile Vclass H.263 (~100Kbps) DVTS (~30Mbps)

ANGKOR technology-- DVTS with DVRelay Internet High-speed m6bone 30 mbps 5 mbps 15 mbps

ANGKOR Research Project Real-Time classroom for medical science AIT Faculty of Medecine, UPMC, France UHSC, Cambodia SOI/ASIA RENATER Supported by STIC-ASIE project of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs

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Heterogenous Network Conditions Network Bandwidth Routing IPv4 VS IPv6 1-1 or 1-many or many-many streaming Policy Security Transit Blocking/Filtering

Streaming Events on TEIN2 SIGCOMM 2007 Kyoto broadcast by WIDE/SOI IPv6 Multicast to TEIN2 members, Aug, Multi-sites conference: InCoB2007 at HKUST, HK Science Park and Vietnam National University Aug, Mozilla 24 IPv6 Multicast France, Japan and Thailand on 15 September,

CanalAvist Operation au.DVRelay.canalavist Type of CanalAvist Studio Studio1: Receive only Studio2: Send only Studio3: Send and Receive au.uniX.studio3.canalavist ID AU KR PH VN MY SG* Send unicast DVTS at 6-30 Mbps via IPv4/IPv6 to au.DVRelay.canalavist Relaying DVTS and send multicast at 30 Mbps via IPv6 to TEIN2 network CN HK* JP th.psu.studio3.canalavist receive multicast DVTS at 6-30 Mbps via IPv6 th.rm.studio1.canalavist receive unicast DVTS at 6-30 Mbps via IPv6 th.ru.studio1.canalavist receive unicast DVTS at 6-30 Mbps via IPv4 th.ru.studio1.canalavist th.rm.studio1.canalavist ph.DVRelay.canalavist cn.DVRelay.canalavist vn.DVRelay.canalavist sg.DVRelay.canalavist id.DVRelay.canalavist jp.DVRelay.canalavist kr.DVRelay.canalavist hk.DVRelay.canalavist th.DVRelay.canalavist my.DVRelay.canalavist TH th.psu.studio3.canalavist AU SG* VN PH CN ID TH MY HK* KR JP

CanalAvist Operation (Cont.) au.DVRelay.canalavist Type of CanalAvist Studio Studio1: Receive only Studio2: Send only Studio3: Send and Receive au.uniX.studio3.canalavist ID AU KR PH VN MY SG* Relaying DVTS and send multicast at 30 Mbps via IPv6 to TEIN2 network CN HK* JP th.psu.studio3.canalavist receive multicast DVTS at 6-30 Mbps via IPv6 th.rm.studio1.canalavist receive unicast DVTS at 6-30 Mbps via IPv6 th.ru.studio1.canalavist receive unicast DVTS at 6-30 Mbps via IPv4 th.ru.studio1.canalavist th.rm.studio1.canalavist ph.DVRelay.canalavist cn.DVRelay.canalavist vn.DVRelay.canalavist sg.DVRelay.canalavist id.DVRelay.canalavist jp.DVRelay.canalavist kr.DVRelay.canalavist hk.DVRelay.canalavist th.DVRelay.canalavist my.DVRelay.canalavist TH th.psu.studio3.canalavist Send multicast DVTS at 6-30 Mbps via IPv4/IPv6 to au.DVRelay.canalavist

Focus Areas (first 2 years) Computer Science and ICT Bioinformatics Medical Science

Underlying Infrastructure & Technologies Utilizing: Advanced Research and Education Networks APAN + TEIN2 ASTRENA (Peering of NRENS) Streaming Video H.263; and DVTS supported by VClass E-Learning Platform (by intERLab) Data Dissemination Technology by Prince of Songkla University (PSU) National University of Singapore (NUS)

Existing Projects on Education Computer Science and ICT Asian School on Computer Science Master of IT, Pole Universitaire Francais in HCM City Joint-Degrees (AIT, GET-INT) Bioinformatics Regional Food Safety,Traceability, and Risk Assessment under Thai-French Trilateral Cooperation S* Alliance (Australia, Sweden, South Africa, Singapore and US Medical Sciences France-Indochina Institut Louis Pasteur and NUOL UPMC and Cambodia and Laos Intra-ASEAN

Experimental Period Phase I: Preparation Technical Coordination CanalAVIST Programme Coordination Phase II: Operation Programme announcement Co-ordination testing Lectures/Seminar on TEIN2

Experimental Period (Cont.) Phase III: Evaluation and Planning for CanalAVIST Future Assessment of the project by interviews Project meeting (remote) Final report Expected Outcomes: Trial Period Lectures over TEIN2 + AI3/SOI 2 seminars/lectures per month over 7 months No. of students benefiting: ~50 per seminar/lecture

Sustainability: Membership Model Open toTEIN2 and/or ASEAN member institutions Institutions Colleges and Universities; Not-for-Profit organizations; Foundations; Private Corporations; and Selected Governmental Agencies.

Benefits for CanalAVIST Member Providing resources for the benefits of learners and researchers; Featuring extensive portfolio with a programme of events and; Sharing highly valuable cross-cultural and cross- national learning and experience; and Allowing learning on-demand in a cost effective way.

Types of Members Content Providers (Sending & Receiving) Share/contribute curriculum materials and resources; Enjoy access and utilize services and resources; Enrich teaching opportunities, expand venues for staff development; and Empower educators working in their own country to bring distance learning to a wider population. Users (Receiving) Access the materials and talks available on CanalAVIST wherein 24x7 technical support provided.

Contact: Internet Education and Research Laboratory (intERLab) Asian Institute of Technology, P.O.Box 4, Klong Luang, Pathumthani 12120, Thailand Tel:+66 (0) /6613 Fax:+66 (0) /6618 URL:

CanalAVIST --> Next Generation Global education Opensource Courseware On-demand repository of educational/research VDOs Global classrooms

Roles of CanalAVIST Tele-lecture event scheduling and resource management (multicast addresses for lectures) Facilitate members’ tele-lecture activities Develop and maintain stable E-education platform for members Co-ordinate with network NOC teams IP multicast on TEIN2 to ensure stable operation Promote the use of tele-lectures in the community

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