University of Maryland Academic Telecommunications Systems UMATS Richard Rose
How Are We Governed? UMATS Council Operations Committee (Executive) Engineering Committee ADHOC Working Groups Constitution Bylaws
How Are We Funded? Institutional Contributions based on: Number of FTE’s and Institutional Budget Campus Contributions$500, Block Funding$505, $1,005,000.00
How Are We Staffed –excuse me understaffed? Funded 1 FTE IVN Scheduling 1 FTE WAN – IVN Technical Support IN-KIND USM Office FTE’s Director (100%) Internet Support Staff (65% FTE) IP-IVN-WAN Support Backup (30% FTE)
Who Connects to UMATS? USM 11 USM Degree Granting Institutions 3 USM Research Institutions 7 Community Colleges 23 Cooperative Extensions and satellite offices 3 Environmental LABS Dozens of Interactive Video Sites Outside USM Core Services Provided Internet and ancillary services Interactive Video and ancillary services Consulting and Training
UMATS Infrastructure
FSU UMB UMCP SSU DS3 DS-3 OC12 SONET Ring UMATS Infrastructure Edge Campuses 2 - T1’s TU DS-3 UMBI/UMUC 10Mb/s-100Mb/s UMBC Note: does not represent the number of connections
UMATS Infrastructure HUBS Fiber optic SONET OC12 UMBC-UMB-UMCP DS3 between FSU and UMB HUBS DS3 between SSU and UMB-HUB Edge Interactive Video Network T-1 (30) Internet T-1 (50) Exceptions UMBC-UMBI-UMUC-TU-UB OC3/100Mb/s/Multiple T-1’s
UMATS Applications Internet Intercampus Internet Internet Service Provider (2) Maintenance - Support (USM) Internet Addressing News Feed Interactive Compressed Video Course Scheduling Maintenance – Support (USM) Switching - Bridging Services Inward and Outward Dial Services
USM Interactive Video Network
UMATS Interactive Video Network Total Classes Per Semester Fall Spring 1999
Total IVN Class Hours and Origination Hours Per Semester
Total IVN Hours and Non-Class Hours Per Semester
Future Interactive Video Compressed Video Switched Service Generation II MCU’s and Coders – Decoders Excellent investment Excellent quality Migrating to Generation III (H323/320/321) Limitations (Speed – Switching – Cost) Smattering of H323 Point to Point Testing Lucent Cisco Intel VTEL – PICTEL – ACCORD – Video Server
Future Interactive Video Switching Marriage of the old and new H323/320/321 switches in the main hubs Dial Switched – H323 – H320 – Video Streaming Migrate older switches to the peripheral edge Maintain quality of services and integrate newer technologies
USM Commercial Internet Traffic
Internet Statistics
Future Internet – January 2000 More Plans and Talking New Internet Services QWEST - UMCP QWEST – UMB Scalable 10Mb/s to 155Mb/s Redundant (Physical) Internet 2 Mid Atlantic Crossroads net.work.Maryland Bandwidth or Fiber ?
Summary Demand Internet use is on the rise -beyond exponential Video use is going up – demand for H.323 and H321 ATM! … it’s stable and profitable … Costs for ISP services rising –well sort of… Committed institutional services can not be met Virtual classrooms on the rise –they’re everywhere Future Infrastructure Need to shift from multiple T-1’s to DS3’s at the edge Need more funding –serious funding net.work.Maryland –reduce interlata costs, perhaps? Must prepare USM for access to emerging networks and technologies Internet 2 – MAX - NGI
$2,500,000, $1,005, USM Budget UMATS Budget USM infrastructure investment in telecommunications is SHAMEFUL! … and then there’s the education network –that’s another story and oh how we tried… … NERDNet –let’s talk about this… I
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