VIspace

Presentation Background Stakeholders Project VIspace Future

Background Education status in NUOL –Growing number of students –12,400 (Year 1996) –22,624 (Year 2005) -> About 200% –32.5% (Female) –Shortage of qualified teachers –1,672 (Year 2003) –Number of teachers doesn’t change

Some Room No Teacher

Over Load

Communication facilities in NUOL –Telephony –Wireless network

We Want New Solution

Stakeholders NUOL (National University of Laos ) STEA (Science Technology & Environment Agency) NAFRI (National Agriculture & Forestry Research Institute) KTH Sida and SPIDER

Project VIspace Team Goals –Backbone –iSpace –Voice over IP

Benefits Backbone –High speed IP network iSpace –Distance education Voice over IP –Communication tool

iSpace solution Video conference system Software –Flexible Hardware –Easy to use

iRoom design Video conference system –Main room –Second room

Backbone solution NAFRI – NUOL (Main campus) – NUOL (Faculty of Architecture) - STEA STEA NUOL Faculty of Architecture NUOL (main campus) NAFRI 6Km5Km2Km

VoIP solution Proxy PSTN gateway User account

VoIP Expansion VoIP PBX – Asterisk SIP capacity Billing User agents

Long distance call between campuses International VoIP call

Future Integrate iSpace into education Expand fiber backbone –Souphanouvong Univ. (North) –Champasack Univ. (South) Remote education and other interactive events Regional and international collaboration

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