P AKISTAN E DUCATION & R ESEARCH N ETWORK PERN2 – Looking into the Future

Higher Education Commission Pakistan An Introduction An integral part of providing IT infrastructure to the overall education system Launched in 2002 as part of IT Action Plan of Government of Pakistan. Collaborative effort of GoP, NTC and PTCL Designed, Operated and Maintained by National Telecom Managed by Higher Education Commission Based on communication medium variants, viz. OF (light), DRS(radio), DXX(copper), VSAT(satellite)

Higher Education Commission Pakistan Initial Launch Comprised of three Point of Presence PoP(s)/nodal points i.e. Islamabad, Lahore & Karachi. Interconnectivity of 2x2 Mbps through existing National Fiber System. 56 universities/institutions were aimed to initially connected to their respective PoP(s) at 128Kbps Intranet/Internet. 8Mbps Internet bandwidth with distribution as 2Mbps at Islamabad & Lahore PoPs and 4Mbps Internet bandwidth on Karachi PoP.

Higher Education Commission Pakistan First Upgrade – Sep Interfaces upgrade on the Core routers Core bandwidth enhancement from 2x2 Mbps to 50x50 Mbps Internet bandwidth enhanced from 8 Mbps to 155 Mbps A minimum of 2 Mbps connectivity to each university depending upon the communication medium International bandwidth distribution on the three PoPs as follow, –65 Mbps on Islamabad PoP –57 Mbps on Lahore PoP –33 Mbps on Karachi PoP

Higher Education Commission Pakistan First Three Years Development ( ) In 2002In 2005 Institutions5659 Core2 Mbps50 Mbps Last Mile128 kbps2048 kbps No. of PoPs33 Commodity Internet 8 Mbps155 Mbps NRENs Connectivity Nil

Higher Education Commission Pakistan Achievements Fifty nine (59) public and private sector universities/institutes now connected. Access to International bandwidth and interconnectivity of universities/institutes. Public IP addressing to each institute. Infrastructure for resource and knowledge sharing for various applications –Video Conferencing amongst connected institutes –Mirroring of MITOCW web site

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Higher Education Commission Pakistan Last MileHEC FundedGovt FundedPrivateTotal DXX (Copper) or DXX+Radio86519 DRS (Wireless)86317 SDH (Fiber) Radio3003 VSAT (Satellite)1001 HDSL (DSL)1203 Total Communication Media

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Second Upgrade – Now Upgradation of Core and Last-Mile Connectivity While Redesigning PERN

Higher Education Commission Pakistan Objectives A high speed dedicated Educational Network for universities and higher learning institutions of Pakistan. Provide state of the art True Infranet for education and research work to academic and research institutions of the country. Rolling out new emerging technologies for today’s and future bandwidth hungry applications and research. –IPv6 enabled network –MPLS based routing/switching –Data transmission over DWDM Achieving following for each segment of the network –Gigabit transmission speed –High level of data/information security –Resource sharing both in centralized as well as distributed manner

Higher Education Commission Pakistan Objectives (contd.) Availability of higher bandwidth at universities’ last mile to enable –Collaborative research –Knowledge sharing –Resource sharing –Distance Interactive learning –Video Conferencing Addition of further 59 Public/ Private sector chartered universities/ degree awarding institutes for both Intranet and Internet services. The reduction in recurring cost by increasing the number of PoPs.

Higher Education Commission Pakistan Proposed Action Plans Seven (07) Point of Presences (PoPs) for the Core –Islamabad, Lahore, Karachi, Hyderabad, Multan, Quetta and Peshawar. Three (03) additional PoPs are under consideration –Faisalabad, Sialkot, Muzaffarabad PoPs will be created at public sector universities or HEC’s regional centers. Provisioning a pair of dark fiber for the interconnectivity of the PoPs, initially at STM-64. A total of 125 universities/ institutions will be provided connectivity to PERN. Last mile connectivity of the universities in major cities through gigabit metro networks and metro network connectivity to the PERN2 PoPs.

Higher Education Commission Pakistan Scale of Infrastructure Upgrade Ten (10) Regional Access Giga PoPs across the country. Gigabit Metro Ethernet rings over leased dark fiber in three (03) major cities of Pakistan. Leased dark fiber long haul connectivity of more that 4500 Km. More than 250 Km of Metro ring in each major city. 10 GigE metro ring and STM-16/STM-64 for long haul connectivity. Coverage to 90% of higher learning institutions. Approx. 300,000 students, faculty members and researchers will be facilitated with the PERN2 services. Three (03) data centers and a NOC will be established.

Higher Education Commission Pakistan Next Three Years Development ( ) In 2005In 2007By 2008 Institutions Core50 Mbps155 Mbps10 Gbps Last Mile2 Mbps8 Mbps1 Gbps No. of PoPs Commodity Internet 155 Mbps2 x 155 Mbps622 Mbps NRENs Connectivity Nil 2.5 – 10 Gbps

PERN2 Rollout Plan

Higher Education Commission Pakistan PERN2 Phasing Phase-I –Metro Network and Giga PoP in ISB/RWPSep Phase-II –Metro Network and Giga PoP in Seven (07) CitiesMar Phase-III –Long Haul connectivity between PoPsMar Phase-IV –Data Centers and a NOC for PERN2Jun Phase-V –International R&E Connectivity with NRENsMar. 2008

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Higher Education Commission Pakistan Distant Universities/Institutes to be terminated on Islamabad POP Return

Higher Education Commission Pakistan Colleges And Campuses of Karachi Metro Area May be Connected To PERN2

Higher Education Commission Pakistan Distant Universities / Institutes to be terminated on Hyderabad POP Return

Higher Education Commission Pakistan Other Universities/Institutes of Hyderabad Metro Area May be Connected To PERN2 Return

Higher Education Commission Pakistan Other Universities/Institutes of Quetta Metro Area May be Connected To PERN2 Return

Higher Education Commission Pakistan Colleges And Campuses of Lahore Metro Area May be Connected To PERN2

Higher Education Commission Pakistan Distant Universities/Institutes to be terminated on Lahore POP Return

Higher Education Commission Pakistan Distant Universities / Institutes to be terminated on Multan POP Return

Higher Education Commission Pakistan Other Universities/Institutes of Faisalabad Metro Area May be Connected To PERN2 Return

Higher Education Commission Pakistan Other Universities/Institutes of Peshawar Metro Area May be Connected To PERN2

Higher Education Commission Pakistan Distant Universities / Institutes to be terminated on Peshawar POP Return