Overview of WINDS Collaborations in Thailand Chalermpol Charnsripinyo, Ph.D. NECTEC Presented in WINDS Satellite Seminar in conjunction with Asian Forum on Information and Communications Technology (AFICT2009) on 16 Dec 2009, Amari Watergate Hotel, Bangkok, Thailand

Outline Background on WINDS collaborations in Thailand WINDS committee and proposed experiments in Thailand Network connections to the WINDS gateway terminal WINDS activities and experiments Conclusions

Background In 2007, MIC-JP invited proposals for WINDS application experiments 23 February 2008, JAXA launched the WINDS satellite 24 March 2008, Meeting with representatives from JAXA, NICT, NECTEC, NTC and Researchers proposing WINDS experiments from academic institutes in Thailand  proposed to set up WINDS Committee in Thailand 4 June 2008, MoU Signing between JAXA and NECTEC to coordinate and support WINDS applications and experiments in Thailand 9 July 2008, Set up WINDS Committee in Thailand October 2008, Installed WINDS terminal at NECTEC

WINDS Committee in Thailand  Prof. Dr. Prasit PrapinmongkolkarnResource person Board of National Telecommunication Commission of Thailand (NTC)  Dr. Pansak SiriruchatapongChairman Executive Director of National Electronics and Computer Technology Center (NECTEC)  Mr. Shinichi MIZUMOTOCommittee Director of JAXA Bangkok Office  Dr. Masayuki FujiseCommittee Director of NICT Asia Research Center, Thailand  Mr. Daisuke OkabeCommittee First Secretary of Embassy of Japan, Thailand  Dr. Seishiro KIBE (substituted by Yoshikazu Kamiya) Committee Visiting Professor, AIT, Thailand  Dr. Supavadee AramvithCommittee Assoc. Head of Dept., Electrical Engineering, Chulalongkorn University  Dr. Nisachon TangsangiumvisaiCommittee Assistant Dean of Engineering Faculty, Chulalongkorn University  Dr. Kobchai DejhanCommittee Dean of Engineering Faculty, King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang (KMITL)  Mr. Chaiyan Maolanondh Committee Director of Earth Observation Center, Geo Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency  Mr. Suthisak TantayothinCommittee Division Director, Telecommunication Technology and Engineering Bureau, NTC  Dr. Chalermpol CharnsripinyoCommittee and Secretary Acting Director of Network Technology Laboratory, NECTEC  Miss Weena JangjaroenCommittee and Assistant secretary Secretary to commissioner, NTC  Miss Wanlapha sunratAssistant secretary Project Analyst, NECTEC Dr. Pansak Prof. Prasit

WINDS Committee in Thailand  Role and Functions of the Committee Support and coordinate WINDS project experiments in Thailand Coordinate the allocation of time slots for experiments between proposed projects in Thailand Provide knowledge and experience sharing of experiments among users Promote research and development activities and collaborations in Thailand

Proposed List of Application Experiments 1.Application Experiments for Tele-Education (e-Learning) broadcasting and Tele-Medical Treatment in the Asia- Pacific region (Prof. Prasit Prapinmongkolkarn, NTC) 2.Experiment on Videoconferencing Application Between the University of the Philippines – Chulalongkorn University – Hokkaido University – Tokyo Institute of Technology over WINDS Satellite (Dr. Supavadee Aramvith, CU) 3.The assessment of the VoIP for Emergency and Educational Communication Vehicle (EECV) using high- speed P-T-P satellite link (Mr. Waranyoo Phiwthongkham, NECTEC) 4.Using High-speed Satellite Communication in Disaster Management, Monitoring and Telecommunication in Thailand (Asst. Prof. Wichan Lertwipatrakul, UniNet) 5.International Distance Education via Satellite (Mr. Sathaporn Promwong, KMITL)

6.Chaotic Encryption via Ka band (Dr. Pitikhate Sooraksa, KMITL) 7.Tele-Education between King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang and Universities in University Network of Thailand (Dr. Pornchai Supnithi, KMITL) 8.Experiments on the Applications of Tele-Education, Telemedicine, and data analysis in the Asia-Pacific Region (Dr. Supan Tungjitkusolmun, KMITL) 9.Rapid Response Disaster Recovery Management Experiment in the Asia-Pacific region (Prof. Kanchana Kanchanasut, AIT) 10.The new design and improvement of Asian wide distance learning system using Digitized Video Transfer System (Dr. Yasuo Tsuchimoto) Proposed List of Application Experiments

WINDS Terminals in Thailand Thailand Science Park, Pathumtani WINDS GISTDA Ladkrabang

17-24 October 2008 Installation of WINDS Ground Terminal at NECTEC WINDS Terminal Installation

WINDS Gateway Terminal at NECTEC IDU ODU REF-VSAT

Installation of L3 Switch and TCP Accelerator For WINDS Experiments at NECTEC (15-16 July 2009 )

Maintenance and Installation of Rainfall Gauge For WINDS Experiments at NECTEC (2-4 September 2009)

Connections between Participating Institutes to the WINDS Ground Terminal TSP 1/10 Gbps WINDS UniNet PoP ThaiSarn PoP 1 Gbps AIT GISTDA Ladkrabang CU KMITL NTC GISTDA Head Office Internet

ThaiSarn NOC Internet2 (USA) TEIN3 JGN2Plus (JP) ThaiREN PoP 155 / 310 Mbps 622Mbps via Singapore Thailand Research Education Network WINDS  ThaiREN is established to coordinate among research and education networks in Thailand as well as collaborate with international R&E networks. UniNet NOC Sigapore PoP 155 Mbps

Connecting to the WINDS Terminal There are different approaches for network connections between participating institutes to the WINDS Ground Terminal –Direct connection Optical Fiber Cable, Leased Line, Metro-Net –IP Tunneling –VLAN –VPN

Connection from AIT to the WINDS Terminal Dedicated optical fiber between NECTEC and IDU ODU REF-VSAT2 Control PC by NECTEC L2/L3 SW By NECTEC IT Serv Dedicated Optical Fiber Milton B. Auditorium W 216 W 204

Network Connection between AIT and NECTEC Concerns –Existing Link does not have enough bandwidth due to old equipment and cables as well as other traffic sharing –Security and firewall policy inside AIT Solution –Dedicated fiber link was proposed Status –Dedicated fiber link has been installed and used –No more network connection problem

ThaiSarn AS:3836 NECTEC CU Experiment Building CU AS:3839 Connection from CU to the WINDS Terminal IDU ODU REF-VSAT2 Control PC L2/L3 SW By NECTEC UniNET AS:4621 VLAN is currently used to connect CU via Thailand research and education network VLAN ID =391

Network Connection between CU and NECTEC Concerns –Existing network connections go through several network domains –Traffic sharing and limited bandwidth –Security and firewall policy inside institutes Solutions –VPN box and VLAN were proposed Status –VPN box was tested  some limitations of VPN box –VLAN has been successfully set up through different network domains

ThaiSarn AS:3836 NECTEC KMITL Building KMITL AS: 9486 Connection from KMITL to the WINDS Terminal IDU ODU REF-VSAT2 Control PC L2/L3 SW By NECTEC UniNET AS:4621 VLAN is used to connect KMITL via Thailand research and education network VLAN ID =392

Network Connection between KMITL and NECTEC Concerns (Similar to CU case) –Existing network connections go through several network domains –Traffic sharing and limited bandwidth –Security and firewall policy inside institutes Solutions –VPN box and VLAN were proposed Status –VLAN has been successfully set up through different network domains

ThaiSarn AS:3836 NECTEC NTC Building ISP Internet Connection from NTC to the WINDS Terminal IDU ODU REF-VSAT2 Control PC L2/L3 SW By NECTEC VPN-Box UniNET AS:4621 Direct connection is established between NTC and NECTEC 30 Mbps

Network Connection between NTC and NECTEC Concerns –Existing network connections go through ISPs –Traffic sharing and limited bandwidth –Security and firewall policy inside institutes Solutions –VPN box and direct connection were proposed Status –Delicated link has been successfully set up between NTC and NECTEC

WINDS Activities and Experiments There are 6 project experiments conducted in Experiment on Videoconferencing Application (Tele-Education) Between Thailand –Japan – Philippines over WINDS Satellite 2.High-Speed Satellite Communications between CUHK (Hong Kong) and NECTEC (Thailand) over WINDS Satellite 3.Basic Experiment on Multicasting and E-learning over WINDS Satellite at AIT 4.Medical ICT satellite communication Experiment Between NECTEC (Thailand), NICT YRP (Yokosuka, Japan) and NICT KSRC (Kashima branch, Japan) 5.Multi-site Teleconference between KMITL (Thailand) and Tokai University (Japan) over WINDS Satellite 6. The assessment of the VoIP for Emergency and Educational Communication Vehicle (EECV) using high-speed P-T-P satellite link

Schedules of WINDS Activities and Experiments

1. Experiment on Videoconferencing Applications between Thailand, Japan, and Philippines  Participating Organizations  Thailand Chulalongkorn University (CU) National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) National Electronics and Computer Technology Center (NECTEC)  Japan National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT) Tokyo Institute of Technology Hokkaido University  Philippines University of the Philippines Advanced Science and Technology Institute (ASTI)

Experiment on video conferencing Application between CU and Tokyo Institute of Technology (16 January 2009)

Chulalongkorn University TIT University of Philippines ASTI NICTNECTEC JAPANTHAILAND PHILIPPINES Distant Education Experiment between TIT, CU and U. Of Philippines (13 Feb 2009) Source: JAXA

Experiments on Videoconferencing Applications between Thailand, Japan, and Philippines

NECTEC THAILAND CUHK HONGKONG Experiment of High Speed Satellite Communication between NECTEC and CUHK over WINDS Satellite （ January, 2009 ） 2.High-Speed Satellite Communications between CUHK (Hong Kong) and NECTEC (Thailand) Source: JAXA “TCP-SuperCharger: A New Approach to High-Throughput Satellite Data Transfer” By Jack Yiu-Bun Lee, Peter Tak-Shing Yum and Wing-San Wan, The 27 th International Symposium on Space Technology and Science (ISTS), Tokyo, Japan, 5-12 July 2009

3. Basic Experiment on Multicast and E-learning over WINDS Satellite

Multicast and E-learning Experiment between AIT (TH),Tsukuba Uni (JP) and MMU (MY) (14-17 Feb 2009)

Multicast and E-learning Experiment between AIT (TH),Tsukuba Uni (JP) and MMU (MY) (3 September 2009)

4. Medical ICT satellite communication Experiment Between NECTEC (Thailand), NICT YRP (Yokosuka, Japan) and NICT KSRC (Kashima branch, Japan)

Medical ICT Satellite Experiment between NICT YRP (JP), NICT KSRC (JP) and NECTEC (TH) (7-8 April 2009)

5. Muti-site Teleconference Experiment between Tokai University (JP) and KMITL (TH) (29 May 2009)

Muti-site Teleconference Experiment between Tokai University (JP) and KMITL (TH) (July 2009)

6. The VOIP Experiment for Using high-speed P-T-P Satellite Link (1-5, 8-11 June 2009 )

The VOIP Experiment over WINDS Satellite

Conclusions The WINDS terminal and network equipment have been successfully set up for WINDS experiments All participating institutes in Thailand can join the WINDS experiments through Thailand research and education network Most network access problems have been solved to support WINDS experiments Co-operations between networks/institutions are necessary to provide assurance and quality of services –Network security policy may have to be relaxed –Coordination between users and network administrators is important We look forward to further collaborations