1. NOC Report
Kazunori Konishi

2. Tasks of NOC Planning & deployment of the networks
Cost-effective network topology
Network design & operation & Info. Exchange
Technical support to research community
Application research, ex. e2e performance
Middleware research, ex. security
Network research, ex. Hybrid Infra.
Collaborations & Information exchange

3. Network Topology

4. Hybrid Infrastructure
GLIF leader agrees Hybrid approach is promising!
JP-US links can provide Layer 2 & 3 services, and the deployment of HOPI will be studied.

5. Observatory as Advanced NOC Service
Real network data over R&E networks will be provided to network researchers for promoting the activities!
Software,
Papers, etc.
Basic NOC Service
Helpful in operation
Advanced NOC Service
Researchers
Data with authentication
Observatory
Developed by NOC researchers & maintained by NOC engineers/operators
Common Tools with High Priority
Output data in standard format
can get measurement data of the global networks and work together with foreign researchers.

6. Technical support to e-Science Projects
High e2e performance is required for
e-Science projects.
NOC will collaborate with the network experts of e-Science projects. VLBI project is generating the huge traffic.

7. Cairns meeting NOC organized two sessions:
Network Engineering : 7 speakers in two slots.
Network technologies (measurement infrastructure and e2e performance) were discussed.
About 50 persons participated and we had good discussions.
NOC meeting: 7 speakers in one slot.
Redesign of APAN servers, Network status & plan, AUP of the networks were explained.
About 25 persons participated, but we had little time to discuss in detail.