------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Association of Pacific Rim Universities(APRU) 1998.6.23-25 Kilnam Chon Asia-Pacific Advanced Network(APAN) Chair chon@cosmos.kaist.ac.kr http://apan.net ------------------------------------ Contents 1. Objective 2. History 3. Network 4. Working Groups 5. Sample Bandwidth Allocation 6. Sample Applications 7. University Education and APAN 8. Recommendation 9. Remarks Appendix: Demonstration Candidates ------------------------------------------ 1. Objective [from APAN] -------------------------------------------- 2. History 1996.3 Ad hoc Meeting on APAN during APEC Symposium 1996.5 ~ 1997.3 Series of Preparatory Meetings and Workshops 1997.6.3 APAN Inauguration Meeting 1997 ~ Present Two Meetings per Year Most International Links have been brought up. ------------------------------------------------- 3. Network 3.1 Map 3.2 Link Information 3.3 Global Interconnections of Research Networks ------------------------------------------------ 3.1 Map [from APAN] --------------------------------------------------- 3.2 Link Information [from APAN] Remark : Most links are funded by goverment agencies ---------------------------------------------------- 3.3 Global Interconnections of Research Networks [from APAN] --------------------------------------------------- 4. Working Groups [from APAN] ---------------------------------------------------- 5. Sample Bandwidth Allocation [from APN] Remark: APAN provides quality of service(QoS). There will be Acceptable Use Policy(AUP) to comply. ----------------------------------------------------- 6. Sample Applications 6.1 MBone 6.2 Cache 6.3 High Energy Physics 6.4 Space Sciences 6.5 BioInformatics 6.6 Medical Informatics 6.7 Digital Library ------------------------------------------------------ 6.1 MBone (1)Regular MBone Bandwidth of around 250 Kbps per session with vBNS, CA*net2 and others Packet loss may be less than 1% (2)High Performance MBone Bandwidth of 1.5 Mbps per session with vBNS, CA*net2 and others Ad hoc arrangement (3)Very High Performance MBone Bandwidth of 10Mbps or more per session Special arrangement ------------------------------------------------------ 6.2 Cache Experimental Global Cache Hierarchy. With vBNS and other research networks. Project Members are APAN,NLANR,TERENA,... Annual Cache Workshop. APAN --------- vBNS --- Networks in Europe ... ... Networks in Asia Networks in Americas ---------------------------------------------------- 6.3 High Energy Physics APAN ----- STAR TAP --- ESNET Collaboration among high energy physics community Typical usage of video conferencing exchange of image and other data remote access of computers Sample collaboration projects : KAIST - Princeton University Tokyo University - Princeton University May expand to include Europe -------------------------------------------------- 6.4 Space Sciences APAN ---- STAR TAP ----- NREN Collaboration among space science community. Typical project members are NASA and its project partners in USA. Space projects in Japan. -------------------------------------------------- 6.5 BioInformatics Collaboration among BioInformatics community. Use APAN and commodity Internet. Formed APBioNet with cooperation of counterparts in USA and Europe. -------------------------------------------------- 6.6 Medical Informatics Project collaboration of medical applications in Asia-Pacific region such as Japan Korea Singapore USA Typical applications include Remote Diagnostics Medical education -------------------------------------------------- 6.7 Digital Library Linking various digital libraries in Asia-Pacific. Use APAN and commodity Internet. APAN in particularly interested in multimedia digital library virtual networks which requires high bandwidth. ------------------------------------------------------ 7. University Education and APAN 7.1 Video Conference 7.2 Seminars 7.3 Class 7.4 Library -------------------------------------------------------- 7.1 Video Conference Various video conferencing tools can be used. MBone(regular, high performance, very high performance) CU-SeeMe others Quality of service(QoS) can be provided through bandwidth allocation differentiated service others(ATM, Internet) ------------------------------------------------------- 7.2 Seminars Public MBone service(regular, high performance[later]) can be used for real-time access as well as transmission. Limited quality of service(QoS) can be provided. Some of multicasted seminars can be accessed through cache or archive servers at later time. -------------------------------------------------------------- 7.3 Classes Remote classes can be offered through MBone, CU-SeeMe and other tools as in the seminars. Additional support tools for the classes such as WWW and email are needed. WWW-based coursewares may be offered for non-real time access. ------------------------------------------------------------ 7.4 Library and Museum Develop the virtual library/museum linking the member universities. High performance networks such as APAN are suitable for multimedia access. May coordinate with other regional efforts in this area. ------------------------------------------------------------- 8. Recommendations APRU may develop applications in some of the following areas; Seminar: Regularly scheduled seminars Seminar archive server Library: Virtual APRU library/museum network BioInformatics: APRU bioinformatics network for research collaboration and education Others --------------------------------------------------- 9. Remarks Need a high performance backbone network in Asia with 6 Mbps or more. Need high performance domestic networks in many countries. Need to work on multi-lingual systems ---------------------------------------------- Appendix: Demonstration Candidates Digital Museum: Tokyo University and others BioInformatics: NUS/APbioNet and others Seminar Archive: UC Berkeley and others Digital Library: U. of California ---------------------------------------------------