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RNP2: The Brazilian Advanced Network Project

RNP2: The Brazilian Advanced Network Project. Márcio L Bunte de Carvalho mlbc @ rnp.br. Topics. The Brazilian Strategy ReMAV National Backbone Internet2 Interconnection Ongoing Collaborations Next steps. Brazilian Strategy. ReMAV Government sponsored Call for Proposals

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RNP2: The Brazilian Advanced Network Project

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  1. RNP2:The Brazilian Advanced Network Project Márcio L Bunte de Carvalho mlbc @ rnp.br

  2. Topics • The Brazilian Strategy • ReMAV • National Backbone • Internet2 Interconnection • Ongoing Collaborations • Next steps

  3. Brazilian Strategy • ReMAV • Government sponsored Call for Proposals • Consortium between universities, infrastructure providers and application-driven institutions to: • implement advanced MANs • train people on how to use and operate advanced MANs

  4. Brazilian Strategy • REMAVs • First ReMAV begin operation in 1999 • 14 cities (34 to 622Mbps) • 79 institutions: universities, research institutions, government, telecom, cable TV companies, electrical, hospitals and TV stations • total investment $20 M • 10+ different applications

  5. Brazilian Strategy • Current Applications at REMAVs • Digital/Virtual Libraries • Distance Learning • Network Management • Geographical Information Systems (GIS) • Tele and Videoconference • Telemedicine • Video on Demand

  6. Brazilian Strategy • National Backbone • ATM in 13 cities (155 to 34Mbps) • Frame relay in 14 cities (2 Mbps increments) • Finished Sep ‘2000 • Transit for 15 regional backbones • Differentiated services: production and experimentation

  7. O NOVOBACKBONE

  8. Brazilian Strategy • Interconnection with Internet 2 • MoU signed Spring 00 meeting • Three landing points: • StarTap – OC3 link from Advanced ANSP – nov’00 • AmPath – DS3 link – nov’00 • ? – OC3 link from RNP2 – dec’00 • Ongoing collaborations

  9. Ongoing Collaboration • Remote Collaboration • Richard Walters - UCDavis - RCT http://escher.cs.ucdavis.edu:1024/ • Liane Tarouco - UFRGS - EQUITEXT http://equitext.pgie.ufrgs.br/

  10. Ongoing Collaboration • Integrated Environment for Collaborative Work Across Internets • Integrate network of reflectors • CERN & CALTECH • Philippe Galvez • UFRGS • Liane Tarouco • Frabricio Raupp Tamusiunas

  11. Ongoing Collaboration • Capture of Synchronous Meetings • (and the corresponding generation of MM hyperdocuments) • Gregory Abowd - College of Computing - GeorgiaTech • Maria da Graça Campos Pimentel - USP - S. Carlos • http://eclass.icmc.sc.usp.br:8080/inca-serve/

  12. Ongoing Collaboration • Earth Observation System Data Information (EOSDIS) • Related topics: vegetation, oceanography (Tropical and South Atlantic), agriculture, meteorology, climatology, mineral resources, etc. • INPE - (Brazilian) National Institute of Space Research • NASA • http://www.atsme.inpe.br

  13. Ongoing Collaboration • Application Level Adaptation and Control for Retrieval and Delivery of Continuous Media over the Internet (COMIT) • Edmundo de Souza e Silva - UFRJ • Bethier Ribeiro Neto - UFMG • Richard Muntz - UCLA • Donald Towsley - UMass, Amherst • Leana Golubchik - Univ. of Maryland • http://www.land.ufrj.br

  14. Ongoing Collaboration • Species Analyst - distributed database for biodiversity data • Fundação André Tosello – Campinas SP • The University of Kansas • http://habanero.nhm.ukansas.edu/TSA

  15. Next Steps • Short Term • Enhance collaboration with internet2 • Introduce collaboration with other international initiatives • Consolidate collaboration between ReMAVs • Integration with the Brazilian Information Society Program

  16. Further Informations • http://www.rnp.br

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