Advancing Pakistan's Education Network: PERN2 Overview

1. PAKISTANEDUCATION&RESEARCHNETWORK PERN2 – Looking into the Future

2. An Introduction • An integral part of providing IT infrastructure to the overall education system • Launched in 2002 by Prof. Dr. Ata ur Rahman as a Minister of Science & Technology, 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)

3. First Three Years Development (2002-05)

5. Communication Media

6. PERN2 Initiative A project of Higher Education Commission

7. 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.

9. 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.

10. Next Three Years Development (2005-08)

11. PERN2 Rollout Plan

12. PERN2 Long Haul Fiber Layout Map Distant Universities Link

13. PERN2 Phasing • Phase-I • Metro Network and Giga PoP in ISB/RWP Sep. 2007 • Phase-II • Metro Network and Giga PoP in Seven (07) Cities Mar. 2008 • Phase-III • Long Haul connectivity between PoPs Mar. 2008 • Phase-IV • Data Centers and a NOC for PERN2 Jun. 2008 • Phase-V • International R&E Connectivity with NRENs Mar. 2008

14. Network Applications on PERN

15. Video Conferencing Facilities

16. Site Connected in Today’s Session

17. Sites Connected (contd.)

18. Pakistan Health Grid • Phase I • Linking different departments of hospital to exchange the medical information (ECG, CT Scans, MRI images, etc.) relating to patients • Phase II • Establishment of hospital’s grid to exchange and collaborate across the country • Getting benefited from expertise available in specialized hospitals to those who are in remote/ rural areas • Phase III • Bridging the National Health Grid with other such setup in the world

19. Scientific and Research Collaboration Meetings

20. Q&AThanks!

22. Distant Universities/Institutes to be terminated on Islamabad POP Return

23. Colleges And Campuses of Karachi Metro Area May be Connected To PERN2

24. Distant Universities / Institutes to be terminated on Hyderabad POP Return

25. Other Universities/Institutes of Hyderabad Metro Area May be Connected To PERN2 Return

26. Other Universities/Institutes of Quetta Metro Area May be Connected To PERN2 Return

27. Colleges And Campuses of Lahore Metro Area May be Connected To PERN2

28. Distant Universities/Institutes to be terminated on Lahore POP Return

29. Distant Universities / Institutes to be terminated on Multan POP Return

30. Other Universities/Institutes of Faisalabad Metro Area May be Connected To PERN2 Return

31. Other Universities/Institutes of Peshawar Metro Area May be Connected To PERN2

32. Distant Universities / Institutes to be terminated on Peshawar POP Return