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Explore how UMATS is governed, funded, and staffed while learning about its infrastructure, applications, and future plans. Discover who connects to UMATS and their provided services on the network.
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University of Maryland Academic Telecommunications Systems UMATS Richard Rose rnr@usmd.edu 301-445-2789
How Are We Governed? • UMATS Council • Operations Committee (Executive) • Engineering Committee • ADHOC Working Groups • Constitution • Bylaws
How Are We Funded? • Institutional Contributions based on: • Number of FTE’s and Institutional Budget • Campus Contributions $500,000.00 • Block Funding $505,000.00 • $1,005,000.00
How Are We Staffed –excuse me understaffed? • Funded • 1 FTE IVN Scheduling • 1 FTE WAN – IVN Technical Support • IN-KIND USM Office FTE’s • Director (100%) • Internet Support Staff (65% FTE) • IP-IVN-WAN Support Backup (30% FTE)
Who Connects to UMATS? • USM • 11 USM Degree Granting Institutions • 3 USM Research Institutions • 7 Community Colleges • 23 Cooperative Extensions and satellite offices • 3 Environmental LABS • Dozens of Interactive Video Sites Outside USM • Core Services Provided • Internet and ancillary services • Interactive Video and ancillary services • Consulting and Training
UMATS Infrastructure FSU UMB DS3 UMBC DS-3 OC12 SONET Ring UMCP SSU Edge Campuses 2 - T1’s TU DS-3 UMBI/UMUC 10Mb/s-100Mb/s Note: does not represent the number of connections
UMATS Infrastructure • HUBS • Fiber optic SONET OC12 • UMBC-UMB-UMCP • DS3 between FSU and UMB HUBS • DS3 between SSU and UMB-HUB • Edge • Interactive Video Network T-1 (30) • Internet T-1 (50) • Exceptions UMBC-UMBI-UMUC-TU-UB • OC3/100Mb/s/Multiple T-1’s
UMATS Applications • Internet • Intercampus Internet • Internet Service Provider (2) • Maintenance - Support (USM) • Internet Addressing • News Feed • Interactive Compressed Video • Course Scheduling • Maintenance – Support (USM) • Switching - Bridging Services • Inward and Outward Dial Services
UMATS Interactive Video Network Total Classes Per Semester Fall 1993 - Spring 1999
Future Interactive Video • Compressed Video Switched Service • Generation II MCU’s and Coders – Decoders • Excellent investment • Excellent quality • Migrating to Generation III (H323/320/321) • Limitations (Speed – Switching – Cost) • Smattering of H323 Point to Point Testing • Lucent • Cisco • Intel • VTEL – PICTEL – ACCORD – Video Server
Future Interactive Video Switching • Marriage of the old and new • H323/320/321 switches in the main hubs • Dial Switched – H323 – H320 – Video Streaming • Migrate older switches to the peripheral edge • Maintain quality of services and integrate newer technologies
USM Commercial Internet Traffic
Future Internet – January 2000 • More Plans and Talking • New Internet Services • QWEST - UMCP • QWEST – UMB • Scalable 10Mb/s to 155Mb/s • Redundant (Physical) • Internet 2 • Mid Atlantic Crossroads • net.work.Maryland • Bandwidth or Fiber ?
Summary • Demand • Internet use is on the rise -beyond exponential • Video use is going up – demand for H.323 and H321 ATM! • … it’s stable and profitable … • Costs for ISP services rising –well sort of… • Committed institutional services can not be met • Virtual classrooms on the rise –they’re everywhere • Future Infrastructure • Need to shift from multiple T-1’s to DS3’s at the edge • Need more funding –serious funding • net.work.Maryland –reduce interlata costs, perhaps? • Must prepare USM for access to emerging networks and technologies • Internet 2 – MAX - NGI
USM Budget UMATS Budget $2,500,000,000.00 $1,005,000.00 • USM infrastructure investment in telecommunications is SHAMEFUL! • … and then there’s the education network • –that’s another story and oh how we tried… • … NERDNet –let’s talk about this… • I
D S All Folks!