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ICS Working Groups

ICS Working Groups. Snowmass August 2001. ICS Intercampus Demonstration Project(s). Intercampus VoIP for ICS members For our conference calls Intercampus videoconferences for Phase 2? For our video conference calls Research group support examples Interoperability

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ICS Working Groups

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  1. ICS Working Groups SnowmassAugust 2001

  2. ICS Intercampus Demonstration Project(s) • Intercampus VoIP for ICS members • For our conference calls • Intercampus videoconferences for Phase 2? • For our video conference calls • Research group support examples • Interoperability • Establish liaison with I2 group

  3. Financial Issues • Grant funding rules? • Overhead v.s. grant charges for data • Collect funding models • Billing • Centralized v.s. decentralized • Impact on organization? • Do you have/charge for QoS? • Local service and long distance • Loss of existing revenue streams

  4. Next Steps: Survey, Data Reporting, and Publication • Policy chapter – on-campus issues • Technical infrastructure • Switches, routers, phone, messaging, • Organizational structure • Why are you working towards convergence • Timing • What are the key issues • Roadblocks • Applications • MAN • Financial Benefit

  5. Next Steps: Survey, Data Reporting, and Publication • Papers on campus activities • Collection of planning documents • E-911 issues • Unified messaging • Security, authentication, encryption, directory services

  6. Policy Issues – National/Regional • Support for lobbying/congressional activities • Offer resources/answer questions • Build contacts in congress • Share regional experiences – PUCs • Coordinate with others – ACUTA, etc • Generate/capture collective higher education view on issues • E.g. ownership of phone numbers, etc? • Security, wiretap laws under VoIP, etc. • Share E-911 information

  7. Integrated Communications and Wireless Services • Voice services • 802.11b – data/voice/video • Establish liaison with Net@Edu wireless group • Follow-me routing with traditional cell providers • On-campus cell systems

  8. Tasks for all groups? • Vendor feedback • Group work but coordinated ICS feedback? • Policy issues related to the group • Document findings, publish results

  9. Do these fit into existing groups? • Document on when/why convergence? • Likely early applications • Centralized v.s. decentralized implementations • MAN Opportunities • VoIP instrument lifetime • Call center, web integration, CRM, • Unified Messaging • Security, authentication, encryption, directory services • E-911

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