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Mobile Support Services

Mobile Support Services. Recent developments in Janet ’ s mobility strategy for education and research Mark O ’ Leary, Belnet November 2011. A changing landscape. Excellent fixed infrastructure is no longer enough. Changing modes of education delivery Increased remote study

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Mobile Support Services

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  1. Mobile Support Services Recent developments in Janet’s mobility strategy for education and research Mark O’Leary, Belnet November 2011

  2. A changing landscape • Excellent fixed infrastructure is no longer enough. • Changing modes of education delivery • Increased remote study • Lifelong learning • Research demands

  3. Mobility Our users are mobile, and demand access to their resources ‘any time, any place’.

  4. Requirements • Must be “Broadband” • ‘Digital Britain’ report in 2009 defines this as 2Mb/s • Must be (inter)national in scope • Must reach students on their platforms of choice

  5. Technology • 802.11 Wi-Fi is the obvious delivery mechanism... • ... and eduroam is the obvious way to deploy Wi-Fi • Other technologies: • WiMAX – an opportunity lost • LTE a few years away • 3G isn’t reliably broadband

  6. Strategy Maximise Wi-Fi eduroam footprint Improve eduroam ease of use Reduce eduroam barriers to adoption Add a 3G component for areas where Wi-Fi is impractical

  7. eduroam - new venues • Temporary deployments • meeting support • ‘Visited Site’ kits for the cultural sector • ‘eduroam in the cloud’ • Centrally-managed IdP functions

  8. eduroam - new venues • Public transport trial • Icomera hardware on coaches • Trial went live 15/11

  9. eduroam - new sectors a) NHS Gateway Project Phase II demonstrator • 1,121 Hospitals, 10,300 GP surgeries b) Bootstrapping from the UKAMF • 3,941 Secondary Schools in the UK c) Public Service Network Initiatives • High assurance roaming federation work with GCHQ • Local government integration

  10. eduroam - new Sectors • Public libraries • ~4,500 public libraries in the UK • 58% of the population hold a library card • Challenge from Minister to allow general public to use wireless devices securely • Is an ‘eduroam variant’ one way to achieve this?

  11. Implications Non-education eligibility for JRS: “Majority government funded, or operating on behalf of a government-funded body” • ‘sector descriptor’ VSA • option to filter at UK top level proxy

  12. JANET 3G • Based around the same credentials Wi-Fi eduroam uses • Allows use of organisation-owned IP range • Price models tailored to education A 3G SIM data service delivered by JANET(UK) in partnership with AQL over the Three network – launched August 2011

  13. eduroam companion • Locate and route to nearby instances • Discover ‘flavour’ of eduroam deployed • Tag exact location of availability • ‘crowd sourced’ coverage maps • International relevance • Coming to the app store ‘soon’

  14. eduroam companion - iOS • Not vapourware! • Service locations & characteristics • Route directions • Tagging • App development by Ashley Browning, supervised by Dr Tim Chown

  15. eduroam companion - Android Not vapourware either! Expect to submit to app store in January App ported and expanded by GDP2012 group, supervised by Dr Tim Chown

  16. eduroam companion - Android • Establish new AP locations by crowd-sourced tagging. • Data (AP locations, details of service) fed back into official database • Twitter integration

  17. A call to arms • We can only provide useful location-aware tools to users if we have accurate service location data • Is setting the location of every AP on campus to the coordinates of the centre of your city good enough any more? • Janet investigating an Android-based AP mapping tool to help

  18. Summary ‘Access Everywhere’ is a challenging demand, but with technologies available today, we can come close to achieving it. Janet is pioneering some new approaches: we want to share our experience and partner with other interested NRENs. Hopefully, pan-European pervasive access tailored for education and sustainable as a shared service with other public sectors will be available one day. Questions? Mark.O’Leary@ja.net

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