Asia Pacific Advanced Network (APAN)
Country Update
By
Sureswaran Ramadass
APAN Malaysia
APAN Malaysia
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Delegates from Malaysia for APAN Busan
2003
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11 participants for APAN
Currently heading 2 WG
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Multimedia
IPv6
APAN Malaysia
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APAN-My was formed in 1997 to promote advanced
research in network technologies using High
Bandwidth networks. One of the main purposes of
APAN-My is to link the main research network within
Malaysia.
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APAN Malaysia is an active member of APAN.
APAN-MY heads the Multimedia Working Group
and the IPV6 WG and also involve in numerous
other APAN activities.
APAN Network Topology
Network Topology for AI3
Network Topology for AI3
Existing connectivity
Future connectivity
Connections from PH and VN to SEA-backbone
Link to Internet2
TEMAN
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Testbed Environment for Malaysian Multimedia Applications and
Networking (TEMAN) + Others
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TEMAN was formed in 1997 by a collaborative effort between the
Government, Universities and Telecommunication Companies.
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It has setup a high speed 155 Mbit network testbed for research
and development. This has expanded to include more
universities. Satellite Bandwidth Obtained for research as well.
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Now have support from the world’s first Dark Fiber 2.5 Gig
Backbone network to also support connectivity.
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Manis IPv6 research backbone already running
MSC Area Support
Malaysian Scenario
AS 7544
Nasionet
AS 3561
Cable & Wireless, USA
BGP
TMNET
AS 4788
AS 5727
AT&T WorldNet
AS 9290
PutraNet
Malaysian IX-1
AS 17650
Global One
AS 10152
Easycall
AS 4774
A-BONE
AS 10204
ARCNET
AS 7544
Nasionet
TMNET
AS 4788
AS 3561
Cable & Wireless, USA
AS 5727
AT&T
WorldNet
AS
10211
IVANET
AS 9290
PutraNe
t
TMTAPS
AS 9986
AS 9833
HICOM
AS 2042
MIMOS
Malaysian IX-2
AS 9534
MAXIS-1
AS 6453
Teleglobe
AS 4717
AI3
AS 7473
SingTel
AS 701
UUNet
Technologies
AS 17815
NRG USM
AS 17784
MAXIS-2
AS
10111
DATAON
E
MIMOS
AS 2042
AS 4818
DiGi-IX
AS
9930
TTNET
AS 10081
DiGi
AS
10211
IVANet
AS
17992
AIMS
AS
9986
TM
TAPS
AS17736
SOLSIS
IDC
AS
9833
HICOM
Malaysian IX-3
AS 6453
Teleglobe
AS 17666
FreeNet
AS 4774
ABONE
EAST
GATE
AS 17971
AS 10204
ARCNet
AS 17464
TM MyLoca
AS 18001
Columbo
DIALOG
AS 4788
TMNet
Malaysian Connectivity
AS 7544
Nasionet
AS 9833 AS 9290 AS 10152
HICOM PutraNet Easycall
AS 10211
IVANET
AS 18001
Dialog,
Columbo
AS 7374
Valueserve
CA
AS 17650
Global One
AS
2042
MIMOS
AS 17971
EASTGAT
E
AS 4788
TMNET
AS 3561
Cable &
Wireless, USA
AS
17784
MAXIS-2
AS 17464
TM IDC
AS 9534
MAXIS
AS 9930
TT-NET
AS 2687
IBM,
NH
AS
10111
DataOne
AS 4818
DIGI-IX
AS 4000
Sprint VA
AS
10030
CELCO
M
AS 701
UUNet
Tech
AS 2571
DHL
USA
AS
10081
DIGI
AS 9986
TMTAPS
AS 10204
ARCNET
AS 5727
AT&T
WorldNet
AS
17666
FreeNet
AS 1743
AS 7046
MCI WorldComUUNet,
VA
AS 2914
Verio,
CO
AS 6453
Teleglobe
AS 2500
JPNIC
AS 4778
iASiaworks
TW
AS 4774
A-BONE
JP
AS 4697
NTTV6Net
AS 4717
AI3, JP
AS 7473
SingTel
AS 4766
KIX, Seoul
AS 4637
Reach,
HongKong
AS 9581
Cable &
Wireless
Korea
My Research Network
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Potential Use & Collaborative Projects
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Governance of MYREN
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aligned to MOSTE’s priority research areas
the Network Operations Team be transparent to
the User Groups and the Steering Committee
since the entire ops will be outsourced.
Acceptable Use Policy
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TEMAN had an Acceptable Use Policy and could
be used as a reference for MYREN
My Research Network
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Network Topologies, Service Fees and
Connection to MYREN
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charges be at very low levels as compared to
charges for commodity Internet
connectivity to MYREN be at 2Mbps, 8Mbps &
16Mbps dependent on each university’s
requirements
Operations & Maintenance of MYREN
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agreed to the following operating service levels:
A) NOC availability = 99.9%
B) MYREN Network availability = 99.5% (1.5 days
downtime / yr)
SEA-Backbone: Lets get ASEAN Connected
Joint Proposal Between Malaysia and
Korea for TEIN Plan & Network
Phase SEA-BB :The First Phase
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THAILAND(BANGKOK)
(TRCNet)
SINGAPORE
(SINGAREN)
MALAYSIA
NRG (PG)
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Terrestrial links connecting
Thailand and Singapore to
NRGXchg.
Implementation details to be
worked out separately between
Thailand & Sg.
Phase SEA–BB: The Second Phase
Terrestrial links from Malaysia to
 Philippines
 Indonesia
 2 other neighbors (Undecided)
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SEA-Backbone Link to North Asia
SEA-Net will be able to
connect to North Asia
through the KR-MY link
Link Owners of the KR-MY
link will be MIC/KISDI
(Korea) and
MECM/Malaysian
Research Net (Malaysia).
Trans-Eurasia Link to South-East Asia
Korea
France
TEIN II Link
(45 Mbps)
Malaysia
• Enhancing the existing
TEIN connection between
KR/KISDI-FR/RENATER to
45Mbps.
• Extending TEIN link to MY
from KR (March 2003)
Joint Proposal (formulated on 27 Nov, 02)
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In principle, Korea and Malaysia accepts to create the KR-MY
link as link owners, together with EC as a main contributor.
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Eventually, the plan is for all the 7 ASEAN Countries in ASEM
to be connected in one form or the other to this network. This
network will also expand to include any new ASEAN members
accepted into ASEM.
NRG Exchange…. More Graphical View
NRG Connectivity
512 Kbps uplink
1.5 Mbps downlink
APAN-My Working Groups
- APAN Malaysia Working Groups
Multimedia
Digital Library
IPv6
Satellite
Bio-Informatics
Earth Monitoring
Multicast
Agriculture
Earth Monitoring And Disaster Warning WG
Objectives
• Disseminate fire detection products
• Smoke, Haze and Ash warning
• Torrential Rain and information and warning
• Regional hub for other observations missions
Initial Project
Remote Monitoring System (RMS)
Multimedia WG
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New Charter/Update Charter
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Success of old charter:
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Spinning-off newer WGs and Technology (Digital Video etc.)
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Some took off, and some did not.
Creating a video conferencing network between Temasek Poly, USM,
Keio Univ and AIT.
AI3 NOC has setup server and being used. Distance edu classes will
be conducted using this system.
APAN NOC has setup the MCS server which was used in this
conference.
New Projects
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Virtual Gaming/Conferencing/ in an immersive cave type
environment.
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Current commitments from NRG USM, Temasek Poly for Phase 1
and possibly ANU and AIT for Phase 2. Markus is also providing
some input about GRID in this area.
Activities
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Current Target Projects :
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Distributed Multimedia
Conferencing System
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Currently Implemented
over all TEMAN and
selected APAN sites
Mini Cave/Tele-Immersion
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Future project among
TEMAN and APAN/AI3
members
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Digital Library WG
Objectives
 to develop the infrastructure (common standards and
protocols) that will advance the use and utility of digital
resources by the higher education community in the region
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to develop a broad resource base of digital scholarly
information resources and services
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to strengthen communication and collaboration among
education, government and research institutes in the region
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to contribute to lifelong learning opportunities available to the
populace of the northern region
Digital Library WG (Cont…)
Activities
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participants will prepare their OPAC (On-line Public Access
Catalogue) for inclusion on the website. The OPAC should be
in a universally accepted format e.g.MARC (Machine readable
Cataloguing) or standards such as Z39.50
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to encourage members to develop search tools (directories,
inventories, indexes)
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establish links with CLH (Connected Learning House) set up by
the National Library
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to develop links with APAN (Asia-Pacific Advanced Network)
Digital Library Network Diagram
Disted-Stamford
College
USM Library
KDU Penang
Penang Public
Library
Informatics
Penang
Penang Skill
Development
Centre (PSDC)
Inti International
Systematics
Central Repository Server
Network Research
Group USM
British Council
TEMAN
NRG-Exchange
Internet
1.5MBits
Legend
Leased Line
APAN
16Mbits
Agriculture WG
Objectives
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Facilitate the sharing and exchange of data
between organisations
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Facilitate public access to agriculture
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Provide efficient and timely electronic distribution
of information between offices
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provide a national information network to be
shared by agriculture organisations
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provide organisations participating in the
AGROLINK facilities to access international
databases.
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complement the services provided by MAMPU
through the Civil Service Link (CSL) on matters
relating to the agriculture
Satellite WG
Objectives
 To provide a stable link between USM and APAN backbone
 To provide the link to other working group for their research
Satellite WG - Projects
 Reliable Multicast FTP for satellite link
 Setting up MCS Ver 4 (Multipoint Multimedia Conferencing)
 Satellite based high speed multimedia access
 Satellite Distance Education Program
JCSA T/3
Uplink - 512Kbits
Dow nlink - 1.5Mbits
USM, Penang
Keio Univers ity,
Japan
MCS Conf erence
Partic ipant
MCS Conf erence
Partic ipant
IPv6 WG
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Objectives
Participate and contribute for protocol standard development
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Soon to be a RFC and Int. Draft
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To investigate and assist the government and organizations
plan for the transition from IPv4 to IPv6.
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To experiment and develop Internet applications using new
IPv6 specifications.
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Promote IPv6 activities at National Level among Universities
IPv6 WG - Activities & Projects
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Conference and IETF participation
Testing IPv6 NOC in Malaysia
Providing an IPv6 testbed with APAN connectivity for research activities.
Porting existing MCS application to IPv6
Quality Of Service experiments on IPv6
Network monitoring and management for IPv6.
Seminars & Workshop
IPv6 over Satellite (AI3 Project) connection has been established
Presentation at Global IPv6 Summit, Osaka, Japan (18-19, Dec. 2000)
Participation at APRICOT2001, K.L (February,2001)
Anycast Analysis
IPv6/IPv4 Application Porting Issues
Tutorial (Gopi/NTT)
APAN-MY/ IPv6 Tutorials (21 August 2001)
Presentation at Apan-Penang Meeting (August, 2001)
IPV6 workshop (19th – 20th June 2003)
IPv6 WG - Achievements
Successfully setup IPv6 network and applications are being tested
10 papers has been presented internationally, 1 RFC and
1 internet draft.
Focus Areas V6 With Success :
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IP and V6 BASED High quality Multipoint Conferencing –
in process.
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REAL TIME monitoring of V4 and V6 - Implementation of
first stage done
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Dynamic Host Name Resolution Protocol for V6
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Multicast over Satellite for V6
Features of IPV6 : Business & Technical Aspect
Budget for APAN
Budget for Asia Pacific Advanced Network (APAN)
Per Year
Conferences
1 Attending 2 APAN conference with 6 local participant
Total cost
2 x 6 x 6k
Membership fees
1 Annual membership fee
Total cost
Administration
1 Administrative Assistance
2 Network Administrator
Total cost
Meetings
1 Attending 4 APAN meetings with 4 local participant
2 Organize 4 local APAN meetings
(50% subsidice by NRG, USM)
Total cost
Total cost per annum
R
R
72,000.00
72,000.00
7600 R
R
7,600.00
7,600.00
12 month x 3k
12 month x 3k
R
R
R
36,000.00
36,000.00
72,000.00
4 x 4 x 4000
4 x 7500
R
R
64,000.00
30,000.00
R
R
94,000.00
245,600.00
Upcoming Meetings
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2004.1.30-31 Honolulu, Hawaii Meeting
Thank You
Sureswaran Ramadass
APAN Head - Malaysia
http://my.apan.net