THE RINAF BACKBONE MANAGEMENT WORKSHOP FOR DECISION-MAKERS
Day 1:
Time
0830 – 1000
1000 – 1030
1030 – 1230
1230 – 1400
1400 – 1530
Day 2:
Time
0830 - 1000
1000 - 1030
1030 - 1230
1230 - 1400
1400 - 1500
1500 - 1530
WORKSHOP TIMETABLE (29 September- 4 October 2001)
29 September 2001
Activity
Introduction to National/Campus Backbones
 Types and topologies
 Assessment of national and campus communication needs
 Identifying support structures
 DISCUSSIONS
(Presenter: Prof. C. Kisiedu)
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National/Campus Backbones
 Planning : Costing, scope of coverage, scalability, etc
 Staffing requirements
 Guidelines to making the technical infrastructural choices : satellite , fibre
optics, broadband radio, etc
 DISCUSSIONS
(Presenter: Prof. Boubakar Barry)
Lunch
National/Campus Backbones
 Setting up : preparations for installations, installation requirements, etc
 Deciding between routed and switched backbones
 DISCUSSIONS
(Presenter: Dr. W. Anim Dankwa)
1 October 2001
Activity
Routed backbones in detail
 HDLC or PPP links between routers
 Advantages and disadvantages/ DOs and DON’Ts of routed backbones
 DISCUSSIONS
(Presenter: Third Rail)
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Switched backbones in detail
 Frame relay or ATM: switches in the core, surrounded by routers, etc
 Advantages and disadvantages/ DOs and DON’Ts of switched backbones
 Traffic management
 DISUSSIONS
(Presenter: Third Rail)
Lunch
Network/Routing policies
 Overview
 Routing options (comparing RIP, OSPF, BGP)
 Network Management & Operations
 DISCUSSIONS
(Presenter: Prof. Boubakar Barry)
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1530 - 1700
Day 3:
Time
0830 - 1000
1000 - 1030
1030 - 1230
1230 - 1400
1400 - 1500
1500 - 1530
1530 - 1700
Network/Routing policies (cont’d)
 Security Recommendations
 IP Address Management (coordination with Regional Internet Registries)  Scalable/Redundant network design
 DISCUSSIONS
(Presenter: Prof. Boubakar Barry)
2 October 2001
Activity
Integrated communication streaming over backbones
 Requirements for multimedia streaming over backbones: VOIP, video/data
conferencing, etc
 Server and End-User requirements for integrated streaming
 DISCUSSIONS
(Presenter: Prof. Boubakar Barry)
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Public Interconnect Points
 Overview: e.g. Network Access Points or Network Access Providers
(NAPs)
 Centralized NAP: in one facility
 Distributed NAP: connected via WAN links
 DISCUSSIONS
(Presenter: Third Rail)
Lunch
Public Interconnect Points (cont’d)
 Shared: switched or routed interconnect (router, FDDI, Ethernet, ATM,
Frame Relay, etc)
 Importance of homogeneity of Public Interconnect Points
 DISCUSSIONS
(Presenter: Third Rail)
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Internet Exchange Points (IXPs)
 Purpose and benefits/ drawbacks
 Organizational pre-requisites (e.g.: role of ISP associations, Public Sector
Consortia, Weighed membership tariff structure for private/public sector
members, etc)
 Technical requirements
 DISCUSSIONS
(Presenter: Dr. W. Anim Dankwa)Discussions
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Day 4:
Time
0830 - 1000
1000 - 1030
1030 - 1230
1230 - 1400
1400 - 1500
1500 - 1530
1530 - 1700
Day 5:
Time
0830 - 1000
1000 - 1030
1030 - 1230
1230 - 1400
1400 - 1530
1530 - 1600
1600
3 October 2001
Activity
Internet Exchange Points (IXPs)
 Importance of neutrality of the hosting site
 Fairplay in switching/routing traffic through IXP (security in bandwidth
management)
 National policy requirements (Recognition as non-competing with OPTs,
Purpose of registration as NGO if necessary)
 Sustainability considerations
 DISCUSSIONS
(Presenter: Dr. W. Anim Dankwa)
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Options in Interconnect technologies
 Direct (Private) Interconnect
 Set-up considerations
 Advantages and disadvantages
 DISCUSSIONS
(Third Rail)
Lunch
Options in Interconnect technologies (cont’d)
 Route Server interconnect
 Set-up considerations
 Advantages and disadvantages
 DISCUSSIONS
(Third Rail)
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Country experiences with backbone installations
 Namibia (Presenter: From Namibia)
 Senegal (Presenter: Prof. Boubakar Barry)
 DISCUSSIONS
4 October 2001
Activity
Internet Governance
DISCUSSIONS
(Presenter: UNITAR))
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Internet Governance
DISCUSSIONS
(Presenter: UNITAR)
Lunch
 Tour of the Legon University Backbone Installation
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Closing
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