Current status for establishing Lao
Education & Research Network (LERNET)
Prepared By: Kheuangkham Phothisan
IT Center, NUOL
Agenda
• About Laos
• About NUOL / LERNET
• Current Situation for establishing connection from
LERNET to TEIN (via UniNET)
About Laos
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Country Name
Area
Capital City
Population
Official language
Currency
Time Zone
Calling code
ccTLD
PSTN
Mobile
ISPs
Lao People's Democratic Republic
236,800 Km2
Vientiane Capital
6.5 Millions
Lao language
LAK / Kip (1 US$ = 7820 Kip)
UTC +7
+856
la
3 Operators (LTC, ETL, STL)
4 Operators (LTC, ETL, STL, VCL)
6 ISPs
(ETL,LTC,STL,VCL,SkyTel,Planet )
Operator and ISPs in Laos
Name
Describe
Lao Telecom Co (LTC)
Established in 1996
Lao Government 51% and Thaicom (Thailand) 49%
ETL Public Company
(Enterprise Telecom Lao)
Re-established in 2000
State-owned company, Lao Government 100%
ETL will sell first 30% IPO on November 2011 (delay),
Government will continue to hold 70%.
Star Telecom Lao (STL)
Established in 2008
Lao Asia Telecom 51% and Viettel Global (Vietnam) 49%
Started the new brand “Unitel” on October 2009.
VimpelCom Lao (Beeline)
(VCL)
Established in 2003, (re-established in 2011)
Lao Government 22% and VimpelCom 78%
VimpelCom (Russia) bought 78% shares from Millicom
International Cellular (MIC) on March 2011
Planet Online
Established in 1997, Lao Private Company
Sky Telecom
Established in 2005
Lao Government 30% and Sky Telecom Thailand 70%
Sky Telecom Thailand withdraw the investment in beginning of
2011, and now restructuring under Ministry of Defense (MOD)
Ref.: LANIC, Lao National Internet Center, lanic.la
Current Laos internet Connection
Ref.: LANIC, Lao National Internet Center, lanic.la
About NUOL
NUOL, National University Of Laos provides the internet connection,
network infrastructure and application services.
• IP Block: 180.131.148.0 - 180.131.151.255 (/22) - APNIC
• AS Number: AS45906 - APNIC
• Current Connections: 4 ISPs
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ETL- 2mbps
LTC- 2mbps
BeeLine- 2mbps
Unitel – 4 mbps
• Plan to establish LERNET
• Plan to connect the LERNET to TEIN with bandwidth 10
mbps
LANIC
BeeLine
ETL
LTC
Unitel
VLAN 124:172.16.108.0/22
TDC
14
External Links
VLAN 101:172.16.8.0/22
ISPs
1
AdminA
Univ. (SU&CU) Research Institutes
eGov & Org.
eGov
VLAN 97:172.16.12.0/22
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GPTA
FOA
15
IPS,LB
IPS,LB
VLAN 125:172.16.112.0/21
Training107
VLAN50:172.16.120.0/21
FOLA
16
BW Management
VLAN 98:172.16.16.0/22
LERNet
LANIC
IPS, LB
Application Servers
IPS, LB
3
DNS Control
for all access
Database
VLAN 152:172.16.136.0/21
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FOF
VoIP
Backup & Network
Management Zone
10
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FOL
VLAN 153:172.16.160.0/21
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FOEM
VLAN 122:172.16.96.0/21
AAA
Backup
Wireless
Controller Apps
(EMIS, HRMS, )
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FOSS
VLAN 121:172.16.88.0/21
FOAr
FOEn-TT
VLAN 114:172.16.40.0/21
VLAN 120:172.16.80.0/21
Web
17 BuildingT
UCL
DNS
VLAN 118:172.16.72.0/21
Mail
VLAN 151:172.16.128.0/21
VLAN 99:172.16.24.0/21
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Proxy
AdminB
FOEv
VLAN 115:172.16.48.0/21
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FOS1
VLAN 154:172.16.168.0
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FOS2
VLAN 116:172.16.56.0/21
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KhongChier
VLAN 155:172.16.192.0/18
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VLAN 123:172.16.104.4/21
VLAN 117:172.16.64.0/21
13 TarentSchool
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FOE
FOEn
VLAN 156:172.16.2.0/24
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Internal Service
NUOL’s Network
Diagram
Current Status about Connection Plan
There are two options:
1. Option1: CAT- LANIC – NUOL
From KKU in Nongkhai to Thanaleng, Vientiane, they have fiber
belong to Thai Rail Way Ministry that CAT uses to connect to LANIC and
then LANIC has their own connection from Thanaleng to LANIC office. So
from LANIC to NUOL we will use Sky Tel to connect it
2. Option2: CAT – SkyTel – NUOL
CAT has connection to Skytel with 2.5 GB but Sky Tel suggest to use
new 2 core fiber from middle bridge to LANIC and LANIC to NUOL.
We have setup the technical team to work with NSRC for the network
equipment/design and connections.
Mailing list: lernettechteam@nuol.edu.la
LERNET to TEIN via uninet
• UniNET at Khon Kaen University (Nongkhai Campus) installs the
transmission link to CAT Telecom (Nongkhai Office)
• From CAT Telecom (Nongkhai Office), UniNET leases the transmission
link from CAT Telecom to connect with LANIC.
• LANIC and GTPA provides the transmission link for NUOL to connect
with UniNET .
• LERNET will connect with TEIN3 via UniNET.
GTPA = Government Telecommunication Project Agency, Sky Telecom
Network Connection Plan - Overview
Border
Nongkhai – Vientiane
Friendship Bridge I
TEIN 3
LERNET
KKU
Nongkhai campus
GTPA
UniNet
NUOL
CAT
UniNET
GTPA
GTPA
Dongdok Campus
CAT
LANIC
CAT Telecom,
Nongkhai Office
LANIC, Vientiane
Connection Plan
• LERNET plans to connect to TEIN via UniNET (10 mbps)
• LERNET establishes the links to
• Ministry of Education and Sport (MoES) by using the GTPA fiber optic
• UniNET via Sky Telecom which ISP is connected to LANIC
• NUOL (National University of Laos)
• Other research and education institutions
New Network Diagram Expected at University
Sky Telecom/
LANIC
ICT Center,
MoES
GTPA
GTPA
National Research &
Education Network in
Laos
LERNET
GTPA
NUOL
NUOL
NUOL
LTC
2 mbps
ETL
2mbps
4mbps
UniTel
2mbps
NUOL, Faculty/Institute/
Center Network
BeeLine
Thank you for your attention
Have a nice day !