Status of APAN
[Asia-Pacific Advanced Network Consortium]
Kyushu-Korea Broardband Project Meeting
2001.8.31
Kilnam Chon, Yong-Jin Park
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1. What’s APAN
• APAN is a non-profit international
consortium for Advanced Networking
in Asia-Pacific, established in June
1997.
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2. Advanced Networks in Other
Continents
• USA: Internet2/Abilene/vBNS
• Canada: CA*Net3/4
• Europe: TEN155/GEANT
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Network Evolution : Spiral
Commercialization
21st Century
Networking
Privatization
Commercial
ISPs
ANSnet
[ARPAnet]
Optical Net
Wireless
R&D/Experimental
[Gigabit
Testbeds]
[NSFnet]
[vBNS,Abilene,CA*Net]
APAN
R&D/Production
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3. Objective
Research & Development for Advanced
Applications and Services
• Advanced Networking Environment for
Research Community
•
–Asia-Pacific Backbone
–Intercontinental Links
•
•
Regional Cooperation
International Collaboration
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4. NSF Grant
• Submission to NSF HPIIS program on 1997.8
(KR,JP,AU,SG, Indiana Univ)
HPIIS:High Performance International Internet Service
• Award $10 M over 5 years to Indiana Univ,
TransPAC, on 1998.9.
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5. APAN Network Topology
Europe
Korea

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Japan
STAR TAP
(USA)


China
Hong Kong 

Thailand 
Malaysia 
 Sri Lanka
Vietnam

Singapore

Current status
2001(plan)
 Philippines
Indonesia
 Australia
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APAN Link List
Countries
AU-HA-JP
CN-JP
CN-US
JP-ID
JP-HK
JP-KR
JP-MY
JP-PH
JP-SG
JP-TH
JP-VN
JP-LK
KR-CN
KR-EU
KR-SG
KR-US
MY-SG
SG-US
Network
AARNet/UoH
CERNET
CERNET
AI3(ITB)
AI3(HKUST)
APII
AI3(USM)
AI3(ASTI)
AI3(SICU)
AI3(AIT)
AI3(IOIT)
AI3(ICT)
APII
KOREN
APII
KOREN/KREONet2
TEMAN (SingaREN)
SingaREN
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Bandwidth(Mbps)
45-155
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10
1.5/0.51
1.5/0.51
8
1.5 / 0.51
1.5/0.51
1.5 / 0.51
1.5/0.51
1.5/0.51
1.5/0.51
?
2
2
45
2
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Availability
2001Q4
Now
Now
Now
Suspened
Now
Now
Now
Now
Now
Now
2001
?
2001. 10
Now
Now
Now
Now
AUP
Research & Education
Research & Education
High Performance Research
Research & Education
Research & Education
APII Project
Research & Education
Research & Education
Research & Education
Research & Education
Research & Education
Research & Education
APII Project
Research & Education
APII Project
Research & Education
Research
Research & Education
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6. Members
Primary Member
Australia:
China:
Japan:
2000. 1. 6
apan-sec
ACSys
APAN-CN Consortium
CERNET, CSTNET
APAN-JP Consortium
APII/CRL, IMNet/JST, KDD, MAFFIN/MAFF
RWCP/ETL, SINET/NII
AI3/WIDE
APAN-KR Consortium
TEMAN
SINGAREN
Indiana University/HPIIS
Korea:
Malaysia
Singapore:
USA:
Associate Member
Thailand :
(NECTEC)
Liaison Member
Canada:
CANARIE
Europe:
DANTE
Affiliate Member
CIGRA
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7. Activities
Application
Middle ware
Network
User Community
Video, Archive, QoS, …
Advanced
Internet
Commodity
Internet
(Int’l Link, Domestic Network, Campus Network)
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7.1 High Speed Networking
• High speed intercontinental connections
and performance tuning
• Intracontinental connections through
connectivity programs such as APII, AI3,..
• Exchange Point(XP) Improvement and
Interconnection
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2001.3.20
7.2 Working Groups
Technology Area
IPv6
Measurement
Multimedia
Satellite Internet
Digital TV
QoS
Network Storage & Content Dist.
User Community Area
Digital Library
Education
Grid
Medical Informatics
Global Design & Manufacturing
Natural Resource Area
Agriculture
Earth Monitoring
BioInformatics
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7.3 Human Resource Development
Two Meetings Per Year
Workshop/ Conference
Working Group Meetings
Committee Meeting
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8. Schedule
1996. 3.28
Tsukuba
1996. 5-1997.5
1997. 6.2-3
10.20-21
1998. 3.2-5
7.1-3
1999. 2.19-21
9.21-24
2000. 2.15-17
8.22-25
2001. 2.1- 2
8.20-22
2002.1.23-25
8.26-28
2003 1/2
2001. 8. 22
Ad hoc Meeting(during APEC Symposium)
Preliminary Meetings, Workshops & Visits
Tokyo
First APAN Meetings
Singapore
Second APAN Meetings
Tsukuba
Third APAN Meetings
Seoul
Fourth APAN Meetings
Osaka
Fifth APAN Meetings
Canberra
Sixth APAN Meetings
Tsukuba
Seventh APAN Meetings
Beijing
Eighth APAN Meetings
Honolulu
Ninth APAN Meetings
Penang
10th APAN Meetings
Phuket
11th
APAN Meetings
Shanghai
12th
APAN Meetings
Kyushu(?)
13th
APAN Meetings
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9. Global Advanced Research Networks
CA*net 3, Abilene, vBNS
(North America)
APAN
national networks
(Asia)
Exchange
TEN155/GEANT
national networks
(Europe)
National Networks
(Latin America)
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Thank you!
http://apan.net
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Appendix A: Bibliography
AI3
APAN
CA*Net3
DANTE(TEN-155)
Internet2
STAR TAP
vBNS
Abilene
www.ai3.net
www.apan.net
www.canarie.ca/c3
www.dante.net
www.internet2.edu
www.startap.net
www.vbns.net
www.ucaid.edu/abilene
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Appendix B: Committees and Centers
APAN Member Committee
Network Operation Center
Tokyo XP
Seoul XP
Singapore XP
Engineering Teams
IPv6
Measurement
Multicast
QoS
Resource Allocation Committee
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Appendix C: APAN Organization and People
APAN Committee Chair
Deputy Chair
Deputy Chair
APAN Secretariat Director
Network Operation Center Director
Deputy Chair
User Community Area Chair
Natural Resource Area Chair
Deputy Chair
Technology Area Chair
Deputy Chair
Kilnam Chon (kr)
Shigeki Goto(jp)
Jianping Wu(cn)
Yong Jin Park(kr)
Kazunori Konishi (jp)
Jaehwa Lee(kr)
(Markus Buchhorn(au))
Seishi Ninomiya(jp)
(Tan Hock Soon(sg))
(Shigeki Goto (jp))
(Chul-Hee Kang (kr))
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Appendix D : Major R&E Networks in Asia-Pacific
Australia
China
Hong Kong
India
Japan
Korea
Malaysia
Philippines
Singapore
Taiwan
Thailand
Vietnam
AARNET2
CERNET
CSTNET
HARNET
ERNET
IMNET
JGN
SINET
WIDE
KOREN
KREONET
TEMAN
PHNET
SINGAREN
TANET
NECTEC
IOIT
: www.aarnet.edu.au/network
: www.edu.cn/cernet
: www.cstnet.net.cn
: www.hku.hk/harnet
: www.doe.ernet.in
: www.imnet.ad.jpp
: www.jgn.tao.go.jp
: www.nacsis.ac.jp
: www.wide.ad.jp
: www.koren21.net
: www.kreonet.re.kr
: www.tmi.net.my
: www.ph.net
: www.singaren.net.sg
: www.ntu.edu.tw/TANet
: www.nectec.or.th
: www.ioit.ac.vn
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