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URAN – Ukrainian Research andAcademic Network: State and

development

Yu.Yakymenko, V.Tymofeieiv

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Universities and centres of science are both developers of information resources, and consumers of the scientific and technical information. Development of the modern higher school and a science not probably without directory systems, databases and knowledge, electronic libraries, virtual educational and scientific laboratories, systems of information search, general remote use of computing resources, distance learning system.

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August 2000 - The order of the President of Ukraineon Internet development

in Ukraine

The State Programme of informatisation in Ukraine

1993 The order of the President of Ukraine

“On the State Policy of Information in

Ukraine“

1993-1994 – “The conceptof the state informatization

policy”

1995 - The National Agency on Information problems was set up in Ukraine.

1995 – The Ministry ofEducation has started working

out Concept and Programme ofdevelopment of the National

telecommunication network ofeducational scientific

institutions of Ukraine

1998 - The Laws of Ukraine “On the NationalInformation Programme”, “On the Concept of

the National Information Programme” wereapproved

October 1998 – The project ofcreation of the National computer

network of scientific andeducational institutions “URAN”

was approved by theInternational Congress ofUNESCO “Education and

informatics”

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The National programme of informatisation

defined that informatisation is a combination of

interconnected organizational, legal, political,

socioeconomical and scientific productional

processes, which are directed on creation of

conditions to meet information demands,

implementation of citizens’ and society rights on the

basis of creation and usage of information networks,

resources and technologies.

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For producing, storing, exchanging andtransmitting the information of scientific andtechnical character it is necessary to createspecial segments of computer networks whichare based on high-speed communicationchannels, powerful information servers,routers, audio, video and graphic informationprocessing systems.

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Education and learning

programmes

Information technologies in

education

Information technologies in

education

Internet-tecnologies in teaching/learning

process

Electronic

libraries

Distance

learning

System

“Education”

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The main purpose of the URAN is to provide organizations and individual users in the sphere of education, science and culture of Ukraine with the information services, including services on the basis of Internet-technologies in an interactive mode, for operative access to the information, as well as its exchanging, distributing, storing, processing.

The network is aimed at satisfying professional needs, developing science, education and culture, in particular, carrying out scientific research, remote training, using telematic methods, functioning of electronic libraries, virtual laboratories, holding teleconferences, applying remote methods of monitoring, etc.

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Universities, institutes, academic organizations - developersof distance learning in regions

System structure of distance learning at national level

Coordinating and providing organizations

Computer network of education and science

(URAN)

United catalogue, knowledge bank and

informatical resources

Students,listeners

Centers of distance learningand professional

orientation

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Organizational structure of URANOrganizational structure of URAN

AssemblyUniversitiesResearchInstitutesof NASU

GeneralCouncil

TechnicalCommittee

Center for EuropeanIntegration (Kiev)

Main URAN Centre

RCKiev

RCDonetsk

RCDnepropetrovsk

RCLviv

RCKharkiv

RCOdessa

Regional centers

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The Association of the telecommunication network users of the

universities and research institutes of the Ukraine is the voluntary

union of the universities and scientific institutes of the National

Academy of sciences of Ukraine.

The main tasks of the Association are:

introduction the new computer telecommunicationtechnologies to the educational and scientific establishments;

organisational support of the educational and scientificestablishments for their maintenance by Internet services andnew information technologies introduction;

expansion the contacts with foreign universities and leadingscientific centres;

quest and introduction of target programs for the networkdevelopment and the telecommunications means.

11URAN structure map at August 2002

Chernigiv

Lutsk

UzhgorodВінниця

Kirovograd

Poltava

Sumy

Lugansk

Kherson

Rivne

Ternopil

Khmelnitskiy

Житомир

Western RC Lviv

Donetsk RC

Ivano-Frankivsk

Kyiv

Chernivtsi

Regional centres

Active regional nodes

Analog channels 3000 bps

Plan for 2002

Digital TDM channels 64-128 кbps

Odesa RC

Sevastopol

Mariupol

Mikolayiv

Kharkiv RC

Kriviy Rig

Crimea RC Simferopol

Cherkasy

Zaporizhzhe

Dnipropetrovsk RC

Perspective 2003

Digital TDM channels 256-2048 кbps

Frame Relay 128/64 kbps

Internet exchange pointIX-UA –10 Mbps

Internet satellite channel1,2Mbps

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Ukrainian Research and Academic Network Ukrainian Research and Academic Network URAN Network ManagementCentre

Router

Server

StateUniversity"Lvivska

Polytechnika"campus LAN 256 Kbps

8 User ports256 Kbps

Modemup to

768 Kbps

Router

Server

NationalMining

Academycampus LAN

256 Kbps

8 User ports256 Kbps

Modemup to

768 Kbps

Router

Server

Kharkiv StatePolitechnicUniversity

campus LAN

256 Kbps

8 User ports256 Kbps

Main Router URAN

Server

8 Channels256 Kbps

for Kievusers

E1 Channel2 Mbps

256 Kbps

Router

NTUU "KPI"campus LAN

512Kbps

512Kbps8 Channels

256 Kbpsfor Kiev users

Internetet

256 Kbps

256 Kbps

2 Mbps

Router

LAN of"InternationalScience and

Study Institute ofInformation

System"64

Kbps256

Kbps

8 Channels256 Kbps

for Kievusers

AcademicInstutions

remote node

256 Kbps

Modemup to

768 Kbps

Router

Server

Odessa StatePolytechnical

Institutecampus LAN

256 Kbps

8 User ports256 Kbps

Tonal channel256Kbps

Modem512Kbps

Router

Server

DonetskState Technic

Universitycampus LAN256 Kbps

8 User ports256 Kbps

KyivRegion

LvivRegion

OdesaRegion

DnipropetrovskRegion

DonetskRegion

KharkivRegion

Regional nodeRegional nodeRegional node

Regional node

Kiev central nodeKiev remote node

256 Kbps

UkrtelecomDigitalNetwork

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64-128 Kbit/s

256кБiт/с

OdessaRC

External chanel Routerfor QoS prov iding.

Internal chanel Router.

CrimeaRC

DnepropetrovskRC

DonetskRN

Zaporizhzhia RN

Lviv RNet

Ivano-FrankivskRN

1,2 Mbit/s

INTERNET

KharkivRC

UkrtelecomDigital channels

E1

1,2 Mbit/s

1,0 Mbit/s

URAN users

URAN users

URAN users

URAN users

URAN users

URAN users

URAN users URAN users

URAN users

URAN usersURAN users

URAN users

URAN usersURAN users

URAN users

URAN users

URAN usersURAN usersURAN users

URAN users

URAN users

URAN users

URAN users

URAN users

Ukrtelecom Digitalcity network

Servers

Fig . 4 . Detailed existing structure o f URAN netw ork (M ay, 2002) w ith connnected users

Channels up to 2Mbit/sec (w ill be m ade or update at Phase 3)

User connections up to 2Mbit/sec(which will be technically able m ade at Phase 3)

User connections up to 128kbit/sec

Internal channel up to 100Mbit/sec

To NTUU KPI base nodeTo Vernadskiy library node

To ICITS base nodeTo IME base node, etc

ChernigovRN

URAN users URAN users

ChernigovRN

URAN users URAN users

14 Existing infrastructure URAN

10 Mb/s

1,2 Mb/s1,2 Mb/s

URAN

NOC

INTERNET

(Lviv RNet)

KharkivRC

OdesaRC

DonetskRC

INTERNET

KyivRC

DnipropetrovskRCIvano-Frankivsk

RN

ChernigovRN

CrimeaRC

Zaporizhzhie RN

UKRsat

UA-IXKARnet

UARnet2 Mb/s Lugansk

RN

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Internet channels of URAN

Власні супутникові канали

Internet

Belgium 1,2 Mb/s

Sweden 2 Мb/s

Ukrtelecom

10 Mb/s

Main Centre of URAN

Main Centre of URAN

1,2 Mb/s

UkrSat

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RegionalUsers

RegionalUsers

Ukraine Research and Educational Network, carryingfunding

Incomming

Regionalnodes

ReginalUsers

Ukraine State serv

ices

NATO Sciencefor Peace

Programme

Tempus TacisProgramme

35%

expenditure

InternetChannel

InternalChannels

Management

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The main stages of the development of the UkrainianResearch and Academic Network - URAN on 2002-2004

1. Creation of the Ukrainian scientific andeducational segment Internet - URAN

Modernization of the infrastructure of URAN Creation of the new regional centres

2. International integration of URAN into thetransnational network GIANT

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Internationalconnections•England•Russia•Hungary

PoP

URAN and other providers

National connections

Users

Users

URAN users Ukrtel-IX

Ukrtel-IP

Ukrainian Internet segment

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International routers

URAN routers

Internet

Ukrtel-ATM/FR

London CWLondon ConcertBudapesht Matav Moscow RT

Access routers

International Gate way in Kyiv

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Educational and academic Educational and academic networksnetworks

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