Asia Pacific Advanced Network (APAN)

Country Update

By Dr. Sureswaran Ramadass

APAN Malaysia

- 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.

- 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 Malaysia

APAN Network Topology

Network topology for AI3

Existing connectivity

Future connectivity

Connections from PH and VN to SEA-backbone

Link to Internet2

Testbed Environment for Malaysian Multimedia Applications and Networking (TEMAN) + Others

- TEMAN was formed in 1997 by a collaborative effort between the Government, Universities and Telecommunication Companies. -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.

-Now have support from the world’s first Dark Fiber 2.5 Gig Backbone network to also support connectivity.

-Manis IPv6 research backbone already running

MSC Area Support

Malaysian Scenario

AS 3561 Cable & Wireless, USA

BGP

AS 7544Nasionet

TMNET

AS 4788

AS 5727AT&T WorldNet

AS 9290PutraNet

Malaysian IX-1

AS 7544Nasionet

TMNET

AS 4788

AS 5727AT&T WorldNet

AS 9290PutraNet

AS 10204ARCNET

AS 10152Easycall

AS 2042MIMOS

AS 4774A-BONE

AS 17650Global One

AS 3561 Cable & Wireless, USA

TMTAPS

AS 9986AS 9833HICOM

AS 10211IVANET

Malaysian IX-2

AS 10211IVANet

MIMOS

AS 2042

AS 701UUNet Technologies

AS 9986TM TAPS

AS 10081DiGi

AS 17784MAXIS-2

AS 4717AI3

AS 6453Teleglobe

AS 7473 SingTel

AS 9833HICOM

AS 9930TTNET AS17736

SOLSIS IDC

AS 9534MAXIS-1

AS 17815NRG USM

AS 17992AIMS

AS 4818DiGi-IX

AS 10111DATAONE

Malaysian IX-3AS 6453Teleglobe

AS 18001ColumboDIALOG AS 4788

TMNet

AS 10204ARCNet

AS 17666FreeNet

EASTGATE

AS 17971

AS 17464TM MyLoca

AS 4774ABONE

Malaysian Connectivity

AS 10030CELCOM

AS 9290PutraNet

AS 10152Easycall

AS 9833HICOM

AS 10211IVANET

AS 7544Nasionet

AS 5727AT&T WorldNet

AS 17650Global One

AS 3561 Cable & Wireless, USA

AS 6453Teleglobe

AS 4000Sprint VA

AS 701UUNet Tech

AS 2571DHL USA

AS 7046UUNet, VA

AS 1743MCI WorldCom

AS 2914Verio, CO

AS 2687IBM, NH

AS 4774A-BONE

JP

AS 7473SingTel

AS 4637Reach,

HongKong

AS 4766KIX, Seoul

AS 9581Cable & Wireless

Korea

AS 4697NTTV6Net

AS 2500JPNIC

AS 18001Dialog,Columbo

AS 4778iASiaworks

TW

AS 10204ARCNET

AS 2042MIMOS

AS 17971EASTGATE

AS 9534MAXIS

AS 9986TMTAPS

AS 4788TMNET

AS 10081DIGI

AS 4717AI3, JP

AS 17784MAXIS-2

AS 9930TT-NET

AS 17464TM IDC

AS 4818DIGI-IX

AS 17666FreeNet

AS 10111DataOne

AS 7374ValueserveCA

USM Connectivity to APAN and TEMAN

USMChancellory

JCSAT/3

APAN

APAN

TEMAN

CS Network

NTTMSC

Satellitecabin, USM

ATM Lab

NRG-Exchange

NRG Lab

196Kbits

Fibre

Wireless

ISDNLink

128Kbits

16MbitsCelcom

Microwavelink

IPv4

Ipv6

IPv4 /IPv6

IPv4 /IPv6

11Mbits

Uplink - 512KBitsDownlink - 1.5MBits

- APAN Malaysia Working Groups

Agriculture

Multimedia IPv6 Satellite Multicast

Earth Monitoring

Digital Library Bio-Informatics

Working Groups

Earth Monitoring And Disaster Warning WGEarth 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•New Charter/Update Charter–Success of old charter:

•Spinning-off newer WGs and Technology (Digital Video etc.)–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–Virtual Gaming/Conferencing/ in an immersive cave type environment.

•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

Current Target Projects :

Distributed Multimedia Conferencing System –Currently Implemented over all TEMAN and selected APAN sitesMini Cave/Tele-Immersion – Future project among TEMAN and APAN/AI3 members

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 regionto develop a broad resource base of digital scholarly information resources and services to strengthen communication and collaboration among education, government and research institutes in the regionto contribute to lifelong learning opportunities available to the populace of the northern region

Activities

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 Z39.50to encourage members to develop search tools (directories, inventories, indexes)establish links with CLH (Connected Learning House) set up by the National Libraryto develop links with APAN (Asia-Pacific Advanced Network)

Central Repository Server

Internet

Network ResearchGroup USM

NRG-Exchange

APAN

TEMAN

KDU Penang

USM Library

InformaticsPenang

Disted-StamfordCollege

Penang PublicLibrary

Penang SkillDevelopment

Centre (PSDC) Inti International

Systematics

British Council

16Mbits

1.5MBits

Leased Line

Legend

Digital Library Network Diagram

Agriculture WG

Objectives

Facilitate the sharing and exchange

of data between organisations

Facilitate public access to agriculture

Provide efficient and timely electronic distribution of

information between offices

provide a national information network to be shared by

agriculture organisations

Objectives

provide organisations participating in the AGROLINK

facilities to access international databases.

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

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

USM, Penang

JCSAT/3

Keio University,Japan

Uplink - 512KbitsDownlink - 1.5Mbits

MCS ConferenceParticipant

MCS ConferenceParticipant

IPv6 WG

Objectives

Participate and contribute for protocol standard development

Soon to be a RFC and Int. Draft To investigate and assist the government and organizations plan for the transition from IPv4 to IPv6. To experiment and develop Internet applications using new IPv6 specifications. Promote IPv6 activities at National Level among Universities

Activities & Projects 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

Continue

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 AnalysisIPv6/IPv4 Application Porting IssuesTutorial (Gopi/NTT)APAN-MY/ IPv6 Tutorials (21 August 2001)

Presentation at Apan-Penang Meeting (August, 2001)

Successfully setup IPv6 network and applications are being tested10 papers has been presented internationally, 1 RFC and 1 internet draft.

Achievements

Continue

FOCUS AREAS V6 WITH SUCCESS:

IP and V6 BASED High quality Multipoint Conferencing – in process.

REAL TIME monitoring of V4 and V6 – Implementation of first stage done

Dynamic Host Name Resolution Protocol for V6

Multicast over Satellite for V6

Thank You

Sureswaran RamadassAPAN Malaysia

http://my.apan.net

Needs: Veni

-Input from Grid-Leaders for all areas-Need input from Edu Wg-Involvement from telcos-Urgent: Reply from ministry on MY-Kr link-