1. Dr. Sureswaran Ramadass
Asia Pacific Advanced Network (APAN)
Country Update By
Dr. Sureswaran Ramadass
APAN Malaysia

2. 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.

3. APAN Network Topology

4. Network topology for AI3

6. 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

8. MSC Area
Support

9. Malaysian Scenario AS 7544 Nasionet AS 3561 Cable & Wireless, USA
TMNET
BGP
AS 4788
AS 5727
AT&T WorldNet
AS 9290
PutraNet

10. Malaysian IX-1 AS 10204 ARCNET AS 17650 Global One AS 10152 Easycall
Nasionet
AS 4774
A-BONE
TMNET
AS 4788
TMTAPS
AS 9986
AS 3561
Cable & Wireless, USA
AS 9290
PutraNet
AS 10211
IVANET
AS 9833
HICOM
AS 5727
AT&T WorldNet
AS 2042
MIMOS

11. Malaysian IX-2 AS 9534 MAXIS-1 AS 17815 NRG USM AS 9833 HICOM AS 10081
DiGi
AS 6453
Teleglobe
AS 17784
MAXIS-2
AS 10211
IVANet
AS 4717
AI3
MIMOS
AS 10111
DATAONE
AS 17992
AIMS
AS 2042
AS 7473
SingTel
AS 9986
TM TAPS
AS 4818
DiGi-IX
AS 701
UUNet Technologies
AS 9930
TTNET
AS17736
SOLSIS IDC

12. Malaysian IX-3 AS 6453 Teleglobe AS 17666 FreeNet EAST GATE AS 17971
ABONE
AS 10204
ARCNet
AS 17464
TM MyLoca
AS 18001
Columbo
DIALOG
AS 4788
TMNet

13. Malaysian Connectivity
AS 7544
Nasionet
AS 9833
HICOM
AS 9290
PutraNet
AS 10152
Easycall
AS 17666
FreeNet
AS 2500
JPNIC
AS 17971
EASTGATE
AS 10211
IVANET
AS 18001
Dialog,
Columbo
AS 4778
iASiaworks TW
AS 2042
MIMOS
AS 10081
DIGI
AS 7374
Valueserve CA
AS 4774
A-BONE JP
AS 17650
Global One
AS 4788
TMNET
AS 9986
TMTAPS
AS 4697
NTTV6Net
AS 3561
Cable &
Wireless, USA
AS 10204
ARCNET
AS 17784
MAXIS-2
AS 4717
AI3, JP
AS 17464
TM IDC
AS 5727
AT&T
WorldNet
AS 9534
MAXIS
AS 7473
SingTel
AS 9930
TT-NET
AS 2687
IBM, NH
AS 4818
DIGI-IX
AS 10111
DataOne
AS 4766
KIX, Seoul
AS 4000
Sprint VA
AS 10030
CELCOM
AS 4637
Reach,
HongKong
AS 9581
Cable &
Wireless
Korea
AS 701
UUNet Tech
AS 2571
DHL
USA
AS 1743
MCI WorldCom
AS 7046
UUNet, VA
AS 2914
Verio, CO
AS 6453
Teleglobe

14. USM Connectivity to APAN and TEMAN

16. Working Groups
- APAN Malaysia Working Groups
Multimedia
IPv6
Satellite
Multicast
Digital Library
Bio-Informatics
Agriculture
Earth Monitoring

17. Earth 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

18. Initial Project
Remote Monitoring System (RMS)

19. 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.

20. Activities
Current Target Projects :
Distributed Multimedia Conferencing
System –Currently Implemented over all TEMAN and selected APAN sites
Mini Cave/Tele-Immersion – Future project among TEMAN and APAN/AI3 members

21. 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 region
to 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 region
to contribute to lifelong learning opportunities available to the populace of the northern region

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

23. Digital Library Network Diagram
Central Repository Server
Internet
Network Research
Group USM
NRG-Exchange
APAN
TEMAN
KDU Penang
USM Library
Informatics
Penang
Disted-Stamford
College
Penang Public
Library
Penang Skill
Development
Centre (PSDC)
Inti International
Systematics
British Council
16Mbits
1.5MBits
Legend
Leased Line

24. 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

25. 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

26. Satellite WG Objectives
To provide a stable link between USM and APAN backbone
To provide the link to other working group for their research

27. 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

28. 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

29. Conference and IETF participation
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

30. Successfully setup IPv6 network and applications are being tested
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 Analysis
IPv6/IPv4 Application Porting Issues
Tutorial (Gopi/NTT)
APAN-MY/ IPv6 Tutorials (21 August 2001)
Presentation at Apan-Penang Meeting (August, 2001)
Achievements
Successfully setup IPv6 network and applications are being tested
10 papers has been presented internationally, 1 RFC and
1 internet draft.

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

33. Sureswaran Ramadass APAN Malaysia
Thank You
Sureswaran Ramadass
APAN Malaysia

34. 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 -