1. BalticOpen.net Project Presentation www.balticopen.net http://csd.ssvl.kth.se/~csd2003-team4/ Team Contact csd2003-team4@csd.ssvl.kth.se

2. Presentation overview Project background Goals What we achieved

3. Project participants Gigu Mathew Judite Mandlate Magnus Tiberg Mike Cao Oscar Falkman Coaches Students Fredrik Lilieblad Erik Eliasson Victor Kordas

4. We come from – KTH – The Royal Institute of Technology – Swedens Largest Technical University

5. Goals – Establish a high-speed link between KTH and Ventspils University College (VeA) – Design and deploy an Open Access Network at VeA – Deploy a minimal version of the iSpace services at VeA

6. iSpace Background Existing iSpace Technology

7. Ispace benefits Students: Learning cutting edge knowledge via interactive iSpace service Learning more about communication skills in multicultural environment For teachers: Easy to break the ice among groups of students from different culture over long distance Easy to conduct and control problem-based discussions in the course over long distance More methods to teach and or coach students and make course more attractive For Universities and faculties: Easy to share good teaching resources over long distance Easy to exchange advanced courses across different regions Good to build reputation of advanced pedagogy conducting

8. Achievements iSpace room design Feasibility study (Multipoint access) Considered solutions (Hardware - Software)

9. Current chosen iSpace multipoint solution Stanford KTH VeA MCU Open Source MCU = Multipoint Control Unit GK = Gatekeeper GK Fiber link

10. The fiber The Fiber Link

11. Current status of fiber link – Status of the Fiber – still in the water – Transmission Equipment and Vendors – in the process of physical and logical network design

12. Open Access Network Freedom of Choice

13. Benefits of Open Access Networks Shared infrastructure: –Competition between providers –Access to Internet in more places

14. Open Access Network in Ventspils Integrate Ventspils University to the Open Access Network Infrastructure Ventspils one of many universities in Europe Ready to connect when the fiber is up

15. Funding and Student Exchange Funding bodies GEL-course Physical exchange if possible

16. Acknowledgements Thanks to: –Aivars Zemitis –Gints Neimanis –Arturs Rozkalns –Dzintars Smildzejs –And more...

17. Questions?