RNP2: The Brazilian Advanced Network Project Márcio L Bunte de Carvalho mlbc @ rnp.br
Topics The Brazilian Strategy ReMAV National Backbone Internet2 Interconnection Ongoing Collaborations Next steps
ReMAV Government sponsored Call for Proposals Brazilian Strategy ReMAV Government sponsored Call for Proposals Consortium between universities, infrastructure providers and application-driven institutions to: implement advanced MANs train people on how to use and operate advanced MANs
REMAVs Brazilian Strategy First ReMAV begin operation in 1999 14 cities (34 to 622Mbps) 79 institutions: universities, research institutions, government, telecom, cable TV companies, electrical, hospitals and TV stations total investment $20 M 10+ different applications
Current Applications at REMAVs Brazilian Strategy Current Applications at REMAVs Digital/Virtual Libraries Distance Learning Network Management Geographical Information Systems (GIS) Tele and Videoconference Telemedicine Video on Demand
National Backbone Brazilian Strategy ATM in 13 cities (155 to 34Mbps) Frame relay in 14 cities (2 Mbps increments) Finished Sep ‘2000 Transit for 15 regional backbones Differentiated services: production and experimentation
O NOVO BACKBONE
Interconnection with Internet 2 Brazilian Strategy Interconnection with Internet 2 MoU signed Spring 00 meeting Three landing points: StarTap – OC3 link from Advanced ANSP – nov’00 AmPath – DS3 link – nov’00 ? – OC3 link from RNP2 – dec’00 Ongoing collaborations
Remote Collaboration Ongoing Collaboration Richard Walters - UCDavis - RCT http://escher.cs.ucdavis.edu:1024/ Liane Tarouco - UFRGS - EQUITEXT http://equitext.pgie.ufrgs.br/
Integrated Environment for Collaborative Work Across Internets Ongoing Collaboration Integrated Environment for Collaborative Work Across Internets Integrate network of reflectors CERN & CALTECH Philippe Galvez UFRGS Liane Tarouco Frabricio Raupp Tamusiunas
Capture of Synchronous Meetings Ongoing Collaboration Capture of Synchronous Meetings (and the corresponding generation of MM hyperdocuments) Gregory Abowd - College of Computing - GeorgiaTech Maria da Graça Campos Pimentel - USP - S. Carlos http://eclass.icmc.sc.usp.br:8080/inca-serve/
Earth Observation System Data Information (EOSDIS) Ongoing Collaboration Earth Observation System Data Information (EOSDIS) Related topics: vegetation, oceanography (Tropical and South Atlantic), agriculture, meteorology, climatology, mineral resources, etc. INPE - (Brazilian) National Institute of Space Research NASA http://www.atsme.inpe.br
Ongoing Collaboration Application Level Adaptation and Control for Retrieval and Delivery of Continuous Media over the Internet (COMIT) Edmundo de Souza e Silva - UFRJ Bethier Ribeiro Neto - UFMG Richard Muntz - UCLA Donald Towsley - UMass, Amherst Leana Golubchik - Univ. of Maryland http://www.land.ufrj.br
Species Analyst - distributed database for biodiversity data Ongoing Collaboration Species Analyst - distributed database for biodiversity data Fundação André Tosello – Campinas SP The University of Kansas http://habanero.nhm.ukansas.edu/TSA
Short Term Next Steps Enhance collaboration with internet2 Introduce collaboration with other international initiatives Consolidate collaboration between ReMAVs Integration with the Brazilian Information Society Program
Further Informations http://www.rnp.br