1 Retreat Committee Report Jianping Wu Jan.24, 2003

2 Report Short History Mission Statement Revised Strawman Documentation Editorial Task Force Proposes Schedule Review of Retreat Committee Members Next Meeting

3 Short History APAN Retreat Meeting in Phuket (Jan.2002) –Informal Charter for APAN Retreat Committee –Focus on the Next Phase of APAN: –Informal Discussion Conclusion APAN Retreat Committee Meeting in Shanghai (Aug.2002) –Establish APAN Retreat Committee APAN Retreat Committee Meeting (Nov.2002) –Drafted a Strawman Documentation APAN Retreat Meeting in Japan (Jan.2003) –Revised the Strawman Documentation –Editorial Task Force –Proposed Schedule for the Next Step

Mission Statement Advanced Networking for Asia-Pacific - Research & Development for Advanced Applications and Services - Advanced Networking Environment for Research & Education Communities - International Collaboration - Outreach in Asia Pacific - Outreach in other User Communities

5 Strawman : Output Document of Seoul Retreat Committee Meeting - Presentation Material - APAN Retreat Committee 21 January 2003

6 Contents 1. Network 1-1. Engineering/NOC 1-2. Network Infrastructure & Topology (backbone) 2. Technology and Application 2-1. R&D Activities 3. Operation and Management 3-1. Management 3-2. Funding 3-3. External Relationship 3-4. Outreach 4. Others

7 1.1 Engineering/NOC Recommendation –Funded operation North cluster, South cluster, Oceania cluster Issue –Harmonisation of cluster operations, which are substantially different as of now

8 1.2 Network Infrastructure & Topology (backbone) Recommendation –(Update and) Endorse APAN position paper on the 3+ cluster model Have good inter-cluster links, and good links through Eurasia. Issues –How to build south(-east) cluster (TH-MY-SG) –How to build north cluster (CN-KR-JP) –How to build inter-cluster and intercontinental links –Exploiting Trans-Siberia link –Exploiting IEEAF (topology, usage)

9 APAN MAP with Proposed Cluster Southeast Cluster (MY, SG, TH,…) North America (Internet 2) (CA *net) Exchange Point Access Point Current status 2003 (plan) l Australia l Korea Japan Thailand Malaysia Singapore Indonesia USA Vietnam l l l l Sri Lanka North Cluster (CN, JP, KR, …) Europe (Geant ) Oceania Cluster (AU,…) l Taiwan China Hong Kong Philippines Russia South Asia West Asia Central Asia

“ Expertise Areas …” Recommendation –Maintain lead in areas of expertise: Natural Resource, IPv6, Video, ….. –Collaborate with other regions more closely to build critical mass in other areas Issue –How to coordinate with non-ICT R&D communities?

Advanced Technology Deployment Recommendation –Major deployment of native IPv6 network –Continuing support and development of advanced services, multicast, QoS, middleware, … Issues lambda switching (OBGP, GMPLS, …)

Support for Advanced User Applications Development of Solution Centre Grid Technologies: –BioGrid, AgriGrid, CEOSGrid, GriPhyN, DataGrid/Archives Collaboration Technologies –Access Grid Video Technologies: –HDTV-based applications, 3D-TV, Multimedia: Animation, Games, Visualisation, VR

Management Recommendation –Full-time-equivalent staff increase to 20 or more –Distributed operation (north, south, Oceania) –Advisory Board (industry, government, users, non-AP) –Add more events (in addition to 2 conference/meeting, such as training workshops) Issue - Incorporation Remark –Current staffing APAN HQ Secretariat: 1  4 fte APAN NOC and Secretariat 4 fte in JP, 1 in KR, 2 in CN, 1 in AU, others: 1 ~ 4

Funding Recommendation - Funding (APAN primary members, industry, contribution, potentially workshops) - Industry membership of national consortium, with maximum fee the same as primary members Issues -Raising membership fee limit ($10k?) -Current funding Secretariat $150k/year in 2003 (4 FTEs) NOC (XP – Tokyo) $500k/year (4 FTEs) NOC (XP – Seoul) $100k/year (1 FTE) International links (non-Govt funded)

External Relations Recommendation –Have formal working relationships with various organizations including user communities and industry –Have formal working relationships with various international “treaty” organizations and governments –Represent all R&E networks

Outreach Recommendation –Expand user communities to K12, non-profit, humanity, social science, … Issue –How to encourage non-member countries in AP to participate & facilitate the links to these countries Remark –Countries to outreach North:Russia, Mongolia South-East:Vietnam, Cambodia, Philippines, Laos, … South: India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Nepal… Pacific:Papua New Guinea, NZ, Fiji, … Central:Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, … West Asia/Africa: ?

17 4. Others (1)Primary (voting) Members -Do we want to keep the current scheme of the link owners as primary members? -Or, do we want to change, such as country/economy as the primary member?

18 Editorial Task Force Chief Editor: Markus Buchhorn Executive Editor: Kyoko Day –Send all of the documentation for comments –Collect all of the responses and comments –Maintain the information on APAN Web Site Editor: Jie An

19 Proposed Schedule (1.21) Strawman doc-list of recommendation/issue (2.15) List of Recommendations, turn into word document and submit it to the retreat committee (merge the Phuket doc with the slides and add comments) –Proposed Mission Statement –A list of recommendation/issue & priorities –Outline of the final doc –references, including the Phuket doc (2.15) Send out the draft to the committee and request comments by the mid March (3.15) Start drafting the official doc, policy document (4.30) Complete the first draft and send to the committee (5.31) Receive comments from the committee and finalize the second draft (6.18) The committee approves the second draft (6–8) Send the second draft to the members of APAN for comments and revise (8.25) The final draft should be ready by this time

20 Retreat Committee Members Primary Member –AustraliaGeorge McLaughlin,Markus BuchhornAustralia –China Jianping WU,Hualin Qian,Xing LiChina –Japan Kitamura Yasuichi,Katunori Konishi,Japan Seishi Ninomiya –KoreaYongjin Park,Kilnam Chon,Dae Yong KimKorea –Malaysia Sureswaran RamadassMalaysia –SingaporeBu Sung LeeSingapore –Taiwan Simon C LinTaiwan Associate Member –Sri LankaSri Lanka –Thailand Royol Khitradon,Thailand –USA James Williams,Heather BoylesUSA

21 The Next Steps APAN Retreat Committee Meeting ( June 2003) –Draft APAN Retreat Documentation should be approved by the Retreat Committee –June 17 or 18, 2003 during CJK Broadband Conference APAN Retreat Meeting in Kyushu (Aug.2003) –APAN Retreat Documentation should be approved by the Member Meeting –APAN Retreat Committee should be closed