1. RNP2: The Brazilian Advanced Network Project
Márcio L Bunte de Carvalho
rnp.br

2. Topics The Brazilian Strategy ReMAV National Backbone
Internet2 Interconnection
Ongoing Collaborations
Next steps

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

7. 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

8. O NOVO BACKBONE

9. 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

10. Remote Collaboration Ongoing Collaboration
Richard Walters - UCDavis - RCT
Liane Tarouco - UFRGS - EQUITEXT

11. 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

12. 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

13. 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

14. 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

15. 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

16. 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

17. Further Informations