The Current Status of TANet2 -- Taiwan’s Advanced Research Network

1. The Current Status of TANet2-- Taiwan’s Advanced Research Network http://www.tanet2.net.tw Dr. Fay Sheu TANet2 Task Force National Center for High-Performance Computing, Hsinchu, Taiwan c00yzs00@nchc.gov.tw

2. Taiwan on Internet--an early bird in Asia • 1990 --Taiwan Academic Network (TANet), funded by the MoE, first linked up to the Internet at JvcNet in Princeton • Quickly became heavy users. Consistently ranked among top 12 when NSFnet was keeping traffic counts • Congestion a constant problem despite frequent upgrades at prohibitive cost • 1997~98 -- Spurred by the NGI initiatives of the US and Canada, the NSC collaborated with the NSF, became a HPIIS partner and installed TANet2 as an advanced network for research

3. Early Planning A tripartite partnership was formed to lease a DS3 for the trans-Pacific link (NSC-MoE-Academia Sinica) The link is a costly venture at US$10 m/yr for 3 yrs. A third of the bandwidth (15 Mbps) was allocated for TANet2 for connecting to vBNS via STARTAP Application projects waiting to ride on the new network covered 33 topic areas, from 22 institutions in Taiwan and 42 institutions in the US Peering with vBNS established in November ’98 Inaugural for the DS3 held December 22, 1998

4. Domestic Implementation • May 1, 1999 – construction of domestic infrastructure completed and began operation • The National Center for High-performance Computing was charged with management. Funding provided for circuit cost but not for additional personnel • 11 POPs engaged to assist with services • Network Operation Center outsourced to Asia-Pacific Online

5. TANet2 and TANet • No kinship but often share common grounds • TANet2 is funded by the NSC whereas TANet by the Ministry of Education • TANet2 serves the research community whereas TANet caters to education, from K-12 to higher education • Acts as symbiotic body in leasing costly circuits – by pooling funds when pricing schedule befits such action

6. GovernanceApproved 12/14/’98 Policy Committee Users Group POP Administrators Group NCHC Outsourc APOL NOC

7. Promotion & Outreach • Web site built: http://www.tanet2.net.tw • Participated in demonstration exhibits at SC’98 (iGrid), SC’99, INET 2000 (iGrid2000), SC2000 • Workshops held: NSC-NRC (3/’99), NSC-NSF (6/’99), TANet2 Day (4/’00), NRC-NSC (6/’00) • Liaison role--provides scientists with guidelines for international collaboration • 46 institutions connected to TANet2, out of 61 approved

8. Services and In-house Research • Multicast service provided to 10 universities • MRTG, video conferencing • Looking Glass server • Net flow--dynamic graphical display • Connectivity -- status analysis • International connectivity testing -- with NIHnet of the National Institutes of Health

9. Bandwidth Expansion • Upgrade of domestic backbone done twice this year – February and October, 2000 • partnership with MOE • economic use of bandwidth • two-star configuration • Link to STARTAP upgraded to 30 Mbps in October, 2000

10. AS MOE TANet2 Topology Map July,2000 NCU NTU NCTU NCHC NCHU NHLTC CCU NDHU NCKU NTTTC NSYSU 50 Mbps ATM ABR 250 Mbps ATM ABR 45 Mbps ATM ABR 20 Mbps ATM ABR

11. Meritorious Applications • Tele-medicine, Medical Information • Distant learning, edutainment • Tele-immersion (collaborative Virtual Reality) • Real-time control of telescope (BIMA) • High energy physics - CDF (AS & Fermi) • Internat’l Long-Term Ecological Research Network • Global atmospheric analysis on networked workstations • COSMIC • …. 80+ applications

12. COSMIC Project COSMIC - Constellation Observing System for Meteorology, Ionosphere, and Climate

13. FX-net • Collaboration between CWB and NOAA/ERL/FSL • Contents • development of web-based forecast workstation • use of AWIPS Forecast Preparation System (AFPS) • data assimilation technique development • Features • online multimedia weather information transport • exchange of research meteorological data sets

14. Virtual Hospital Mirror

15. Grand Challenge Problems 合作單位：裕隆汽車 合作單位：台大, 榮總, 中研院, 生技中心 • Visualization • Displays of various in-house • projects on ImmersaDesk 合作單位：高鐵局, Minnesota U, 台大

16. NBEN -- National Broadband Experimental Networkhttp://ntpo.nsc.gov.twA Closed Circuit Testbedof the National Telecomm Program

17. National Telecomm Program • Initiated by National Science Council in May 1998 • For broadband Internet & wireless communications • 400 million US dollars for five years • Joint research efforts of CCL (ITRI), TL and III • Eight universities also participated, in addition to industry effort • Deployment carried out by the NCHC at 420,000 • Began operation in mid 1999, with NOC at NCHC

18. AS NCTU NCU NTU CHT-TL STM-4 CHT-TI NTHU NCHC NDHU NCHU Phase II CCU STM-1(ATM) STM-1(ATM) STM-4(ATM) NCKU DS3 STM-16 NSYSU NBEN Backbone

19. Service-Oriented Pilot Projects

20. Taiwan’s NGI Cascade Experimental Network Technology Transfer • NSC • NBEN • TANet2 • MoE • TANet • ISP’s • HiNet • SeedNet • ... Research Network Application Distribution Education Network Commercialization Commercial Networks

21. Future Prospects • Better infrastructure to facilitate innovation • Enhanced network services and applications • Total coverage with last mile bandwidth