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Internet2 Members Meeting Spring 2002

Internet2 Members Meeting Spring 2002. Getting the Most Out of International Connectivity. Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business. Top 10 business school Ranked #5 (Business Week) Ranked #6 (U.S. News and World Report) Global reach Global Executive MBA program

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Internet2 Members Meeting Spring 2002

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  1. Internet2 Members MeetingSpring 2002 Getting the Most Out of International Connectivity

  2. Duke University’sFuqua School of Business • Top 10 business school • Ranked #5 (Business Week) • Ranked #6 (U.S. News and World Report) • Global reach • Global Executive MBA program • Fuqua School of Business - Europe • Relationships in Asia and South America • Innovation, leadership • Educating thoughtful business leaders, worldwide

  3. Background • Needed to expand global reach through physical presence in Europe • Maintain daily operations • Marketing • Planning • Residency support • Ensure that new campus feels like it is a part of Fuqua as opposed to a “satellite”

  4. Timeline October 1999 Cross-continent press conference re: Fuqua School of Business - Europe and plans to locate in Frankfurt, Germany May 2000 Opening of offices in Frankfurt August 2000 Launch of first Cross Continent MBA class November 2000 Telepresence environment online December 2001 Telepresence across I2/DFN operational

  5. Telepresence • High-performance videoconferencing • Life-size images • Realistic • Eye-to-eye contact across participants

  6. Value/Use of Telepresence for virtual meetings • Day-to-day meetings can occur by simply walking into a room • Differences between physical meetings • 2 rooms instead of 1 • Time zone gap • Reduced travel • Spontaneous, on-demand meetings • Global “connectedness”

  7. Fuqua’s Global Conference System Telepresence Environment • Telepresence environments/arrays • Codec’s • Additional audio/video electronics • Internet2 access (via Duke University connection) in Durham, NC • DFN access in Frankfurt, Germany

  8. Partnerships and Team Members • Nortel Networks • TeleSuite Corporation • Litton Network Access Systems • Star Valley Solutions • Internet2 • DFN

  9. Views of the GCS

  10. Global Conference System Network

  11. Current use at Duke/Fuqua • Meetings • Tutoring • Corporate relationships • Student projects

  12. Future uses • Expanded corporate relationship support • Career placement services • Faculty research and collaboration

  13. Telepresence vs. videoconferencing • Technology is transparent • Talk/interaction is with people not screen or camera • Much higher bandwidth required

  14. Performance metrics and parameters • Bandwidth requirement (MPEG-2) • Latency • Full-duplex • Error rates

  15. GCS Performance Graph Max  In:27.4 Mb/s (2.7%) Average  In:2743.1 kb/s (0.3%) Current  In:2023.1 kb/s (0.2%) Max  Out:27.4 Mb/s (2.7%) Average  Out:4895.7 kb/s (0.5%) Current  Out:1102.4 kb/s (0.1%)

  16. Technical challenges • Bandwidth Requirements • Currently @ 12Mbps (Each Codec) • QOS • Security / Encryption • Multicast / Unicast

  17. Implications • Collaboration • Research • Business partnerships • Travel • Connectedness • Teaching

  18. Q & A- - - - - - - - -Discussion

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