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Learn about the Brazilian Strategy, ReMAV, National Backbone, ongoing collaborations, and Next Steps in the RNP2 Project to enhance MANs and applications. Explore current applications, national backbone development, Internet2 interconnection, and future plans.
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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
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
Brazilian Strategy • REMAVs • 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
Brazilian Strategy • Current Applications at REMAVs • Digital/Virtual Libraries • Distance Learning • Network Management • Geographical Information Systems (GIS) • Tele and Videoconference • Telemedicine • Video on Demand
Brazilian Strategy • National Backbone • 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
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
Ongoing Collaboration • Remote Collaboration • Richard Walters - UCDavis - RCT http://escher.cs.ucdavis.edu:1024/ • Liane Tarouco - UFRGS - EQUITEXT http://equitext.pgie.ufrgs.br/
Ongoing Collaboration • Integrated Environment for Collaborative Work Across Internets • Integrate network of reflectors • CERN & CALTECH • Philippe Galvez • UFRGS • Liane Tarouco • Frabricio Raupp Tamusiunas
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/
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
Ongoing Collaboration • Species Analyst - distributed database for biodiversity data • Fundação André Tosello – Campinas SP • The University of Kansas • http://habanero.nhm.ukansas.edu/TSA
Next Steps • Short Term • 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