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Explore the Brazilian strategy in collaborative projects enhancing advanced networking. This initiative includes the ReMAV network connecting 14 cities and 79 institutions. Funded with $20 million, it supports applications in digital libraries, distance learning, health, and video conferencing. Ongoing collaborations with institutions like Internet2 foster international cooperation. Since the inception of ReMAV in 1999, the focus has been on developing advanced metropolitan area networks (MANs) and training personnel to leverage these technologies for innovative solutions.
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Brazilian Collaborative Projects in Advanced Networking Márcio L Bunte de Carvalho mlbc @ rnp.br
Topics • The Brazilian Strategy • ReMAV • National Backbone • Internet2 Interconnection • Advanced Networking Development • Ongoing Collaborations
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 Videoconferencing • Health and Medicine • Video on Demand
Brazilian Strategy • RNP2: National Research and Education 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 • OC3 link from Advanced ANSP (Academic Network of São Paulo) • OC3 link from RNP2 • AmPath (and RNP2) – DS3 link – Spring 2001
Brazilian Strategy • Advanced Networking Development • Government Sponsored: S&T and Education • Collaboration Objectives: • Consolidate collaboration between ReMAVs • Enhance collaboration with internet2 and other international initiatives
Brazilian Strategy • Advanced Networking Development • Area coordinators: • Engineering: José Suruagy Monteiro suruagy@rnp.br • Middleware: Michael Stanton michael@rnp.br • Applications: Liane Tarouco liane@rnp.br
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 • Fabricio 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
Further Informations • http://www.rnp.br