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APAN 2003 Conference - Fukuoka, Japan Status Report: Pakistan Education and Research Network (PERN) Presented by: Dr M H ZAIDI National University of Sciences and Technology ROADMAP Introduction Current Status of PERN Technology Network Architecture Some Analysis of Existing Pakistani Academia Recommendation for cooperation in APAN Region Conclusion Note: Some of the data included in this presentation has been obtained from Pakistan's National Telecommunication Company and their cooperation in this regard is thankfully acknowledged Status Report: Pakistan Education and Research Network By Dr. M H Zaidi at APAN 2003 Conference in Fukuoka, Japan Pakistan Educational & Research Network U N IV ER S IT Y UET Peshawar AJKU Mirpur NED Karachi BZ University Multan UET Mehran Jamshoro NUST Rawalpindi GIKI Topi Baluchistan University Quetta Internet Islamia University Bahawalpur LUMS Lahore Background Project for establishing High speed connectivity, required to provide interactivity, included in IT Action Plan of Government of Pakistan Leverage the existing telcom infrastructure in a costeffective manner to boost BW Status Report: Pakistan Education and Research Network By Dr. M H Zaidi at APAN 2003 Conference in Fukuoka, Japan Overall Objectives of the Project Live Lectures/Seminars with capability of interaction between presenter and Cyber audience Video Conferencing with Electronic Board capabilities Chatting Capability for live interaction among participants Off-line availability of contents Secure mechanism for exams/assignments transactions Status Report: Pakistan Education and Research Network By Dr. M H Zaidi at APAN 2003 Conference in Fukuoka, Japan Overall Objectives of the Project Digital Library Interconnectivity of all universities within Pakistan Connectivity with outside world Status Report: Pakistan Education and Research Network By Dr. M H Zaidi at APAN 2003 Conference in Fukuoka, Japan China 2002 Afghanistan SDH/PDH (525/622 Mb/s) backbone being upgraded to DWDM Iran India Status Report: Pakistan Education and Research Network By Dr. M H Zaidi at APAN 2003 Conference in Fukuoka, Japan 10 Gb/s 240 Cities on Optical Fibre – up from 53, one year ago 2002 China Afghanistan SDH/PDH (525/622 Mb/s) backbone being upgraded to DWDM Iran India Status Report: Pakistan Education and Research Network By Dr. M H Zaidi at APAN 2003 Conference in Fukuoka, Japan 10 Gb/s China 2002 Going to 410 cities and Towns in the next 12 months Afghanistan SDH/PDH (525/622 Mb/s) backbone being upgraded to DWDM Iran India Status Report: Pakistan Education and Research Network By Dr. M H Zaidi at APAN 2003 Conference in Fukuoka, Japan 10 Gb/s Technology Both IP and ATM are being used Delivery for the last mile Optical Fibre Microwave DSL DXX Status Report: Pakistan Education and Research Network By Dr. M H Zaidi at APAN 2003 Conference in Fukuoka, Japan CORE NETWORK Three core locations including Islamabad, Lahore and Karachi These nodal points are interconnected at 2 Mbps using existing optical fiber network in the country Upgradeable to 155 Mb/s Initially 4 Mbps of international connectivity shall be provided at nodal locations for Internet facility Status Report: Pakistan Education and Research Network By Dr. M H Zaidi at APAN 2003 Conference in Fukuoka, Japan LHR CORE NETWORK ARCHITECTURE INTERNATIONAL CONNECTIVITY NTC MULTI-SERVICES DATA NETWORK ISP SETUP E3 ATM Core E3 PoS Core E3 DSLAM Sialkot Gujranwala INTERNATIONAL CONNECTIVITY INTERNATIONAL CONNECTIVITY KHI ISB PESH ISP SETUP ISP SETUP FSL Nowshera QTA Sargodha MLN OKA RYK HYD BWP SUK Kharian D.I.Khan D.G..Khan Shikarpur ALTERNATE ROUTE Connectivity on DRS – Digital Radio Systems DRS LINK 2 MB ITI HALL Status Report: Pakistan Education and Research Network By Dr. M H Zaidi at APAN 2003 Conference in Fukuoka, Japan UNIVERSITY PREMISES Connectivity on DXX – Digital Cross Connect – main PTCL/NTC communication arteries DXX DXX OF LOCAL EXCHANGE EXCHANGE NEAREST THE UNIVERSITY ITI HALL Status Report: Pakistan Education and Research Network By Dr. M H Zaidi at APAN 2003 Conference in Fukuoka, Japan UNIVERSITY PREMISES Connectivity on DXX + DRS DRS DXX DXX OF LOCAL EXCHANGE EXCHANGE NEAR THE UNIVERSITY ITI HALL Status Report: Pakistan Education and Research Network By Dr. M H Zaidi at APAN 2003 Conference in Fukuoka, Japan City UNIVERSITY PREMISES Connectivity on Direct OF: Broadband optical fibre to large Universities OF OF ITI HALL OF OF Node Status Report: Pakistan Education and Research Network By Dr. M H Zaidi at APAN 2003 Conference in Fukuoka, Japan OF Node UNIVERSITY PREMISES Network design Lahore Core Router 2x2 Mbps 2x2Mbps Karachi Core Router LAN Switch Rawalpindi Core Router 2x2 Mbps Status Report: Pakistan Education and Research Network By Dr. M H Zaidi at APAN 2003 Conference in Fukuoka, Japan Network design International 2MB Lahore Core Router International 2MB Replica of Kr./Iba 12 Universities 2x2 Mbps 22 Universities 2x2Mbps Karachi Core Router LAN Switch International 4MB Rawalpindi Core Router 2x2 Mbps Status Report: Pakistan Education and Research Network By Dr. M H Zaidi at APAN 2003 Conference in Fukuoka, Japan 22 Universities Network design International 2MB Lahore Core Router International 2MB Replica of Kr./Iba 12 Universities 2x2 Mbps 22 Universities 2x2Mbps Karachi Core Router Rawalpindi Core Router LAN Switch End User 2x2 Mbps Access Router Microwave tower Microwave tower OF Node OF Node End User DXX International 4MB DXX End User Status Report: Pakistan Education and Research Network By Dr. M H Zaidi at APAN 2003 Conference in Fukuoka, Japan 22 Universities Network design International 2MB Lahore Core Router International 2MB Replica of Kr./Iba 12 Universities 2x2 Mbps 22 Universities 2x2Mbps Karachi Core Router Rawalpindi Core Router LAN Switch End User Access Router Microwave tower Microwave tower OF Node End User End User LAN Switch Microwave tower OF Node 22 Universities 2x2 Mbps Access Router Microwave tower International 4MB DXX DXX End User DXX End User Status Report: Pakistan Education and Research Network By Dr. M H Zaidi at APAN 2003 Conference in Fukuoka, Japan DXX DXX DXX End User First Phase Connectivity Institution Location Agha Khan University Karachi Allama Iqbal Open University Islamabad Baharia University Islamabad Bahaudin Zakariya University Multan Baluchistan University of Engineering & Technology Khuzdar Command & Staff College Quetta COMSATS Institute of Information Technology Islamabad FAST Karachi FAST Lahore Fatima Jinnah Women University Rawalpindi Status Report: Pakistan Education and Research Network By Dr. M H Zaidi at APAN 2003 Conference in Fukuoka, Japan First Phase Connectivity Institution Location Ghulam Ishaq Khan Institute of Engineering Science & Technology Swabi Gomal University D. I. Khan Govt. College Lahore Hamdard University Karachi Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture Karachi Institute of Business Administration Karachi International Islamic University Islamabad Islamia University Bawawalpur Karachi Institute of Information Technology Karachi Lahore College for Women Lahore Status Report: Pakistan Education and Research Network By Dr. M H Zaidi at APAN 2003 Conference in Fukuoka, Japan First Phase connectivity Institution Location Lahore School of Economics Lahore Lahore University of Management Sciences Lahore Mehran University of Engineering & Technology Jamshoro National College of Arts Lahore National Defence College Islamabad National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences Islamabad National University of Modern Languages Islamabad National University of Science & Technology Rawalpindi NED University of Engineering & Technology Karachi NWFP University of Agriculture, Forest Institute Peshawar Status Report: Pakistan Education and Research Network By Dr. M H Zaidi at APAN 2003 Conference in Fukuoka, Japan First Phase connectivity Institution Location NWFP University of Engineering & Technology Peshawar Pakistan Naval Academy Karachi Pakistan Administrative Staff College Lahore Pakistan Institute Engineering & Applied Sciences Islamabad Pakistan Military Academy Kakul Abbottabad Quaid-e-Azam University of Engg.Sciences & Tech Nawabshah Quaid-I-Azam University Rawalpindi Shah Abdul Latif University Khairpur Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science & Tech Karachi Sindh Agriculture University Tandojam Status Report: Pakistan Education and Research Network By Dr. M H Zaidi at APAN 2003 Conference in Fukuoka, Japan First Phase connectivity Institution Location Sir Syed University of Engineering & Technology Karachi University of Agriculture Faisalabad University of Arid Agricultural Rawalpindi University of Azad Jammu Kashmir Muzaffarabad University of Baluchistan Quetta University of Engineering & Technology Taxila University of Engineering & Technology Lahore University of Karachi Karachi University of Peshawar Peshawar University of Sindh Jamshoro University of the Punjab Lahore Status Report: Pakistan Education and Research Network By Dr. M H Zaidi at APAN 2003 Conference in Fukuoka, Japan Legend Sind & Baluchistan DXX Indus Valley Clifton Command&Staff College DRS 512 Kbps 1536 Kbps 1024 Kbps Univ. of Balochistan SZABIST OF 256 Kbps 2048 Kbps ( 3 KM ) VSAT Nazimabad-I 1024 Kbps Landhi 1024 Kbps Zia Mohi-ud-Din Medical University Central-III UET Balochistan Quetta Central 1024 Kbps Gulshan-eMayamar 1024 Kbps Nazimabad 256 Kbps KIIT 3.328 Mbps 2048 Kbps ( 3 KM ) Pak Capital Jinnah Women Univ. Hamdard University North Karachi 26.368 Mbps FAST 2048 Kbps Aga Khan Univ. Baqai Medical College 1024 Kbps 10.240 Mbps Azizabad Sukkur Nawabshah Central Hyderabad 1024 Kbps ( 3.5 KM ) 1024 Kbps 1024 Kbps 2048 Kbps ( 0.5 KM ) 4096 Kbps ( 1.5 KM ) Jamshoro Pak. Naval Academy Mehran UET QA Eng.Sc&TShah Abdul Latif Sind Univ. Sind Agri. Univ. Univ. West Wharf 2048 Kbps IBA school 2048 Kbps Gulshan-e-Iqbal NED University 6144 Kbps ( 4 KM ) 16384 Kbps 2048 Kbps Sir Syed UET Karachi University Islamabad, AJK & NWFP AJK University Legend UET Taxila Bahria University F-8 DXX 512 Kbps 1024 Kbps DRS 2048 Kbps 2048 Kbps OF 1024 Kbps Muzaffarabad Nation. Univ. of Comp & Emerging Sciences Taxila VSAT Nilore AIOU 3.072 Mbps QA Univ. 2048 Kbps 4096 Kbps ( 6 KM ) NUML 14.5 Mbps 3072 Kbps 256 Kbps 256 Kbps I-10 256 Kbps 512 Kbps COMSATS Inst. of I Islamabad ABADAT 13.312 Mbps Topi NDC Alkhair Univ. Camp Office Abbotabad F-11 D.I.Khan Khyber 256 Kbps 256 Kbps Cantt. RWP Int. Islamic Univ. 4096 Kbps NUST 2048 Kbps FJWU 2048 Kbps 1024 Kbps 6144 Kbps 2048 Kbps ( 3 KM) S. Town RWP 2048 Kbps 3072 Kbps NWFP Agric. UET Peshawar university Peshawar University GIK Gomall 512 Kbps Univ. Arid Agriculture. University PMA Legend Lahore & Punjab DXX CTH-LH NCA DRS Pakistan Administrative Staff College OF VSAT 2048 Kbps ( 1.7 KM ) Lahore College for Women Government College Baghbanpura 2048 Kbps 6144 Kbps ( 2.2 KM ) UET, Lahor 256 Kbps 2048 Kbps Garden Town F-11 Lahore Edgerton Road 6144 Kbps ( 6 KM ) Punjab University LCCH 2048 Kbps ( 2.8 KM ) 17.6 Mbps LUMS Gulberg 256 Kbps 6 Mbps Lahore school of Economics Faisal Town 1024 Kbps FAST Multan NML Faisalabad-Central BWP 2048 Kbps ( 9 KM ) Bahauddin Zakaria Univ. 2048 Kbps Islamia University 2048 Kbps University of Agriculture International Linkages CANARIE Canada Internet 2 USA AARNet Australia Status Report: Pakistan Education and Research Network By Dr. M H Zaidi at APAN 2003 Conference in Fukuoka, Japan SOME ANALYSIS OF EXISTING PAKISTANI ACADEMIA (56-Universities have been sampled that give a fair approximation of the whole ensemble) Status Report: Pakistan Education and Research Network By Dr. M H Zaidi at APAN 2003 Conference in Fukuoka, Japan •More than 50% of universities of Pakistan have a WAN connectivity of 56 kbps. •Can support basic level IP services such as audio and data Bandwidth of Universities 9% 6% < 56 kbps 15% 56 kbps 64 kbps 42% 11% 17% Status Report: Pakistan Education and Research Network By Dr. M H Zaidi at APAN 2003 Conference in Fukuoka, Japan 128 kbps 256 kbps >= 512 kbps •27% of universities in Pakistan have terminals from 50-100 •These small-to-medium sized LANs are good enough to support academic and research services No of Computers in Universities 12% 16% < 50 50 - 100 14% 101 - 150 27% 151 - 200 201 - 250 10% 21% Status Report: Pakistan Education and Research Network By Dr. M H Zaidi at APAN 2003 Conference in Fukuoka, Japan > 250 •In just over a decade, the number of terminals computer accessibility has risen from 0.1 percent to 0.4%, an increase of 400 percent •It indicates changing trends of prioritizing education % Personal Computer %age 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.1 0 90 991 992 993 994 995 996 997 998 999 000 001 9 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 Years Status Report: Pakistan Education and Research Network By Dr. M H Zaidi at APAN 2003 Conference in Fukuoka, Japan Status Report: Pakistan Education and Research Network By Dr. M H Zaidi at APAN 2003 Conference in Fukuoka, Japan Connectivity Type 40 35 34 No of Universities 30 24 25 20 15 10 5 0 Dialup Connections Status Report: Pakistan Education and Research Network By Dr. M H Zaidi at APAN 2003 Conference in Fukuoka, Japan Leased Line Connectivity Support for VPN Connectivity 40 35 34 30 24 25 20 15 10 5 0 Availability of Routers Nonavailability of Routers Status Report: Pakistan Education and Research Network By Dr. M H Zaidi at APAN 2003 Conference in Fukuoka, Japan RECOMMENDATIONS Create linkage between PERN and APAN Link could be established through either SriLanka or China Undertake Collaborative research with APAN members Status Report: Pakistan Education and Research Network By Dr. M H Zaidi at APAN 2003 Conference in Fukuoka, Japan 3.4 APAN Map Japan Europe Korea North America China Taiwan Hong Kong Thailand Malaysia Sri Lanka Vietnam Philippines Singapore Indonesia Access Point Exchange Point Status Report: Pakistan Education and Research Network By Dr. M H Zaidi at APAN 2003 Conference in Fukuoka, Japan Australia CONCLUSION Pakistan has enough Telecom/Networking Infrastructure in the form of PERN to establish linkage with APAN consortium and contribute to this prestigious education and research community Status Report: Pakistan Education and Research Network By Dr. M H Zaidi at APAN 2003 Conference in Fukuoka, Japan