BalticOpen.netProject Presentation

www.balticopen.nethttp://csd.ssvl.kth.se/~csd2003-team4/

Team Contact

csd2003-team4@csd.ssvl.kth.se

Presentation overview

• Project background

• Goals

• What we achieved

Project participants

Gigu Mathew Judite Mandlate Magnus Tiberg Mike Cao Oscar Falkman

Coaches

Students

Fredrik Lilieblad Erik Eliasson Victor Kordas

We come from

– KTH – The Royal Institute of Technology

– Swedens Largest Technical University

Goals

– Establish a high-speed link between KTH and Ventspils University College (VeA)

– Design and deploy an Open Access Network at VeA

– Deploy a minimal version of the iSpace services at VeA

iSpace Background

Existing iSpaceTechnology

Ispace benefits

Students:• Learning cutting edge knowledge via interactive iSpace service• Learning more about communication skills in multicultural

environment

For teachers:• Easy to break the ice among groups of students from different culture

over long distance• Easy to conduct and control problem-based discussions in the course

over long distance• More methods to teach and or coach students and make course more

attractive

For Universities and faculties:• Easy to share good teaching resources over long distance• Easy to exchange advanced courses across different regions• Good to build reputation of advanced pedagogy conducting

Achievements

• iSpace room design

• Feasibility study (Multipoint access)

• Considered solutions (Hardware - Software)

Current chosen iSpace multipoint solution

Stanford

KTH

VeA

MCUOpen Source

MCU = Multipoint Control UnitGK = Gatekeeper

GKFiber link

The fiberThe Fiber Link

Current status of fiber link

– Status of the Fiber – still in the water

– Transmission Equipment and Vendors – in the process of physical and logical network design

Open Access Network

Open Access Network

Freedom of Choice

Benefits of Open Access Networks

• Shared infrastructure:– Competition between providers– Access to Internet in more places

Open Access Network in Ventspils

• Integrate Ventspils University to the Open Access Network Infrastructure

• Ventspils one of many universities in Europe

• Ready to connect when the fiber is up

Funding and Student Exchange

• Funding bodies

• GEL-course

• Physical exchange if possible

Acknowledgements

• Thanks to:– Aivars Zemitis– Gints Neimanis– Arturs Rozkalns– Dzintars Smildzejs– And more...

Questions?