Status of APAN

International Workshop of HEP Data GridNov 9, 2002

Yong-Jin ParkAPAN, Director of Secretariat/

Hanyang University

　

What’s APAN

• APAN (Asia-Pacific Advanced Network) is a non-profit international

consortium for Advanced Networking in Asia-Pacific, established in June 1997.• APAN goal is to contribute to the

globe by Asia-Pacific based technologies.

Advanced Networks in Other Continents

• USA: Internet2/Abilene

• Canada: CANARIE/CA*Net4

• Europe: DANTE/GEANT

NSF Grant

• Submission to NSF HPIIS Program. HPIIS: High Performance International Internet Service

• Awarded $10 M over 5 years, TransPAC, in 1998.9.

Features of APAN

• 13 countries connected in Asia• Consortium of the international link

owners• Governance by researchers• NGO activities • Planning and Coordination for the joint

projects over multiple countries.

Primary Member Australia, China, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan

Associate Member Thailand, USA Affiliate Member CGIAR, Pacific Wave (Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research; www.cgiar.org)  Liaison Member Canada, Europe  Others Hong Kong, Indonesia, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Vietnam

Members

APAN Network 2002.10.20

Exchange PointAccess PointCurrent status

Europe

Australia

KoreaJapan

China

Thailand

Malaysia

Singapore Indonesia

USA

PhilippinesVietnam

Hong Kong

Sri Lanka

Taiwan

Natural Resource Area Agriculture, Earth Monitoring, BioInformatics

Technology Area IPv6, P2P, Measurement, Satellite Internet, Television, Multimedia, QoS

User Community AreaDigital Library, Education, GRID, Manufacturing, Medical Informatics, Youth

Activities

Members Meeting

• 1996 Aug. 23-24 KR | Nov.8-9 JP• 1997 June 2-3 JP | Oct.20-21 SG• 1998 Mar. 2-3 JP | Jul. 1-3 KR• 1999 Feb. 19-21 JP | Sep 21-24 AU• 2000 Feb. 15-18 JP | Aug 22-25 CN• 2001 Feb. 1-2 H.I. | Aug 20-22 MY• 2002 Jan. 22-26 TH | Aug 25-28 CN• 2003 Jan 22-24 JP | Aug 27-29 KR• 2004 Jan 26-Feb1 H.I. | Jul/Aug AU/TW

APAN Network – today & near future

Hawaii

Ad Hoc Committee

• APAN Backbone Committee• APAN IEEAF Committee

APAN Backbone Committee

- APAN should work for the Triangle Structure of the Global R&E Networks -

Asia

North AmericaEurope

TEIN TransPAC(622Mbps x 2)

Hubs

(10Mbps)

10GbE / Lambda?

45Mbps/OC3 / GbE

Ohmuta

Kurume

NogataIizukaTagawa

Fukuoka

Kitakyushu

Kitakyushu CityHigh-speed LAN

QGPOP (ISIT)

To Tokyo

Research Network in KoreaKorean Partner CarrierKJCN Japanese Partner CarriersFukuoka Gigabit HighwayGENKAI ProjectQGPOP part

KJCN

Korea

Busan

Daejon

Seoul

                                         

GENKAI/Hyeonhae Project

APANInternet2

GbE

2.4Gbps150Mbps

ShimonosekiUniv. of Fishery

FGH AP

Japan

Submarine cable landing station

Network equipment (Routers etc.)

250 km

Repeaterless

South East Asia Hub(MY, TH,…)

North America(Internet 2)(CA *net)

Distributed Hub

Exchange PointAccess PointCurrent status Australia

KoreaJapan

China

Thailand

Malaysia

Singapore Indonesia

USA

PhilippinesVietnam

Hong Kong

Sri Lanka

Taiwan

North East Asia Hub(JP, KR,…)

Europe(Geant)

Oceania Hub(AU, ,…)

APAN IEEAF Committee(Internet Educational Equal Access Foundation)

- Link Donation by IEEAF with Tyco –

Connectivity Donations

622 Mbps +10 Gbps

Reference• Internet2/Abilene www.internet2.edu• CA*net 3/4 www.canarie.ca• GEARNT www.dante.net/geant• APAN apan.net• K Chon: Asia-Pacific International Connections U

pdate, APAN Shanghai, 2002.8• S Goto, K Konishi : APAN’s Status & Plan, Pacific

Rim Networking Meeting, 2002.2• K Okamura: Genkai/Hyeonhae Project, PRAGMA,

2002.7

Australia AARNET2 : www.aarnet.edu.au/network China CERNET : www.edu.cn/cernet CSTNET : www.cstnet.net.cn Hong Kong HARNET : www.hku.hk/harnet India ERNET : www.doe.ernet.in Japan IMNET : www.imnet.ad.jp JGN : www.jgn.tao.go.jp SINET : www.nacsis.ac.jp WIDE : www.wide.ad.jp Korea KOREN : www.koren21.net KREONET : www.kreonet.re.kr Malaysia TEMAN : www.tmi.net.my Philippines PHNET : www.ph.net Singapore SINGAREN : www.singaren.net.sg Taiwan TANET : www.ntu.edu.tw/TANet Thailand NECTEC : www.nectec.or.th Vietnam IOIT : www.ioit.ac.vn

Major R&E Networks in Asia-Pacific