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Connect. Communicate. Collaborate
educonfCoordinated support ofEuropean videoconferencing under the GN2 SA6 framework
Dimitris Daskopoulos, GRNET, AUTHAndras Kovacs, NIIFTNC2008, Bruges, 21/5/08
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Connect. Communicate. CollaborateContents• Background• Problems targeted by educonf• What is educonf• educonf objectives• educonf services• Roadmap• More info
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Connect. Communicate. CollaborateBackground• The community: VC administrators of the European
NRENs, academic and research institutions• Supporting high-end VCs in room and desktop setups• Voluntary hosting of third-party meetings for research
collaboration between various orgs in numerous countries• VoIP/VC connectivity between islands of deployments
– Currently H.323 based on ad-hoc world gks (GDS)– ENUM emerging for H.323 and SIP (NRENUM)
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Problems targeted by educonfPreparatory 1-year study of issues by TERENA TF-VSS• Lack of coordination between NREN VoIP/VC support• No interconnect monitoring tools• Difficulty discovering VC/VoIP deployment information• Volunteered multipoint resources for international meetings
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Connect. Communicate. CollaborateWhat is educonf?A service development activity extending GÉANT2 services to
VC and VoIP collaboration across Europeeduconf matches the overall goals of the project by
developing services to take advantage of:• GÉANT2 high-speed, reliable and quality assured
international connectivity • GÉANT2 core services such as monitoring, QoS and AAI• The network of administrators (NREN and other
organizations)
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Connect. Communicate. Collaborateeduconf objectives• Coordinate and support the effective resolution of
international VoIP and VC related problems• Monitor inter-NREN VoIP and VC connectivity• Advertize VoIP and VC communities and deployments to a
wider community of end users• Disseminate know-how for national and local deployments• Provide multipoint videoconferencing resources
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Connect. Communicate. Collaborateeduconf project details• Service name: educonf• Partners:
CARNET, CESNET, GRNET, HEANET, HUNGARNET, NORDUnet, PSNC, REDIRIS, SWITCH, TERENA, UoM
• Budgeted effort:~54MM (GN2 Y4 + 6 months)
• Phases– WI1: Design and service definition– WI2: Implementation
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Connect. Communicate. Collaborateeduconf servicesTowards inter-institutional VoIP / Video Conferencing• Multi-domain monitoring• Directory of deployments• Support services and procedures• Central resources
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Connect. Communicate. Collaborateeduconf monitoringObjective: troubleshoot inter-domain VoIP/VC reachability
• Multi-domain VoIP/VC monitoring• Distributed monitoring nodes• Nagios monitoring platform• Status web interface
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educonf monitoring architecture
GDS/ENUMHU-GK
CH-GK
CZ-GK
GR-GK
SA6 HU-MP
SA6 CH-MP
SA6 GR-MP
SA6 CZ-MP
Test callDB conn
Nagios
monitoring visualization
SQL DB
Monitoring check parameters• Protocol: H.323 or SIP• Source / Destination• Date / Time• Status: yes/no/error
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Connect. Communicate. Collaborateeduconf directoryObjective: support all inter-domain VoIP/VC operations
Collection of deployment info:• Infrastructure elements (gatekeepers, proxies, MCUs)• Dial-plan and calling methods• Advertising open NREN resources• Administrative and tech contact points (VC/VoIP admins)• Availability of endpoints / VC venues, MCUs, free GKs,etc
Public vs. private dataAvailable through web interface and map API
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educonf directory architecturePeriodic collection of deployment info:
• Start simple with a PULL model• Minimal installation requirements• Security considerations• Aging and validity of collected data
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Connect. Communicate. Collaborateeduconf support services• Mailing lists • TTS with federated AAI access (EduGAIN)• Web site - Knowledge base• Troubleshooting procedures
– NREN admin initiated tickets– Response by target-side NREN admins– Interaction with educonf experts
• International scope problems– Country VoIP/VC service not reachable– Connection to MCU session cannot be made
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Connect. Communicate. Collaborateeduconf website
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Connect. Communicate. Collaborateeduconf central resourcesObjective: provide resources to international research
projects and organizations in need (address the digital divide)
• Open gatekeeper and proxy to allow easy connection to common dialling schemes (GDS, ENUM)
• Multi-point VC resources to provision international multi-party VC meetings, with guaranteed support
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Connect. Communicate. Collaborateeduconf service matrixServices staff NREN admins Org admins end usersWebsite ● ● ● ●
Trouble Ticket System ● ● Future plans
Mailing list ● ● ●
Knowledge-base wiki ● ● ● ●
Directory Services ● ● ● ●
Connectivity monitoring ● ● ● ●
Echo-test services ● ● ● ●
Open gatekeeper/proxy Future plans
Central multi-point VC resource Future plans
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Connect. Communicate. Collaborateeduconf roadmap• May ’08 - Website introduction• Jun ’08 - Initial deployment of support tools• Aug ’08 - Initial partner directory of deployments• Oct ’08 - Monitoring in place• Dec ’08 - Revision of Service Definition Document based
on pilot findings
Service phases• Pilot phase (Mar ’09 - end of GÉANT2)• Production services and improvements (GÉANT3)
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Connect. Communicate. CollaborateFor more information • http://educonf.geant2.net
educonf web site
• http://intranet.geant2.net/server/show/nav.2013 SA6 on GÉANT2 intranet
Thank you!