implementing bdren - an awareness building workshop at duet
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Agenda
•Why BdREN?
•History of BdREN
• Services of BdREN
• Scopes of BdREN
• Future Plan
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Challenge: Infrastructure
• Located far from the city
• Areas are not developed
•No transmission infrastructure
•Not lucrative for ISPs, hence little presence
•High BW cost for the Universities
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Challenge: Connectivity and Resources
•No connectivity with R&E networks
• Research activity handles high volume of traffic
• Requires low latency/jitter
•No or limited online resource repository
•No or very few facilities for content localization
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Challenge: Leveraging the services
•No or low maintained campus network
• Poor technical expertise
• Inadequate labs and equipment
• Lack of research and innovation
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Birth of BdREN
• A component of Higher Education Quality EnhancementProject (HEQEP)
• Designed as a high performance single umbrella network
• Connects Universities and Research institutions
• Connectivity to Global Research and Education Networks(RENs)
• Connectivity to Commercial internet
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Objectives of BdREN
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Build and operate a high bandwidth high availability secure network
Provide cost-effective & best in class Applications and Services
Connect to global RENs
Attract NRB Scientists, Engineers and Researchers to work in Bangladesh
Foster innovative & stimulating work environment
User Forecast
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Category Quantity User Group No. of user
Public 34
Student1,382,216
Teacher 9,241
Private 54
Student200,939
Teacher9,115
Organization 80 Researcher3,000
Total1,604,511
Backbone of BdREN
•Designed on PGCB OPGW Network running over high voltage transmission line
• Leased one pair of optical fiber from PGCB on IRU basis for 20 years (Since 2011)
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Why PGCB?
•Main target to reach public universities and create facilities for connecting private universities
• Searching for a single service provider covering the targeted Institutions
•No better option at all WRT availability of PGCB PoP at the nearest location to University
• Secure, reliable and redundant
• So ultimate choice was PGCB fiber
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High Level Design
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BdREN Network
BSCCL TEINBTCL
User Networks (Universities and Research Institutions)
Commodity
Internet
Global R&E
Networks
BdREN Transmission Network
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TEIN Connectivity
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Services
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Services
Commodity
Internet
International
Academic
Bandwidth
National
Academic
Bandwidth
Virtual
Classroom
Hosting
Services
Training
Commodity Internet
• Commercial Bandwidth
• Upstream Connectivity through multiple International Internet Gateways
• Direct Connectivity with Submarine Cable/Terrestrial Link (Future Planning)
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Local Bandwidth
• National Academic Bandwidth
• Inter-University Bandwidth
• Local traffic will traverse locally
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International Academic BW (TEIN)
• Established with a Vision: 'Co-prosperity of Eurasiathrough digital silk road’
• TEIN (Trans-Eurasia Information Network)
• High speed network for research and education
• Connects 20 countries in Asia with 50 million usersand
• 34 countries in Europe with 40 million users (GEANT)
• Connected to USA with Internet2
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Design of VC Room
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Data Center and Cloud Services
•Hosting Services-Mail, DNS, Web
• Virtual Machine with desired specification as many number as required
•Cloud Services (in Phases)- ERP, University Payroll, Course Management System etc.
•Colocation Services
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Training and Capacity Building
• Provide Training to University IT Professionals for capacity development on
• Network Management and Monitoring
• Network Security
• Routing and Switching
• Network Design
• Cloud Computing
• VC and UC System
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BdREN is moving ahead…
Local Loop Connectivity
• Point to Point Fiber Connectivity:
• Installing Dedicated Optical Fiber to each University from the backbone
• Total 325 Km Optical Fiber Deployment
• 34 Public Universities, 2 International Universities and 1 Private University
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BdREN Network Implementation• Transmission equipment to create backbone network
• Internet PoPs at all Public Universities (34) and 1 Private University
• Data Center (DC and DR) Sub-System
• DC at UGC and DR at BUET
• Storage Area Network with 300 Tera Byte Capacity
• Dual Path Fiber connectivity between DC and DR sites
• Video Conference Sub-System with Virtual Class Room
• Unified Communication Systems Sub-System
• IP telephony and Messaging
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Virtual Classroom at SBAU
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Video Conferencing with TEIN*CC
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Test Conference with Kyushu University, Japan from BSMMU
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TeleMed Conference with Kyushu University
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Dental Consultation with Kyushu University
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Training and Capacity Building
• International Training on Network Monitoring and Performance with TEIN Support
• Local training on Campus Network Design
•Upcoming training on Campus Networking and Network Security
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International Partner of BdREN• A consortium of
• Kent State University, USA,
• Ohio Academic Resources Network (OARnet), USA and
• Ireland's National Education and Research Network (HEAnet)
• Scope of Services
• All kinds of technical support
• Capacity development of BdREN operational manpower
• Help BdREN team during Operational Acceptance Test of the system
• Establish collaboration with other NRENs
• Help BdREN to develop its strategic plan
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BdREN Governance
• BdREN to be run by a Trust Organization on not-for-profit basis
•Operation and Maintenance Responsibility to BdREN Trust
• 11-member Trustee Board headed by UGC Chairman, Trustees mainly from Universities
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Team BdREN
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CEO
2 x TST Consultants
Operations Director
Network Engineer-1
Network Engineer-2
Network Engineer-3
Network Engineer-4
6 Helpdesk Technicians
We Have Needs
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We Have Challenge
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We Have Hope
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NeedChallengeHope
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Achievement
More Information
www.bdren.net.bd [email protected] BdREN.UGC
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Thanks
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