AI3 New organization(draft)

June 19th 2003

Jun Murai

[Material for AI3 board meeting]

Major changes of AI3 funding

• Major fund owner of AI3 will change– Current : Part of APII:Aisa-Pacific Infomation In

frastructure(until Sept,2003)– New plan: Testbed for R&D for Asia Broadband

Satellite Technology(From Oct.2003 to Mar.2006)

• Research fund for AI3 Partner– To value up of AI3 testbed, AI3 partner can use s

ome research fund.

Research Fund

AI3(Keio Univ.)

NAIST TP ASTI USM IOIT ICT

AI3 partner

ITB AIT

Sponsor Sponsor

Action Item

1. Change the scheme to encourage more active research collaboration

– Make clear Partner’s rights and duties

– Smooth operation of AI3 organization with quick decision

– Stronger publication of the research output of AI3

2. Revise MoU between WIDE and each partner– Need new contract must be made by end of Sept.

1. Change the scheme to much more research collaboration

• Need project management office– For timely response and active action– Chairman appoint secretariat general

• Board member and WG chair -> Director– Each director has responsibility and budget

accordingly– Definite term

Proposed New AI3 organization

Chairman

SecretariatGeneral

Directors

Partner’s rights and duties

• Current– Rights：Assignment of satellite bandwidth(fixed)– Duties：Operation of earth station and network– Organization : University, School, Academic Institute,

Research Institute

• New plan– Rights :Assignment of satellite bandwidth(variable) + voting

for director + research fund– Duties :Operation of earth station + research collaboration,

research output– Organization : University, School, Academic Institute,

Research Institute

Bandwidth assignment policy

• Satellite bandwidth for each partners– Guaranteed bandwidth

• Even if there is no traffic, this bandwidth are assigned (ex.128kbps) .

– Priority bandwidth• If traffic goes up, satellite bandwidth assigned automatically upto

this bandwidth(ex.1.5Mbps).

• Operation of earth station– Each partner should maintain and operate their equipmen

t.– Priority bandwidth for each partners will be periodically r

eviewed and adjusted by the directors

2.Revise of MoU(Current MoU)

WIDE

ITB AIT HKUST TP ASTI USM IOIT ICT

AI3 partner

UNIBRAW UNSRAT NUOL UCSY CHULA JAD/AYFUNHAS

SOI ASIA partner

2.Revise of MoU(New MoU draft)

Keio Univ.(WIDE/AI3)

NAIST TP ASTI USM IOIT ICT

AI3 partner

UNIBRAW UNSRAT NUOL UCSY CHULA JAD/AYFUNHAS

Wishnet Inc.

Keio Univ.(WIDE/SOI ASIA)

ITB AIT

MPHPT

NASDA

Party to a contract

User/Sponsor

JSAT

Abbreviation

MPHPT : Ministry of Public Management, Home Affairs,

Posts and Telecommunications

MITI : Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry

NASDA : National Space Development Agency of Japan