connect. communicate. collaborate educonf coordinated support of european videoconferencing under...
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Connect. Communicate. Collaborate Background 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)TRANSCRIPT
Connect. Communicate. Collaborate
educonfCoordinated support ofEuropean videoconferencing under the GN2 SA6 framework
Dimitris Daskopoulos, GRNET, AUTHAndras Kovacs, NIIFTNC2008, Bruges, 21/5/08
Connect. Communicate. CollaborateContents• Background• Problems targeted by educonf• What is educonf• educonf objectives• educonf services• Roadmap• More info
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
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)
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
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
Connect. Communicate. Collaborateeduconf servicesTowards inter-institutional VoIP / Video Conferencing• Multi-domain monitoring• Directory of deployments• Support services and procedures• Central resources
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
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
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
Connect. Communicate. Collaborateeduconf website
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
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
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)
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!