Hong Kong IP Multicast Hong Kong IP Multicast InitiativeInitiative

Supported by:

Department of Information EngineeringThe Chinese University of Hong Kong

Innovation and Technology Commission

OverviewOverview

• Background – What is IP Multicast?• Motivation• Challenges• HKIPMI – the Multicast Enabler• HKIPMI Industry Consortium• HKIPMI Solutions• HKIPMI Activities

Background – What is Background – What is IP Multicast?IP Multicast?

Under a Unicast scenario…

To get the same, duplicated set of data, each end-user establishes his own connection with the server => Not scalable

Under a Multicast scenario…

Only one set of duplicated data is sent out from the server. Network loading is tremendously truncated => Scalable

MotivationMotivation

MotivationMotivation

Infrastructure Availability of broadband Internet access

• Supports multimedia data delivery

Intelligent building with integrated broadband

residential network• Low-cost, easy-to-use, and available

Next Wave of Services and Applications Video multicast

• TV over Internet

Multicasted information services• News distribution, financial applications

Multi-party video conferencing

MotivationMotivation

All these require one-to-many data delivery

Uniqueness of Hong Kong Small geographical area

• deploying regional broadband networks is economically

feasible

Timing• Infrastructures are in the construction phase, which is a crucial

time to incorporate new and better technologies

MotivationMotivation

ChallengesChallenges

ChallengesChallenges

How to build new multicast-ready networks?

How to upgrade existing networks to support

multicast data delivery?

How to efficiently deliver multicast

information?

How to manage network resources and provide

quality-of-service control?

HKIPMI HKIPMI – the Multicast Enabler– the Multicast Enabler

HKIPMI – the Multicast EnablerHKIPMI – the Multicast Enabler

Established in Oct 2000 by theDepartment of Information Engineering, CUHK

Funded by the Innovation and Technology Fundand private sponsors for 32 months

Non-profit making Mission

To jump-start the local industry in the adoption, deployment, and application of IP Multicast technologies.

Objectives:• Promoting and disseminating of IP multicast

technologies.• Creating a synergy among Hong Kong’s IT

professionals• Running the Multicast Inter-operability Testbed• Developing the Multicast Network Resource

Management Suite (NRMS)• Developing demonstrative multicast-ready applications

• LiveCast• InfoCast

HKIPMI – the Multicast EnablerHKIPMI – the Multicast Enabler

HKIPMI Industry HKIPMI Industry Consortium – the Consortium – the synergy of IT synergy of IT professionalsprofessionals

HKIPMI Industry ConsortiumHKIPMI Industry Consortium

Targeted Sectors Technology Providers Infrastructure Providers Internet Services Providers Internet Content Providers

Benefits: Participate in the "IP Multicast Product Directory"

in our portal site www.hkipmulticast.org Participate in technology promotion and publicity

programs Access to the IP Multicast Interoperability

Testbed Access to IP Multicast Tools and Applications

HKIPMI Industry ConsortiumHKIPMI Industry Consortium

Here are some of our Consortium members:

HKIPMI received full support from IT companies we met. Their advice can better define our development plan, and in return, we assist them to boost the Multicast development in Hong Kong hand-in-hand.

HKIPMI Industry ConsortiumHKIPMI Industry Consortium

HKIPMI SolutionsHKIPMI Solutions

HKIPMI SolutionsHKIPMI Solutions

HKIPMI Multicast Inter-operability Testbed Multicast Network Resource Management

Suite (NRMS) Multicast-ready applications

LiveCast InfoCast

HKIPMI Multicast Inter-operability Testbed Perform compatibility tests on network equipment A trial-run to a 100% Multicast-enabled Hong Kong

Multicast Network Resources Management Suite – the Vanguard of Network ResourcesSolve multicast-related issues:

Address collision Fault detection and reporting Multicast Traffic and Network Monitoring Resources allocation and prioritization Receiver authentication Network Infrastructure Configuration

HKIPMI SolutionsHKIPMI Solutions

Infocast Demonstrate Multicast performance in data

delivery Livecast

Demonstrate Multicast performance in video delivery

HKIPMI SolutionsHKIPMI Solutions

HKIPMI ActivitiesHKIPMI Activities

HKIPMI ActivitiesHKIPMI Activities

International cooperationHKIPMI participates in Internet 2 Multicast

Working Group to Foster Multicast technological exchange between Hong Kong and the rest of the world

HKIPMI ActivitiesHKIPMI Activities

Exhibitions Exhibition is an effective medium to spread our message

among the local IT industry.

In Feb 2000, we participated in the Information Infrastructure Expo held in HKCEC…

Oct 15-18 Hong Kong Electronics Fair, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center

Nov 7-9 Internet World Asia@HK 2001, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center

Nov 9-10 10th Anniversary of Faculty of Engineering, CUHK - IT Fair 2001, In-house

Nov 22-26 ITC’s Innovation Expo, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center

HKIPMI ActivitiesHKIPMI Activities

HKIPMI ActivitiesHKIPMI Activities Contact with local IT practitioners

• We take an initiative to firm visits and invite IT people to visit our lab

• We probe their needs to refine our products

Delegates from Speedcast Ltd. visited our lab in Jun 2001

Thank you for comingThank you for coming

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