Proof of Concept

Proof of Concept Network Project
Final Report
Prepared By
Jennifer Dunbabin, Project Applications Coordinator/ana!er
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2.1 Background....................................................................................................
2.2 Vson.............................................................................................................
2.3 Supportng Pocy...........................................................................................
2.4 Desgn............................................................................................................
2.4.1Network.................................................................................................
2.4.2Appcatons Software..........................................................................
2.4.3Appcatons Pro|ects...........................................................................
2.4.4Governance and Pro|ect Management.................................................
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3.1 Network Bud..............................................................................................
3.1.1South Austraa....................................................................................
3.2 Vctora........................................................................................................
3.2.1Austraan Capta Terrtory..................................................................
3.3 Appcatons Software..................................................................................
3.3.1VET Vrtua...........................................................................................
3.3.2Practtoners Large Ma Box...............................................................
3.3.3mne.edu.au/Mahara............................................................................
3.4 Appcatons Pro|ects....................................................................................
3.5 Governance and Pro|ect Management.........................................................
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4.1 Network.......................................................................................................
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5.1 Network Bud..............................................................................................
5.2.1Server Consderatons.........................................................................
5.2.2Cent Consderatons...........................................................................
5.2.3Bandwdth Consderatons...................................................................
5.2.4Bandwdth Cacuatons.......................................................................
5.4 Governance and Pro|ect Management.........................................................
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6.1 Pro|ect Workpan (14 November 2008)........................................................
6.2 Partcpatng Partners and Teachng Insttutons...........................................
6.3 VET Vrtua Fyer..........................................................................................
Proof of Concept Network Pro|ect Fna Report|anuary 2010 Page 3 of 56
6.4 Practtoners Large Mabox Fyer................................................................
Fi!ures
Figure 1 - The initial Proof of Concept Network vision.............................................9
Figure 2 The Network in December 200.............................................................13
Figure ! Pro"ect Communication #$ample............................................................14
Acknowled!e1ents
Other contrbutors to the report are:
|ame Sunderand from AARNet Pty Ltd on the network desgn and bud,
and
Chrs Rchter from Rcoshae Pty Ltd on appcatons software and
apcatons.
' Purpose of Report
The purpose of ths report s to document the:
pro|ect ratonae and ntentons
pro|ect mpementaton and outcomes, and
essons earnt.
* Project Rationale
*)' Back!round
Durng 2005 - 2007 the Vocatona Educaton and Tranng (VET) sector,
through the Austraan Fexbe Learnng Framework, funded the Access to
Bandwdth Pro|ect (A2B) to nvestgate and make recommendatons on the
provson of a natona hgh capacty network for the sector. In the course
of the Pro|ect a network desgn was recommended and traed (see Fgure
1). The desgn was that of usng AARNet to provde a natona backbone
for state networks. Ths mode was shown not to dever the eves of
connectvty or performance requred. In addton, metered tramc meant
that cost was a serous nhbtor to the type of uses envsaged for a VET
network. As a resut, the Proof of Concept Network Pro|ect was set up to
test to an aternate mode of provson of connectvty - the end-to-end
type provded by AARNet for the hgher educaton sector, by budng bre-
optc ta crcuts between the AARNet backbone and seected TAFEs.
*)* 2ision
The vson underpnnng the Access to Bandwdth Pro|ects and ths Pro|ect
was the need to provde VET sector wth a very hgh capacty network wth
no constrants on usage. To serve VET needs t must operate as a natona
network.
The Austraan Research and Educaton Network (AREN) was the mode for
the Pro|ect: a not-for-prot network estabshed to provde hgh capacty,
hgh performng network servces to the research and tertary educaton
sectors and an ahordabe prce.
The Commonweath has nvested sgncant amounts of money to deveop
ths network aong wth the unverstes and research organsaton. It s
desrabe and economcay sound to re-use ths nfrastructure to provde
ths nfrastructure to provde an expanded tertary network to ncude the
VET sector.
DEEWR dented an opportunty: t noted many TAFEs were proxmate to
the exstng tertary network and that for, n networkng terms, a sma
amount of funds, the tertary network coud be expanded to ncude the
ma|orty of TAFEs.
It was hypothessed that a natona network woud:
enhance the capacty of TAFEs to meet the sks needs of the future
enabe the wdespread use of nteractve e-earnng materas and
vrtua cassrooms
provde easy and speedy access to content coectons no matter where
they are ocated n Austraa
factate mutua recognton, credt transfer and cross-|ursdctona and
cross-sectora portabty
expand the number of course oherngs for earners n regona, remote
and Indgenous communtes
reduced tme-frames for competon of courses of study
factate mcroeconomc reform of TAFEs by aowng them access to
markets across Austraa
n the onger term, nuence future fundng drectons to ensure
ehectve use of pubc funds to reduce dupcaton of teachng ehort
and resources across the naton.
*), &upportin! Policy
The vson of a hgh capacty, end-to-end, optc bre network for the VET
sector was supportve of and compementary to current Federa poces
and ntatves such as:
the Bradey Report and subsequent Counc of Austraan Government
decsons to deveop more ceary a tertary sector from both the hgher
educaton and VET sectors
bud on the Austraan Governments $88 mon nvestment n the
hgh-speed research network for unverstes, the Austraan Research
and Educaton Network (AREN), by extendng ths network to the
tranng sector
the Dgta Educaton Revouton, and
the Natona Broadband Network.
The network woud aso provde the essenta nfrastructure to mtgate the
oomng shortage of teachers by provdng a patform where scare
knowedge coud be shared Austraa-wde.
*)- Desi!n
The Pro|ects am was to:
demonstrate the benets a hgh speed dedcated network can provde
to vocatona educaton and tranng, and
assst n deveopng ehectve strateges for cross-|ursdctona and
cross-sectora coaboraton for any future natona tertary educaton
network.
It was a proof of concept pro|ect to test the benets of, and dentfy ssues
assocated wth, a cross-|ursdctona hgh speed bre-optc network, that
woud dever end-to-end connectvty to vocatona educaton and tranng
nsttutons.
The Pro|ects Workpan s attached (at 7.1).
*)-)' Network
DEEWR requested a mnmum core network capacty of one ggabt.
AARNets proposed desgn was for a separate one ggabt waveength to
each connected nsttuton, where possbe. To ensure no cross-nsttutona
contenton on the backbone, t was scaed up to 10 ggabts. Lnks of
these capactes are now standard across tertary and research networks n
Austraa and overseas.
From a technca archtecture perspectve, the proof-of-concept network
was desgned to reect the thnkng of how the VEN may ook. It was
ntended to be a parae network sttng aongsde the AARNet network
utsng AARNets Dense Wave Dvson Mutpexng (DWDM) optca
transmsson equpment wth new equpment to provde the routng for the
VET sector.
The Proof-of-Concept Network (POCN) woud provde a dedcated backbone
network for the VET nsttutons that woud peer wth the AARNet network
enabng drect communcatons between the VET sector and the Hgher
Educaton and Research sectors. The Network was not panned to have
Internet access va AARNet due to Whoe of Government (WoG) nternet
purchasng arrangements. Canberra Insttute of Technoogy (CIT) and the
Vctoran dua-sector nsttutons were exstng AARNet customers and so
had access to the Internet va AARNet.
Figure 1 - The initial Proof of Concept Network vision
The orgna Workpan antcpated that Stage 1 of the network woud be
compete on 17 October 2008. The Workpan that was agreed n November
2008 pushed each of the stages back by severa months.
Stage 1 whch was due for competon by end of 2008 comprsed:
Canberra Insttute of Technoogy
SABRENet TAFEs (10) n South Austraa, and
n Vctora the dua sector TAFEs (Swnburne, RMIT, VU and Baarat who
were aready connected), Gordon Insttute and the Vctoran Coege of
Agrcuture and Hortcuture.
Stage 2 focussed on testng hypotheses, evauatng and ad|ustng and was
schedued to run December 2008 through November 2009.
Stage 3 nvoved addtona stes n Vctora and shoud ths not be
successfu, other stes mght be consdered ether n Vctora, other states
or prvate RTOs. Ths was to be competed by |une 2009.
In Vctora the other TAFEs dented for connecton were:
Wam Angss
Wodonga
East Gppsand, and
Further Ta buds were approved n March 2009 ncudng

Kangan Batman
Gordon
Homesgen
Aready on-net n Vctora were the four dua sector nsttutons:
Swnburne Unversty of Technoogy
RMIT
Vctora Unversty, and
Unversty of Baarat.
*)-)* Applications &oftware
A crtca aspect of the Network busness mode s to provde appcatons
on-net so that the tramc between users of the software patforms w
trave ony over the network. Ths has the benet of tramc traveng on an
uncontested, over-provsoned network, and that tramc, because s on-net
beng unmetered. In addton, appcatons that requred hgh capacty
connectvty to work were requred.
VET Vrtua was rened and redeveoped to meet the needs of the Access
to Bandwdth (A2B) Pro|ect and as such s an dea appcaton to oher to
the Network users.
Two other appcatons were deveoped durng the course of the Pro|ect:
the Practtoners Large Ma Box, and
mne.edu, an e-portfoo appcaton usng Mahara.
*)-), Applications Projects
There were two strands to the POCN Pro|ect: budng the network and
usng t. The appcatons pro|ects were to be the vehce for testng
network appcatons, structured to demonstrate the capacty for such a
network to mprove educaton and tranng outcomes. The POCN was to be
competed to Stage 2 by ate 2008, eavng a whoe teachng year for any
appcatons pro|ects to run. Appcatons pro|ects had to be centred
around teachng devery that coud ony occur wth hgh capacty
connectvty. The foowng gudenes were provded. Appcatons deay
shoud:
be somethng that s not presenty avaabe, or s currenty avaabe
but not reasng ts maxmum potenta due to ess-than-adequate
bandwdth
not merey repcate an appcaton that s aready avaabe
be an exempar of the benets of hgh-speed connectvty
have an dentabe educatona outcome
cross |ursdctona borders (at east 2 appcatons)
demonstrate cross |ursdctona coaboraton (at east 1 appcaton)
nvove more than 1 nsttute (at east 2 appcatons)
nvove vdeo conferencng (at east 1 appcaton)
demonstrate a bandwdth-hungry appcaton (at east 1 appcaton)
be dstncty dherent n technque and form (not |ust 3 exampes of
vdeoconferencng)
nvove a varety of earnng dscpnes
nvove at east one tradtona trade
appy across the tertary sector or whoe-of-educaton sectors (at east
1 appcaton), and
be abe to be mpemented wthout undue mpost of tme or other
resources by nsttutons (essenta).
*)-)- 3o4ernance and Project ana!e1ent
The partes nvoved and ther roes are outned beow:
Austraan Government Department of Educaton, Empoyment and
Workpace Reatons (DEEWR) (sponsor, pro|ect eader, coaboratve
partner)
AARNet Pty Ltd (network provder, coaboratve partner)
Canberra Insttute of Technoogy (CIT) (coaboratve partner)
SABRENet Lmted (coaboratve partner)
Government of South Austraas Department of Further Educaton,
Empoyment, Scence and Technoogy (DFEEST) (coaboratve partner),
and
State Government of Vctoras Vctoran Sks Commsson (VSC)
(manager of nanca reatonshp wth AARNet Pty Ltd, coaboratve
partner).
3o4ernance and di4ision of responsibilities
The coaboratve mode empoyed for ths pro|ect was one that requred
consderabe goodw and accommodaton of the needs and nterests of
other partes and enormous enthusasm to mpement a worthwhe proof
of concept. However, as the sponsor of the pro|ect, DEEWR had to
approve a actvtes undertaken as part of the pro|ect and had the
utmate decson-makng power n reaton to how fundng w be aocated
and when pro|ect actvtes w be ceased.
VSC was responsbe for the management of the nanca reatonshp wth
AARNet Pty Ltd, on behaf of a partes to the pro|ect.
CIT, DFEEST and VSC were responsbe for engagng wth TAFE
practtoners n ther respectve |ursdctons to dentfy champons who w
ead ther states actvtes n reaton to the runnng of appcatons that
tra potenta uses of the network.
SABRENet Lmted, DFEEST and AARNet Pty Ltd were responsbe for
deveopng an ehectve and emcent method of connectng the SABRENet
TAFEs to the AARNet backbone.
AARNet were responsbe for estabshng, managng and operatng the
nfrastructure that w support the network.
A partes were responsbe for ensurng ehectve workng reatonshps
that provde the best envronment n whch to test the concept of a bre-
optc TAFE network.
, Project +1ple1entation
Durng the mpementaton perod the Natona Broadband Network was
announced on 7 Apr 2009 foowed by the Vocatona Educaton
Broadband Network (VEN) on 22 Apr 2009. These announcements
changed the pocy envronment for the POCN Pro|ect and added demands
on resources n DEEWR that were aready overstretched managng the
POCN Pro|ect.
,)' Network Build
When the rst Workpan was prepared t was understood to be feasbe
that Stage 2 of the network bud woud be competed by the end of
December 2008. Ths was not acheved due, n arge part, the extensve
negotaton requred eadng up to the sgnng of the agreement between
DEEWR, VSC and AARNet. Forma agreement was reached n November
2008. In addton, the method of contractng and admnstratve structures
ed to ong ead tmes n the sgnng of the agreement between DFEEST
and AARNet. The Pro|ect Manager at the tme had to spend substanta
amounts of tme negotatng wth the partes. The remander of ths
secton deas wth the mpementaton actvty and ssues that occurred
once the nta negotaton and contractng phase was compete.
The remander of ths secton deas wth the mpementaton actvty and
ssues that occurred once the nta negotaton and contractng phase was
compete.
A bre-optca backbone has been estabshed between Adeade,
Mebourne and Canberra wth assocated routers that aow for a prvate
nter-TAFE network wth dedcated bandwdth to carry TAFE tramc
separatey to the rest of the AARNet tramc. Ths nk s a snge
waveength and snge router connecton n each State for the Proof-of-
concept network. The separate network aows exbty and an extended
set of servces that are not avaabe on the Standard AARNet network,
such as dherentatng connectvty between TAFEs, Unverstes and
Internet access. When the rst Workpan was prepared t was understood
to be feasbe that Stage 2 of the network bud woud be competed by the
end of December 2008. Ths was not acheved due, n arge part, the
extensve negotaton requred eadng up to the sgnng of the agreement
between DEEWR, VSC and AARNet. Forma agreement was reached n
November 2008. In addton, the method of contractng and admnstratve
structures ed to ong ead tmes n the sgnng of the agreement between
DFEEST and AARNet. The Pro|ect Manager at the tme had to spend
substanta amounts of tme negotatng wth the partes. The remander of
ths secton deas wth the mpementaton actvty and ssues that
occurred once the nta negotaton and contractng phase was compete.
The resutng network archtecture s represented n Fgure 2.
Figure 2 The Network in December 200
The man reasons for the changes n network desgn were as foows:
ack of coordnated technca pannng nvovng representatves
from a nsttutons, state |ursdctons and ther outsourced
technca consutants
dherng and sometmes conctng requrements from states and
nsttutons wth regards to routng and network securty
requrement to access to certan appcatons hosted wthn the
Hgher Educaton and Research Network, and
requrement to access AARNets Internet connectvty and content
ohered as un-metered through AARNets extensve peerng network.
The pro|ect never had a technca meetng between a |ursdctons,
ncudng the pro|ect representatves together wth ther government
nfrastructure departments and ther respectve outsourced WoG gateway
servce provders. Ths caused ssues where a technca desgn that suted
a partes was not agreed upon. Instead each |ursdctons outsourcer tod
AARNet the terms under whch a connecton coud be made. Ths became
an teratve process wth AARNet actng as the go-between, but havng to
pass a requests back through the reevant IT department to provde
nstructons to the Outsourcer (possby wth some approva from TAFE
management and the State Infrastructure Department n between). Fgure
3 shows a representaton of the ayered and ndrect nes of
communcaton that occurred when the network provder worked wth the
|ursdctons where IT servces were outsourced. Ths dynamc was
partcuary n evdence n engagng wth the network management mode
n pace n South Austraa. It resuted n there beng severa ayers
between the PoCN practtoners and pro|ect representatves and the
outsourced technca stah who actuay mpement the requred changes.
Fgure 3 represents the communcaton ows for the Denta Hygene
Pro|ect and the settng up of the VPN.
Figure ! Pro"ect Communication #$ample
,)')' &out5 Australia
South Austraa has a strong whoe of government cuture for contract and
network management, wth centrased network management and a tered
set of rewas. Ths had sgncant mpact on the pro|ect tmenes and
consequenty the abty to conduct appcatons pro|ects. In addton the
resutng convouted network desgn meant South Austraan VET
practtoners dd not benet from beng part of the PoCN to any great
degree durng the course of the Pro|ect.
After some ong deays reatng to negotatons over Terms and Condtons
of Servce, the standard AARNet Access Agreement was sgned n |une n
ts orgna form wth no amendments made.
The desgn of the nterface between AARNet and SAuGov networks had to
be customsed to meet the terms set by the Department of Transport
Energy and Infrastructure (DTEI) who run the State ICT Servces Group and
manage StateNet, South Austraas WOG. These terms dd not aow
norma nter-network exchange of routng nformaton and dd not aow
nbound connectons nto the TAFE network.
DTEI and ther outsourcer (Dmenson Data) refused to aow any form of
dynamc routng exchange between the state network and AARNet so a
changes were manuay made wth teratve changes to statc routng and
Network Address Transaton rues based on observaton of what was and
was not workng and ndvdua work orders. It was ponted out eary that
vdeoconferencng s generay ncompatbe wth Prvate IP addressng and
Network Address Transaton (NAT) uness some form of proxy or rewa
traversa devce was used. A other PoCN members had a connecton to
AARNet usng Border Gateway Protoco (BGP) Routng whch AARNet uses
to assgn customers to partcuar communtes and decde whch
communtes have routes between each other.
Instead of the partcpatng TAFEs n South Austraa beng abe to work
freey wth any of the other partcpants n the Pro|ect access to
connectvty between Ges Pans TAFE and CIT for the denta pro|ect was
set up to run over a prvate network between the two stes. The
connecton must be made from the South Austraan end of the nk. CIT
w not be abe to make cas from ther system durng the tra, but w
receve the vdeoconference ca and streamng vdeo from Adeade. An IP
address on the standard AARNet network aso had to be provded for
connectvty to the VETVrtua servers.
,)* 2ictoria
In Vctora, TAFEs are autonomous enttes wth few constrants on the
contractng abty, ncudng network provsonng. However, the VSC has
proposed a state-based TAFE Broadband Network, and whe the contracts
for the provson of network servces were wth ndvdua TAFEs, the
Vctoran TAFEs ntay nssted on an "on-net ony" connecton because of
the proposed state-based network. However after the nta
mpementaton they found tte vaue n the mted connectvty and each
of the connected stes soon asked to have ther connecton changed to
ncude fu Internet access and unmetered access to AARNets peers and
content provders. Ths was the cause of the change n desgn of the
network n Vctora from what was orgnay proposed.
At the end of the Pro|ect the foowng TAFEs were connected: Kangan
Batman, Wam Angss, Wodonga and Gordon and the four dua-sector
nsttutons. On the sgnng of the head contract between the VSC and
DEEWR, VSC had been gven a hgh degree of dscreton as to whch TAFEs
woud be connected. The ndecson and changes of TAFEs to be ncuded
or not was aso detrmenta to Pro|ect outcomes. For exampe, East
Gppsand TAFE was not connected. Athough VERNet provsoned the
crcut n the rst week of |une, the connecton was canceed by Vctoran
Sks commsson days before t was due to be actvated. AARNet ntay
proposed to do a drect bud nto Gordon TAFE and then ater negotated
access to bre owned by another carrer whch was aready nstaed nto
the TAFE budng, however VSC preferred that VcTrack be engaged bud a
new connecton nto Gordon TAFE n ne wth ther state-based network
pan. Athough VcTrack provded nta estmates, na quotes to order
aganst were not provded as they coud not provde a crcut to any of
AARNets stes wthn Mebourne CBD.
,)*)' Australian Capital "erritory
CIT has been connected to AARNet snce |une 2003. ACT nformaton
technoogy nfrastructure s managed centray, by InTACT. |onng the
PoCN shoud have been, and was, a matter of course for CIT. However,
because of South Austraas restrctons on the type of connectvty and
VPN had to be estabshed. Ths meant substanta unantcpated work and
t was dmcut to schedue gven the demands aready on InTACT. They
had ntay agreed to have a new swtch nstaed nto the network to
provde the prvate network. However, when t came tme to test nks
from the newy nstaed vdeoconference system, InTact setup the oca
subnet usng an address range wthn the CIT pubc IP range (whch s
advertsed gobay through the standard AARNet network). They dd not
want to use the prvate network as ths woud restrct the vdeoconference
system from beng abe to connect to anyone except the South Austraan
TAFEs.
,), Applications &oftware
A webste was created to support the practtoners n usng the
appcatons and aso for the members of the Practtoners Network to
promote the use of the appcatons n ther nsttutons. Its address s:
http://www.proofofconceptnetwork.com/ste/. Currenty t s password
protected: the username s appcatons and the password s pocn.
These appcatons w contnue to be hosted by AARNet n 2010 and
avaabe to the VET sector to use.
,),)' 2$" 2irtual
VET Vrtua s a web-based nteractve meetng and teachng space.
VET Vrtua has provded an nteractve ocaton for teachers and students
to communcate and meet when dstance or after hours have made t
dmcut for face to face casses. On average VET Vrtua was actvey used
by 262+ teachers and students each month. Most partcpants made use
of audo whe traners extensvey used vdeo, the whte board and
PowerPont presentatons.
&tatistics
August September October November
Sessons 266
Maxmum users at
one tme
8 6 11 7
Bandwdth to Server 2.07GB 1.14GB 1.59GB 0.96GB
Bandwdth from
Server
9.78GB 5.53GB 11.24GB 1.48GB
Average sesson
ength
42mn 38 42 36
Indvdua
connectons
308 297 239 204
#ocations
Austraa 91%
Chna 9%
European Unon
Fnand
Unted Kngdom
Greece
Indonesa
Korea Repubc of
Phppnes
Sngapore
Unted States
VET Vrtua has provded a seect group of teachers the opportunty to see
what s possbe when usng a hgh bandwdth web based conferencng
appcaton.
As a resut of ths pro|ect we are compng a coecton of quotes from
teachng stah and student n reaton to ther experences of VET Vrtua
durng the past 12 months. These w be made avaabe on
www.vetvrtua.org.
Athough many of the POCN team members dd not, or coud not, take up
the opportuntes made avaabe t has provded a weath of nformaton
on the deveopment, technca and provson of web based servces across
|ursdctons. Ths nformaton w be nvauabe n the future depoyment
of hgh speed appcatons across Austraa. These ndngs w provde a
base to make decsons on how a hgh bandwdth servce can be
mpement and the ssues reatng to mut user hgh bandwdth
appcatons. The recommendatons are at Secton 5.2.
AARNET has been nvauabe n provdng the servers and server support
for a of the Appcatons used n ths pro|ect. AARNet w contnue to host
VETVrtua durng 2010 and t w be avaabe to VET practtoners.
,),)* Practitioners6 #ar!e ail Bo7
In many dscpnes, for exampe mutmeda, there s the need to transfer
arge es that arent ready accommodated wth current toos.
There are two versons of the arge ma box caed Large Ma Box and
Fesender. Large ma box was the nta e up oader aowng up to
800MB es to be emaed.
Foowng the success and nterest from unversty educators and other
organzatons Fesender was added to the mx to aow up to 2GB es to
be exchanged. Statstcs are supped for both as both appcatons made
use of the same network nfrastructure and were used by educators n
Austraa and overseas.
&tatistics
#ar!e ail
Bo7
Filesender
Number Fes Upoaded 160 221
Number Fes
Downoaded
87 97
Bandwdth Upoaded 5.83GB 91GB
Bandwdth Downoaded 1.25GB 17GB
Upoad Speeds 9Mbps 2Mbps - 53Mbps
Downoad Speeds 9Mbps -
23Mbps
2Mbps - 70Mbps
Fe types upoaded: zp, |pg, ppt, rar, png, doc, dbf, fa, pdf.
Large Ma type servces are the type of servce where peope say "Why
woud I need ths" and then one day when they are desperate to get a
arge e to another coeague - suddeny become acutey aware of the
mpcatons of havng the servce avaabe on a fast network.
As the roout of fast bandwdth contnues and mutmeda es become
arger and most n use - more and more peope w see the benets of ths
and w be deghted to get on board and make use of the network.
An end to end connectvty testng too (usng hgh denton vdeo) so that
partcpants can ensure they have approprate eves 'ast me'
connectvty as we as rewa pass through at ther nsttuton, so that the
tras are truy assessng the benets of hgh capacty connectvty.
,),), 1ine)edu)au/a5ara
mne.edu.au s an e-portfoo servce, set up usng Mahara, an open source
e-portfoo system wth a exbe dspay framework. Mahara, meanng
'thnk' or 'thought' n Te Reo M or, s user centred envronment wth a
permssons framework that enabes dherent vews of an e-portfoo to be
easy managed. Mahara aso features a webog, resume buder and soca
networkng system, connectng users and creatng onne earner
communtes.
mne.edu.au/Mahara has been provded through POCN for educators,
partcuary at CIT, to tra the appcaton and see how t coud t nto ther
roe or organsaton to provde ongong servces as students compete
courses and move out to empoyment. Whe CITs e-portfoo pro|ect coud
not be funded, Mahara was nstaed and supported and the team at CIT
coud tra ther pro|ect.
mne.edu.au can be accessed from http://apps2.vetvrtua.org/mahara. It
currenty has 41 members.
At ths stage Mahara s beng traed but the response has been postve n
that other organzatons have now mpemented ther own verson of
Mahara.
One mportant aspect of Mahara s the abty to upoad vdeos, mages
and audo to use n your portfoo. Havng a hgh speed network provson
w aow students to oad there portfoo meda qucky whch w reduce
the frustraton caused by sow networks when tryng to create your
portfoo. Ths aone s a key reason to provde these types of servces on
hgh speed networks.
There are many career paths that now requre arge dgta es that woud
otherwse be dmcut to put nto a portfoo, such as archtects, muscans,
vdeo producers, cothng desgners, advertsng and many other IT-based
careers.
,)- Applications Projects
The ma|or am of the Pro|ect was to test the hypothess that a hgh speed
dedcated network woud provde benets and advantages to vocatona
educaton and tranng. To do ths the network, once but, needed to be
used and the outcomes of the use evauated and the Appcatons Pro|ects
were ntended to do ths. The extensons of tme requred for the network
bud made t amost mpossbe to run the ntended pro|ects over the
network.
A budget of $250,000 was avaabe for ths purpose. The sma amount
avaabe was probematc for ths aspect of the Pro|ect.
An Appcatons Coordnator was apponted n |anuary 2009, three days per
week, reportng to DEEWR. The roe was ncreased to 4 days per week n
|uy. The purpose was to coordnate and gude the Appcatons Pro|ects
and support the practtoners.
A Practtoners Network was estabshed and met monthy. Membershp
comprsed representatves of each partcpatng nsttuton and the
coaboratve partners (see 6.2). Engagement structures wth practtoners
vared from |ursdcton. CIT was straghtforward from a |ursdctona
perspectve. In South Austraa one person was nomnated to be the pont
of contact and to work wth practtoners n SA. In Vctora a two ter
approach exsted, wth Sks Vctora and wth the nsttutons themseves.
Agan, n Vctora, the engagement was wth e-earnng practtoners or
managers. A wk was set up for the members to use at http://pocn-
practtoners-network.wkspaces.com/.
Pro|ect submssons were caed for and submtted n Apr. At ths stage
the Pro|ect from an appcatons perspectve was hampered by the mted
fundng.
Fve appcatons were receved:
ACT - E-portfoo ($50,000)
SA - Denta Hygene Pro|ect (n con|uncton wth ACT) ($120,000)
Vc - TAFE TV ($30,000)
Vc - Csco Teepresence ($350,000), and
Rcoshae Pty Ltd (Chrs Rchter) - Large Fe Streamng ($20,000)
Anne Caddy, Wayne Hoare and |en Dunbabn met n Hobart on 7 Apr to
assess the appcatons. At ths stage t was understood there was up to
$750,000 avaabe for appcaton pro|ect fundng.
It was agreed to fund the foowng pro|ects:
E-portfoo
Denta Hygene
TAFE TV, and
Large Fe Streamng.
It was aso agreed to provde each |ursdcton wth support of $20,000 for
the admnstratve oad paced on them.
In |une 2009 VSC advsed that ths was no onger the case, and n fact the
Pro|ect may be overspent. Consequenty, the E-portfoo Pro|ect and TAFE
TV were dscontnued.
Dental 0y!iene Project
Ths appcaton pro|ect nvoved estabshng a pont to pont hgh
denton vdeo conferencng nk between Canberra Insttute of
Technoogy and Ges Pans Campus, TAFE SA to dever components of
denta hygenst tranng across these campuses. The pro|ect w enabe
students to vew hgh denton ora examnatons usng an ntraora
camera, demonstratons of nstrument use n rea-tme and to partcpate
n cass dscussons va vdeo conferencng.
Students were to be abe to observe rea tme examnaton and practces
on a hgh denton vewng medum wth supportng daogue and
conversaton.
As noted n 3.1.1, ths Pro|ect encountered many dmcutes n estabshed
the vdeo connecton and hence none of the panned teachng sessons
occurred. CIT and Ges Pans w use the network and equpment for
teachng n the rst semester of 2010.
The mpementaton of ths pro|ect hghghted that most TAFE campuses
do not have the network nfrastructure to dever the requred connectvty
to partcuar budngs or cassroom. Both CIT and Ges Pans had to ay
bre to connect the budngs that were to be used to ther centra network
hub.
,). 3o4ernance and Project ana!e1ent
In mountng ths pro|ect VET was at the vanguard of technoogy n
educaton. The deveopmenta and ground breakng nature of ths Pro|ect,
whch nvoved mutpe |ursdctons and eds of actvty (practtoners,
networks, pocy), aong wth the heavy reance on gratutous
contrbutons from the coaboratve partners and the need for
condentaty, had a marked mpact on both the governance and
management of the Pro|ect. The compexty of ths type of undertakng
cannot be underestmated.
The contrbutons made through goodw to the Pro|ect by many peope
were much apprecated, however, because of the demands of ther roes
often the Pro|ect work rghty had to fa n ne wth other demands. TAFEs
now are bg busnesses wth bg busness modes of management whch
made t dmcut for even the most enthusastc practtoners to devote the
tme requred to the Pro|ect. Ths mode s not a sustanabe one.
There were many externa agendas that had mpact on the progress and
drecton of the pro|ect; agendas that were often n conct wth the
agenda of the Pro|ect, whch was to estabsh a natona end-to-end proof
of concept network. It woud be smpstc to anayse ths Pro|ect purey as
a pro|ect management exercse and many usefu earnngs about
mpementng a natona nfrastructure n a federa envronment woud be
ost.
Due to the very sma wndow of opportunty to secure the $2.5 mon for
the Pro|ect, the funds we dstrbuted to the VSC before to Pro|ect started.
Ths put the Pro|ect at a dsadvantage from the start as there was no
mechansm avaabe to DEEWR to ensure performance accordng to
agreed tmenes.
Other bockers ncuded:
the focus on the Pro|ect of estabshng a natona network cashng wth
|ursdctons focus on what was seen to be requred at a state eve to
bud a state network
nadequate stamng at DEEWR and ack a contnuty of stah workng on
ths compex pro|ect
the amount of negotaton requred for agreements to be reached
between pro|ect partners
|ursdctons nsstence n controng access to practtoners, and
because of the greeneds nature of the Pro|ect, the ack of
|ursdctona understandng of scope and mperatves.
- Project %utco1es
The Pro|ect dd not acheve many of the tmenes or outcomes set out n
the Workpan. Contrbutng to ths was the tme t took to estabsh the
network whch made t mpossbe to run the appcatons pro|ects as
envsaged, changed network desgn and the mted funds for appcatons
pro|ects, and the condenta nature of the Pro|ect (t coud not be wdey
dscussed unt Apr 2009) whch made genera communcatons and
promotng engagement across even the partcpatng nsttutons dmcut.
-)' Network
By the competon of the pro|ect a network of as shown n Fgure 2 was
but. The core between Adeade, Mebourne and Canberra was competed
on 16 |une 2009.
By the competon of the pro|ect a network as shown n Fgure 2 was but.
The core between Adeade, Mebourne and Canberra was competed on 16
|une 2009 and contnues to operate as a prvate network, however a
partcpants have a connecton to the standard AARNet network and the
prvate network s not beng used.
It became apparent durng the mpementaton of the network that
organsatons that were connected to the AARNet backbone saw tte or no
vaue n estabshng and mantanng a separate prvate network when the
other nsttutons were reachabe through the AARNet connecton.
Tea Tree Guy TAFE has been connected to the South Austraan State
Government (StateNet) hub va SABRENet.
Connecton between the StateNet hub and AARNet has been estabshed,
however t s mted to specc appcatons between specc hosts. It does
not provde drect communcaton between a SABRENet connected TAFEs
and a AARNet connected nsttutons as was envsaged due to StateNet
restrctons.
The VPN requred by StateNet dd not support vdeoconferencng due to
the way t used a snge IP address that was connected to the prvate
network usng Network Address Transaton (NAT). Vdeoconference
streams from South Austraa are now routed va the pubc network usng
the gateway operated by the Tee-Learnng Consortum (TLC) wthn SA
TAFE.
Whe a VPN crcut was nstaed nto Canberra Insttute of TAFE (CIT) for
the denta hygene pro|ect, t s not beng used as ths woud mt the
connectvty of the vdeoconference system to connectons to South
Austraa ony.
In Vctora, connectons were estabshed between AARNet and Wodonga
TAFE, Wam Angss TAFE and Kangan Batman TAFE. A crcut to East
Gppsand was provded through VERNet, but was canceed pror before a
workng servce to AARNet coud be estabshed.
Athough AARNet provded optons for connectvty to Gordon TAFE, these
were not approved by Sks Vctora who nstructed AARNet to pursue
connectvty through Vctrack.
AARNet and VcTrack dd come to agreement on Terms of Servce and
Acceptabe use, however VcTrack were unabe to provde a quote on
whch AARNet coud pace an order for a pont-pont servce between
ether Gordon or Homesgen TAFEs and any AARNet pont of presence
wthn Mebourne CBD. It s understood however that Gordon TAFE
currenty has some eve of connectvty to AARNet through ts nk to
Deakn Unversty.
-)* Applications &oftware
Ths aspect of the pro|ect progressed we, n that the software was
avaabe to practtoners to use and we supported. In addton, the wder
VET communty used these natona patforms.
The dmcutes some members of the POCN Pro|ect had n usng the
software shows that much work s st to be done on natona
nteroperabty. For exampe, the ntenton of the Pro|ect was to use
VETVrtua for meetngs, ncudng the Practtoners Network meetngs.
Ths dd not eventuate because the rewa and securty requrements of
some partcpatng nsttutons dd not support rea tme communcaton.
Ths ndcates the mportance of ntatves such as the Austraan Fexbe
Learnng Frameworks e-Standards for Tranng work (http://e-
standards.exbeearnng.net.au/) partcuary resources such as the VET
Teacher E-earnng Tookt.
Ths s a mcrocosm of experences for practtoners ookng to work wth
nterstate coeagues or partcpate n natona onne rea tme events: of
a the patforms avaabe, nvaraby one |ursdcton or another coud not
access the patform, hence the work of the Framework, noted above.
-), Applications Projects
As noted prevousy the Appcatons Pro|ects mpementaton was
hampered by nanca and network constrants. However, Wodonga TAFEs
experence serves as evdence that the thess to be tested by the POCN
Pro|ect s sound.
Wodonga TAFE n Vctora has been connected to AARNet as a fu-servce
customer snce Apr. They are very happy wth the performance and
reabty of the AARNet network servces and the postve mpact on hgh
capacty connectvty and note the foowng outcomes:
the connecton has aowed a dramatc ncrease n productvty of our
remote stes whch are VPN connected due to mproved speed and
ad|ustments we have been abe to make for how they connect,
we have been abe to bud on our webste (whch s ocay hosted) and
ncorporate new features and mprovements to hep our students
access nformaton.
there has been an ncrease n the use of TAFE VC by our stah
(prevousy our 2MB Lnk coud not cope we wth accessng ths hosted
servce),
we now have the abty to vdeo conference from the desktop usng
Attend Anywhere onne vdeo conferencng software and Logtech
webcams, and
ganed to abty to use the Eumnate servce provded by the TAFE
Deveopment Centre and eWorks to use for webnars etc.
. For Future Reference
There have been many earnngs from the Proof of Concept Network
Pro|ect and they, aong wth some recommendatons, are set out beow.
.)' Network Build
Reco11endation 8 o4erarc5in! network desi!n
In the Pro|ect t has become cear that there are two modes of network
desgn and desred use that are comng n to conct: the corporate and
the educatona; cosed versus open. It s crtca for educatona outcomes
that educatona needs underpn the deveopment of the VEN.
Reco11endation 8 1odel clauses
It woud be beneca to deveop a set of broad prncpe agreements
around practce, pocy and procedures so that these coud be nserted nto
ega documentaton to support natona consstency n contractua
arrangements for the VEN.
Reco11endation 9 future network capacity
Network capacty shoud be at east three tmes the expected oad. Trends
n hgher educaton and research network desgn, both n Austraa and
overseas are currenty at 10 ggabts and have experenced exponenta
growth.
Reco11endation 8 infrastructure on site
A hostc approach to upgradng network bandwdth and budng the VEN
s needed. It s not sumcent to upgrade snge nk to door step, n most
cases t w aso requre a program of upgrades to the nterna network of
each nsttuton, both cabng and hardware. A number of Vctora TAFEs
had to upgrade ther routers. Another htch was that Testra assgned IP
address ranges coud no onger be used and AARNet had to suppy a new
range whch meant renumberng of servers and updatng Doman Name
Servces.
#earnin! 9 desi!n principles
The VEN desgn shoud be kept as smpe as possbe, wth mnma
terng and very broad routng rues usng a dynamc routng protoco
such as BGP. Routng and terng w qucky become unmanageaby
compex f rues based on statcay congured sma address ranges or
ndvdua source and destnaton address combnatons are used.
Work needs be done wth each |ursdcton durng the eary desgn phase
to ceary understand what woud be requred to acheve ths outcome
wthn current |ursdctona network pocy settngs.
#earnin! 8 di:erence between corporate networks and
educational networks in relation to security and ;e7ibility
Corporate networks are often but usng "waed garden" prncpes where
the buk of communcatons s nterna and securty threats are seen as
beng prmary from externa sources. These networks generay have a
snge (athough techncay dverse and resent) centray managed
gateway/rewa/DMZ system that mposes qute heavy restrctons on
network use - partcuary reated to nbound connectons.
Educaton networks are generay more exbe wth securty threats |ust
as key to come from nterna networks as from the wder nternet. An
educaton network sees tsef as part of the goba network as both a
contrbutor and consumer of content, rather than as a prvate network
hdden behnd a market front. To acheve the desred educatona
outcomes, there needs to be a coser reatonshp between the needs of
the educaton practtoners and the ICT management that contros network
securty.
Where network securty s centrazed and/or outsourced, t s key that
there w be sgncant deays n makng any ad|ustments to securty
poces to enabe shared appcatons and coaboraton due to the mut-
ayered approva processes requred.
#earnin! 8 1ulti9carrier en4iron1ent
The Hgher Educaton and Research sector uses AARNet as both ts nter-
organsaton carrer as we as the Internet provder. If the VEN s to use
one carrer to provde nter-organsaton connectvty and another to
provde Internet access, then each |ursdcton or nsttuton must be abe
to mantan dynamc routng between mutpe carrers. The st of address
ranges (both n IPv4 and IPv6) w change reguary over tme as new stes
connect and organzatons and amatons change. Statc programmng of
gateways w qucky become obsoete and w need constant updatng
across mutpe |ursdctons uness dynamc routng s used.
#earnin! 8 use of pri4ate networks and 4ideoconferencin!
Where prvate IP addressng and/or Network Address Transaton (NAT)
schemes are used, nter-|ursdcton Vdeoconferencng and Voce over IP
w not work wthout nstang a proxy/gateway (aso known as a Sesson
Border Controer) whch acts ke a PABX routng cas from a prvate
network va a pubc nterface.
#earnin! 8 acceptable use policies
Budng the VEN and a wder educaton network w requre the re-use of
many exstng networks. The underpnnng ntenton to create and natona
educaton network may run up aganst the acceptabe use poces of these
exstng networks.
#earnin! 8 +" depart1ent work sc5edules
There s a need to be mndfu of fact that generay that IT departments n
educaton need to appy for pro|ect fundng we before end of year for
work to be done n foowng year and that future actvty s panned n
advance so t can become part of the varous departments pannng cyce.
IT departments usuay prepare budgets n September-November of the
year before and by |anuary/February have a st of approved pro|ects for
the year and aocate stamng resources appropratey. Any addtona work
durng that year cannot be guaranteed to be aocated approprate
resources.
.)* Applications &oftware
Durng the Pro|ect the foowng observatons wth made:
havng a arge ppene has a huge benet provded the appcatons
can make use of the benets of ths ppene.
end users oca network and pc conguratons pay a ma|or roe n
reapng the benets of a arge ppene.
often the ncreased bandwdth and atency go unnotced n ths type of
envronment as the expectatons of the performance of technoogy s
very hgh and whe t s workng emcenty you do not get a ot of
feedback unt thngs are not workng.
a bgger ssue than the physca network can be the |ursdctona
boundares, expectatons, requrements and securty consderatons.
.)*)' &er4er Considerations
Durng ths Pro|ect we tested mutpe servers and server conguratons
ncudng Wndows Server 2003 usng PHP, .NET and Lnux based Ubuntu
Servers wth Apache and PHP, 32bt and 64bt.
The servers provded for ths pro|ect were exceptona, hgh quaty and
capabe of pushng through a ot more data and handng many more users
than we provded n the test cases. What we dd nd s that athough the
server was consstent, the cent networks and physca computers we
exacty the opposte, sendng data wth ntermttent gaps n transmsson.
Obvousy havng a capabe server or servers s ncredby mportant, but t
st hangs on the assumpton that the cent s provdng quaty consstent
nformaton and that s an ssue for the ndvdua organzatons to ether
recommend that stah use more capabe computers for ths type of meda
work and/or make pocy changes to the OOS/bandwdth mtng of the
computers beng used for ths type of meda nteracton.
Reco11endation
Havng a specc coecton of PCs maybe n a brary or meda room that
are tuned and have hgher bandwdth aocatons for usng these types of
servces w provded a more en|oyabe experence and a controed
souton to provde arge e or rea tme communcaton experences for
cents.
In ths scenaro we aso noted that Lnux based servers, as opposed to
Wndows, handed the arge e transferrng sghty better and wth more
tunng the wndows based servers coud be made to run as emcenty as
the Lnux server. As there are many factors here t s ony an
acknowedgement that straght out of the box the Lnux based servers
were emcent at ths type of nteracton.
Aso, some of the functons nvoved n VET Vrtua, speccay the
converson of PowerPont to onne presentatons caused a consderabe
dran on server resources. On most occasons t dd not mpact the use of
the audo and vdeo communcaton but under heaver oad t coud be an
ssue.
Reco11endation
Use separate servers for Rea Tme communcaton appcatons, Web HTTP
servces and Large Fe Transferrng. Large e transferrng puts a heavy
oad on the server as we and athough t s not atency ahected, f you
have rea tme nteracton from the same server the rea tme atency w
be dramatcay ahected by the arge e processes.
.)*)* Client Considerations
Appcatons were tested on varyng cent machnes, browsers, operatng
systems and ocatons.
The key areas of dscusson revove around the browser verson, ports and
network ocatons n reaton to oca network management. The bggest
ssues were port avaabty for streamng meda and ast me bandwdth,
quaty of servce and bandwdth mtng.
Reco11endation
Puttng together a specc pocy n regard to addtona non http ports for
rea tme communcaton w dramatcay mprove the experence for
everyone usng rea tme appcatons. In fact the dherence between http
port 80 and usng, for exampe, port 1935 s a mnmum of doube usuay
more atency ncrease. If the pocy was specc to ony aowng 443 SSL
port then you have an addtona ayer of securty. Most Rea Tme
Communcatons servers support 443.
From the dscusson wth stah t has become apparent that athough they
do ke the dea of coud servces - they are st more nterested n havng
there own verson of an appcaton as opposed to reyng on an externa
servce. Even though the cost of mantenance, hardware and support can
be reatvey hgh, the fact that they can ocay contro the envronment,
server, securty and other servces makes the dea of usng oca servce
more appeang. Sef brandng may aso have a ma|or roe n ths trend.
What ths means s that athough the new network provdes a massvey
ncreased ppene, the cents seem to want to have ther own servces,
sef hosted and managed, that they can provde for ther students.
The smaer the organzaton, the more they want SAAS appcatons
avaabe On-net, the arger the organzaton, the more they want ther
own, controabe envronment.
Reco11endation
Provdng a servce that can run as a oca Rea Tme Communcaton
servce so that any oca data s kept nsde the oca network w provde
ower atency and a controed envronment. Communcaton from the oca
server to a centra server for cross nsttute, cross |ursdctona rea tme
communcaton can be acheved usng an Orgn server. Ths s sometmes
referred to as an Edge/Orgn strategy. Ths w aso aow the
organzatons to brand ther oca verson of the Rea Tme Communcaton
appcatons.
Edge/Origin Strategy
.)*), Bandwidt5 Considerations
From a bandwdth pont of vew, most ocatons dd not experence a ma|or
dherence uness connected drecty to the ppene as oca machnes and
networks were often throtted down to hep provde quaty of servce or at
east a more equa shared network envronment to stop heavy users
domnatng the bandwdth, whch resuted n users beng abe to do basc
functons ke checkng ema etc. wthout beng ahected by another user
downoadng huge es.
A ma|or unseen benet s the massvey reduced atency when usng these
appcatons between on-net users. As many of the appcaton users where
both on-net and commodty nternet users, the fact that on-net tramc
reduced atency by an ncredbe amount and aowed arge vdeo formats
as more users at once was not as apparent due to the students accessng
the appcatons form ether home or work where they are mted by the
commodty nternet provders that they are connected through.
There s no mmedate souton to ths except to recognze that to make
the most of ths atency benet means makng the most of appcatons
between on-net stes whe recognzng that commodty nternet users w
ag behnd.
Reco11endation
Makng sure that cents are aware of the bandwdth mtatons mposed
on ther oca pcs w aow them to understand why a rea tme servce s
not respondng as we as they had hoped and provdng an approved
souton to ncreased bandwdth, decrease atency, f t s requred by the
cent.
.)*)- Bandwidt5 Calculations
From the resuts of ths pro|ect and ongong testng we are abe to
estmate the bandwdth usage for a typca scenaro usng vdeo and audo
conferencng on a persona computer across the network. Ths aso aows
us to cacuate the server oad and bandwdth requrements to and from
the server. The foowng scenaros are provded as a gude ony.
Presenter 8 any (sers
%ne way A/2 &er4er Bandwidt5 Client Bandwidt5
BWS = N * S BWC = S
N = Number of Users S = Content encoded at
constant bt rate
S = Stream encoded at
constant bt rate
EG. '<< users at
'<<kbps
10 Mbps = 100kbps * 100 100 kbps
You may want to vary the bandwdth for seected users that may be on a
sower connecton (da-up modem users). Cacuaton coud then be
/)=bps = (100 kbps * 50) + (38 kbps * 50) assumng haf were on da-
up modem.
any to any
$7a1ple> 4 user conferencng room wth a 4 usng vdeo and audo at
the same tme.
&cenario &er4er Bandwidt5 Client Bandwidt5
BWS = (P * N ) * S BWC = P * S
P = Number of pubshers P = Number of pubshers
N = Number of
Subscrbers
S = Content encoded at
constant bt rate
constant bt rate
EG. - users at
'<<kbps
1.6 Mbps = (4 * 4 ) *
100kbps
400 kbps = 4 * 100 kbps
Exampe: 10 user conferencng room wth a 104 usng vdeo and audo at
the same tme.
&er4er Bandwidt5 Client Bandwidt5
BWS = (P * N ) * S BWC = P * S
N = Number of
Subscrbers
constant bt rate
constant bt rate
EG. '< users at
'<<kbps
10 Mbps = (10 * 10 ) *
100kbps
1000 kbps = 10 * 100 kbps
%ur $7perience wit5 conferencin! roo1s
Presenter with % guest &'i(eo an( )u(io* !0+kbps )u(io,'i(eo
&cenario &er4er Bandwidt5 ?%ut@ Client Bandwidt5
Cameras runnng at
306kbps
BWS = N * S BWC = S
N = Number of Users S = Content encoded at
constant bt rate
constant bt rate
10 Mbps = 306kbps * 4 306 = 306kbps
Resut Bandwdth 1224 kbps 306 kbps
%bser4ation
Ouaty of vdeo s great.
Frame rate s too sow.
Latency about 350 to 500 mseconds
Coud not use ths for a conference f vdeo s mportant.
Audo deay s too hgh to hod a conversaton
Server s happy at 65%
-eeting .oom with % participants &'i(eo an( )u(io*
Cameras runnng at
306kbps
BWS = (P * N ) * S BWC = P * S
N = Number of
Subscrbers
constant bt rate
constant bt rate
14.896 Mbps = (4 * 4 ) *
306kbps
1224 kbps = 4 * 306 kbps
%bser4ation
Ouaty of vdeo s great.
Frame rate s OK.
Latency about 350 to 500 mseconds (But ths doesnt matter as
much as ony one way vdeo and audo)
Works we for a presenter
Presenter with % guest &'i(eo an( )u(io* /0kbps )u(io,'i(eo
Cameras runnng at
70kbps
BWS = (P * N ) * S BWC = P * S
N = Number of S = Content encoded at
Subscrbers constant bt rate
constant bt rate
1.12 Mbps = (4 * 4 ) *
70kbps
280 kbps = 4 * 70 kbps
%bser4ation
Ouaty of vdeo s adequate.
Frame rate s acceptabe as atency s heaps ower.
Latency drops to under 84 mseconds
Audo s exceent
Easy to run a meetng at ths bt rate
Reco11endation
Pannng and cacuatng you nta expected use and workng out the
maxmum users that your network s capabe of s mperatve to pannng
you rea tme communcaton servces. You w nd that there are many
server optons to mt bandwdth per user, per room, number of cameras
and many more server sde settngs to manage your rea tme
communcaton server. Make sure f you are runnng your own server you
have someone on stah that has experence and understands the system,
requrements and admnstraton to keep contro and troubeshoot your
rea tme servers.
.), Applications Projects
Appcatons Pro|ects showed that there were many ponts of possbe
faure n deverng end-to-end hgh capacty connectvty - often based
around the current settng of throttng tramc at an nsttutona or state
network eve, n addton to rewas and on-campus nfrastructure.
Reco11endation
To run pro|ects that requre hgh capacty connectvty, usuay usng some
type of rea tme communcaton, to test the network capacty and revea
possbe nhbtors to connectvty.
#earnin! 8 incorporatin! 5i!5 capacity connecti4ity into 2$"
practice
Enabng practtoners to ehectvey and comfortaby use technoogy for
tranng, partcuary rea-tme onne actvtes requres sgncant work,
energy and commtment. Reyng on the goodw and enthusasm of
practtoners, admnstrators and network manager, as was the case to a
arge degree n the POCN Pro|ect, s not feasbe. These actvtes need to
be ntegrated across an organsatons busness pannng, have the
support of the executve, and receve adequate fundng to aow teachers
the opportunty to go omne for pannng, tranng and trang purposes.
Reco11endation
Aow tme to tra technooges we n advance so that t can be ncuded
n the teachng pan for the foowng semester/year. Incorporatng new
technoogy nto an exstng teachng pan w ony be mted n scope unt
that technoogy s proven to be reabe and ehectve n enhancng the
matera.
.)- 3o4ernance and Project ana!e1ent
Reco11endation
The Pro|ect demonstrated the compex nature of ths type of undertakng,
hghghtng many of the barrers such as the varous approaches to
securty and network desgn across |ursdctons, ncompatbtes between
arge and smaer networks, the ack of condence exstng between
|ursdctona technca teams and dherng state/terrtory governance
arrangements that n a kehood w st exst when the VEN s
mpemented. It s recommended that future appcatons pro|ects consder
appontng state-based ICT commttees wth membershp comprsng at a
mnmum:
an ICT Manager
senor busness manager, and
a practtoner.
#earnin! 8 collaboration
There s a strong coaboratve sprt wthn the VET sector and enthusasm
for nnovaton n teachng. However, practtoners and admnstrators have
many demands on ther tme and sks, performance crtera to meet
wthn ther organsatons, and tte dscretonary tme. It woud be unwse
to rey heavy of gratutous contrbutons from VET practtoners and
admnstrators for a pro|ects success or to underestmate the amount of
peope hours t w take n future pro|ects of ths nature.
/ Attac51ents
/)' Project Aorkplan ?'- No4e1ber *<<B@
Proof of Concept Fibre-optic TAFE Network Project
Workplan
1. Descrpton of pro|ect
a. Am/purpose
Ths pro|ect w:
demonstrate the benets a hgh speed dedcated network can provde to
vocatona educaton and tranng
assst n deveopng ehectve strateges for cross-|ursdctona and cross-
sectora coaboraton for any future natona tertary educaton network.
b. Sgncance
. VET needs
A Austraan unverstes, and many natonay sgncant research
nsttutons, are connected to hgh speed network servces through the
Austraan Research and Educaton Network (AREN), whch s operated and
managed by AARNet Pty Ltd. Wth access to very hgh bandwdth, the
hgher educaton sector s usng resources such as vdeo to enhance other
modes of teachng devery. Researchers, teachers and students are
coaboratng onne and usng onne toos and resources to reduce
dupcaton, enhance the earnng experence, share resources, work
coaboratvey and access onne toos.
TAFEs, however, are connected to separate state and terrtory networks,
wth varabe connecton speeds and sgncant chaenges n conductng
coaboratve actvtes.
. Advantages of hgh speed network
A hgh speed network w:
o enhance the capacty of TAFEs to meet the sks needs of the
future
o enabe the wdespread use of nteractve e-earnng materas and
vrtua cassrooms
o provde easy and speedy access to content coectons no matter
where they are ocated n Austraa
o factate mutua recognton, credt transfer and cross-
|ursdctona and cross-sectora portabty
o expand the number of course oherngs for earners n regona,
remote and Indgenous communtes
o reduced tme-frames for competon of courses of study
o factate mcroeconomc reform of TAFEs by aowng them access
to markets across Austraa
o n the onger term, nuence future fundng drectons to ensure
ehectve use of pubc funds to reduce dupcaton of teachng
ehort and resources across the naton.
. Pocy context
Tertiar% sector&network
The pocy context for ths pro|ect ncudes a move towards a tertary
educaton sector where the boundares between unversty-based and VET-
based educaton and tranng are becomng more and more burred, wth
ncreased coaboraton across, and ncreased mobty between, the
sectors. There s at present an nequty between TAFEs and unverstes n
reaton to access to hgh speed on-net coaboratve space. Ths pro|ect
Attachment 7.1 Pro|ect Workpan
ams to test the vaue to the VET sector of such a resource, wth a vew to
consderaton of what ths mght mean n terms of a potenta ro-out of
ths type of connectvty across Austraa.
A hgh bandwdth tertary network woud am to provde a snge post-
secondary hgh speed network and put TAFEs on par wth unverstes n
terms of access to bandwdth. In addton to the benets sted n 1.b.2
above, the focus on a move towards a tertary sector/network w enhance
coaboraton across the VET sector and between the VET and hgher
educaton sectors; and mprove artcuaton between unverstes and VET
nsttutons.
Ths pro|ect s ntended to test the extent to whch a hgh bandwdth
dedcated bre-optc network s of vaue to, and may provde mproved
outcomes for, educaton and tranng.
'elationship with other government initiatives
Ths proof of concept pro|ect w:
o bud on the Austraan Governments $88 mon nvestment n
the hgh-speed research network for unverstes, the Austraan
Research and Educaton Network (AREN), by extendng ths
network to the tranng sector
o compement work beng done n the schoos sector n reaton to
the Dgta Educaton Revouton
o compement work beng done n the states and terrtores n
reaton to hgh bandwdth connectvty and e-earnng.
c. Outne of pro|ect
DEEWR, the governments of South Austraa, Vctora and the ACT, SABRENet
Lmted and AARNet Pty Ltd w coaborate to deveop a proof of concept
bre-optc TAFE on-net network by:
ntatng a bre-optc TAFE network connectng seected South Austraan,
Vctoran and ACT TAFE stes, through the AARNet backbone (the bre-
optc backbone beng used by the unversty sector)
estabshng a seamess connecton between the TAFE and unversty
networks that w enabe cross-sectora coaboraton
budng bre-optc ta crcuts between the AARNet backbone and
seected TAFEs
most mportanty, trang network appcatons that demonstrate the
capacty for such a network to mprove educaton and tranng outcomes.
NOTE - Ths pro|ect does not precude partcpatng TAFEs from aso accessng
AARNet commodty net servces va bre-optc crcuts constructed for ths
pro|ect. However, the reevant TAFE contractng bodes woud need to
negotate and pay for these arrangements separatey (outsde the scope and
fundng of ths pro|ect).
d. Desred outcomes and how they w be measured
. Outcomes
o ehectve testng of the concept of an on-net educaton network
for the TAFE sector that w nform future decsons n reaton to
the potenta ro out of a natona tertary educaton network
o an understandng of the potenta costs and benets of a
potenta natona tertary educaton network
o dentcaton of ssues assocated wth the deveopment of such
a network
o dentcaton of ehectve strateges for cross-|ursdctona and
cross-sectora coaboraton for any future natona tertary
educaton network.
The pro|ect ams to test hypotheses about a TAFE network. Those
hypotheses are:
1. Hgh speed network connectvty mproves the capacty of
earners n vocatona educaton and tranng to ve and work n
a dgta word.
2. Hgh speed network connectvty mproves the capacty of VET
earners and practtoners to coaborate across |ursdctons.
3. Hgh speed network connectvty mproves the capacty of VET
earners and practtoners to coaborate across sectors.
4. Connecton to a hgh speed dedcated network mproves the
quaty of devery of VET servces.
5. VET earnng outcomes are mproved by the use of a hgh speed
dedcated network.
6. AARNet Pty Ltd s abe to provde an on-net network that
adequatey servces the specc needs of the VET sector and
provdes the sector wth vaue for money.
. How outcomes w be measured
1. Ouanttatve and quatatve reportng (to DEEWR) by the
pro|ects coaboratve partners aganst each of the outcomes
statements and hypotheses sted above, to the extent
approprate to ther ndvdua areas of expertse
2. Ouatatve and quanttatve surveys of users (teachers and
earners), usng survey nstruments approved by DEEWR, at the
foowng stages:
a. When teachers and earners rst begn usng an
appcaton
b. As acton research durng the course of appcatons - to
nform ways n whch the tra may be moded
c. At the competon of each of the appcaton tras n whch
they are partcpatng
3. Anayss by DEEWR of costs, benets, essons earnt and
mpcatons for any future pocy.
e. Essenta outputs of pro|ect and how they w be dented as
competed/mpemented
. Essenta deverabes of pro|ect
There are essenta aspects of the Proof of Concept Fbre-optc TAFE
Network Pro|ect that must be acheved n order for the pro|ect to be
regarded as successfuy mpemented. Uness otherwse agreed by
DEEWR, the foowng are the crtera by whch the pro|ect s to be
regarded as successfuy mpemented:
. By 24 December 2008, the TAFE bre-optc network s
estabshed as ether a part of the unversty network currenty
managed and operated by AARNet Pty Ltd or as a separate ayer
wthn the AARNet backbone.
. By 24 December 2008, the foowng stes are connected to the
TAFE bre-optc network:
o Canberra Insttute of Technoogy
o TAFE dvsons of Swnburne Unversty of Technoogy,
RMIT, Vctora Unversty and the Unversty of Baarat
. By 24 December 2008, the SABRENet stes of Panorama,
Urrbrae, Regency, Ges Pans, Sasbury, Ezabeth, Gawer,
Roseworthy and Tea Tree Guy w be connected to the network
v. Partcpants n the TAFE network are abe to coaborate wth
unversty practtoners through the AARNet unversty network
durng the course of the pro|ect.
v. At east one network appcaton/actvty, desgned to test the
capabtes of the network, has been run over the network for at
east ten months (or, f more than one appcaton, for a perod
totang at east ten months) and at east two states have been
abe to adequatey test how we that appcaton/s s/are abe to
be used for coaboratve work.
v. By 28 August 2009, a stes ntended to be connected are
connected (except those that became unfeasbe).
v. The resuts of the network appcaton tra(s) has/have been
comped nto a report that ncudes assessment by a
stakehoders of the vaue of that/those network appcaton(s)
and an assessment of how the resuts of ths pro|ect may nform
any move towards the ro out of a natona tertary educaton
network across Austraa.
. How outputs w be measured
. Reportng to DEEWR by the pro|ects coaboratve partners
aganst each of the essenta deverabes sted above, to the
extent approprate to ther ndvdua areas of expertse
. Anayss by DEEWR of the extent to whch essenta aspects of
the pro|ect were devered, the costs, benets, essons earnt
and mpcatons for any future pocy.
2. Structura arrangements
a. Partes nvoved and ther roes
Austraan Government Department of Educaton, Empoyment and
Workpace Reatons (DEEWR) (sponsor, pro|ect eader, coaboratve
partner)
AARNet Pty Ltd (network provder, coaboratve partner)
Canberra Insttute of Technoogy (CIT) (coaboratve partner)
SABRENet Lmted (coaboratve partner)
Government of South Austraas Department of Further Educaton,
Empoyment, Scence and Technoogy (DFEEST) (coaboratve partner)
State Government of Vctoras Vctoran Sks Commsson (VSC) (manager
of nanca reatonshp wth AARNet Pty Ltd, coaboratve partner)
b. Governance and dvson of responsbtes
The coaboratve mode empoyed for ths pro|ect s one that requres
consderabe goodw and accommodaton of the needs and nterests of
other partes and enormous enthusasm to mpement a worthwhe proof
of concept. However, as the sponsor of the pro|ect, DEEWR must approve
a actvtes undertaken as part of the pro|ect and has the utmate
decson-makng power n reaton to how fundng w be aocated and
when pro|ect actvtes w be ceased.
VSC s responsbe for the management of the nanca reatonshp wth
AARNet Pty Ltd, on behaf of a partes to the pro|ect.
CIT, DFEEST and VSC are responsbe for engagng wth TAFE practtoners
n ther respectve |ursdctons to dentfy champons who w ead ther
states actvtes n reaton to the runnng of appcatons that tra
potenta uses of the network.
SABRENet Lmted, DFEEST and AARNet Pty Ltd are responsbe for
deveopng an ehectve and emcent method of connectng the SABRENet
TAFEs to the AARNet backbone.
AARNet s responsbe for estabshng, managng and operatng the
nfrastructure that w support the network.
A partes are responsbe for ensurng ehectve workng reatonshps that
provde the best envronment n whch to test the concept of a bre-optc
TAFE network.
c. Fundng and contractua arrangements
DEEWR has provded fundng of $2,534,000 (ncudng GST) to VSC to
manage the nanca arrangements of ths pro|ect. Ths fundng must
cover a expendture on the pro|ect.
On behaf of the coaboratve partners, VSC w contract wth AARNet to
estabsh, manage, bud and operate the network.
Most of the $2,534,000 (ncudng GST) fundng w be used for the
estabshment and operaton of the physca network and the budng of
bre-optc ta crcuts from the AARNet backbone to seected TAFE stes.
Ths fundng has been notonay aocated as foows:
o Set up network (Stage 1) and operate for 1 year $
975,920
o Bud ta crcuts $
786,777
Wthn the tota fundng amount of $2,534,400 (ncudng GST), $250,000
s to be quarantned for the trang of appcatons/actvtes/content on
the network. Ths w ncude the cost of purchase, deveopment and
mantenance of those appcatons.
AARNet w negotate wth DFEEST and VSC n reaton to an access
agreement for access to the AARNet network.
The dstrbuton of fundng wthn ths pro|ect may be vared at DEEWRs
absoute dscreton.
d. Infrastructure created as part of the pro|ect
The constructon of bre-optc ta crcuts for ths pro|ect w everage
exstng AARNet nfrastructure constructed for other educaton and
tranng purposes.
It s the ntenton of a coaboratve partners that nfrastructure created by
ths pro|ect w extend the exstng nfrastructure and n turn be avaabe
for other educaton and tranng enttes to everage for future purposes.
A coaboratve partners have agreed that access to bre-optc ta crcuts
created through the $2.534 mon fundng provded by DEEWR for ths
pro|ect w be ready avaabe to a sectors of educaton and tranng.
3. Phases of pro|ect:
a. Stage 1.1 - set up network (November to December 2008)
. Estabsh network
. Connect to the network the Vctoran TAFEs that are aready
connected to AARNet and to CIT
. Set up a nk/protoco between the proof of concept TAFE network and
AARNet and the unverstes connected through AARNet.
b. Stage 1.2 - connect SABRENet stes to the network (November to December
2008)
. Connect SABRENet stes to the network
c. Stage 2 - test hypotheses, evauate and ad|ust (December 2008 to November
2009)
. Tra appcatons/actvtes/content on the network that test the
hypotheses n 1.d.. above
. |anuary 2009 - Md stage evauaton aganst desgnated outcomes,
hypotheses and essenta actvtes of the pro|ect
. Ad|ustment of actvtes n ne wth ssues arsng, changng prortes
and essons earnt, as approved by DEEWR
d. Stage 3 - add new stes to the network (November 2008 to August 2009)
. Stage 3.1 - Round 1 ta buds (November 2008 to Apr 2009)
o The preferred opton s to bud bre-optc ta crcuts
from the AARNet backbone to the foowng Vctoran TAFE
stes (Pan A):
Wodonga
East Gppsand
Wam Angss
o If agreements are not n pace to proceed wth these
buds by 30 November 2008, or DEEWR decdes these
stes are not feasbe, aternatve stes w be seected
(Pan B), sub|ect to approva by DEEWR.
o Aternatve stes that may be consdered ncude:
Other Vctoran TAFEs
TAFEs n other states
Prvate RTOs
. Stage 3.2 - Round 2 ta buds (March to August 2009)
o By 1 February 2009 DEEWR w decde whch stes w be
ncuded n the ta crcut buds for Stage 3.2, f any.
o The preferred opton s to bud bre-optc ta crcuts
from the AARNet backbone to the foowng Vctoran TAFE
stes (Pan A):
Homesgen
Centra Gppsand
Gordon (currenty has weak connecton through
Deakn Unversty)
Kangan Batman
o If agreements are not n pace to proceed wth these
buds wthn ths tmeframe, or DEEWR decdes these
stes are not feasbe, aternatve stes, f any, w be
seected (Pan B), sub|ect to approva by DEEWR.
o Aternatve stes that may be consdered ncude:
Other Vctoran TAFEs
TAFEs n other states
Prvate RTOs.
e. Stage 4 - Evauaton (August to December 2009)
As ndcated n 1.d and 1.e. of ths document, a range of quanttatve and
quatatve evauaton methodooges w be empoyed to assess the outputs,
outcomes and essons earnt n reaton to the technca, admnstratve and, to
some extent, pedagogca aspects of the pro|ect.
AARNet w make a reasonabe endeavours to meet mestones and tmeframes
set out n ths Workpan. However, AARNet w not be hed responsbe for ts
faure to perform or deay n performng ts obgatons f that faure or deay s
the drect resut of events beyond AARNets reasonabe contro. If at any stage
the above mestones cannot be met, DEEWR w at ts absoute dscreton vary
the nature and or tmng of actvtes to ensure the core eements of the pro|ect
reman feasbe. Ths may ncude the extenson of mestone dates and/or the
ad|ustment of pro|ect scope.
4. AARNet ead tmes
. Ta buds
AARNet has ndcated the foowng ead tme requrements n reaton to the
pannng/permt/cv works nvoved n budng ta crcuts from seected
TAFEs to the AARNet backbone/network:
. bud desgn/duct study: 8 weeks
. cv works/constructon: 8 weeks
. commssonng/bre nstaaton: 4 weeks
v. handover/documentaton/testng: 2 weeks
These buds w be executed usng teams of contractors. It s therefore
mportant to note that cv works contractors are ehectvey unabe to
conduct work n the perod between December 1st and |anuary 15th.
These ead tmes pertan to tems 3.1 and 3.2. AARNet w make an ehort to
have ead tmes n tems 3.1, 3.2 and 4 run n parae where bud pannng
permts.
. AARNet ead tmes for ta bre equpment and provsonng of
bandwdth
AARNet has ndcated the foowng ead tme requrements n reaton to the
equppng and provsonng of bandwth on bre-optc ta crcuts from
seected TAFEs to the AARNet backbone/network as but under 3.1 and 3.2
above:
. Pace orders wth supper - 1 week
. Equpment devery ead tme - 4-6 weeks
. Stagng of equpment before ro out - 1-2 weeks
v. Ro out of core/backbone nfrastructure - 1-2 weeks
v. Ro out of stes (1-2 days per ste) - 4-6 weeks
v. Testng of APL nfrastructure - 1 week
v. Integraton wth oca TAFE nfrastructure - 4-6 weeks.
AARNet w make every ehort to have ead tmes n tems 3.1, 3.2 and 4 run
n parae where bud pannng permts.
5. Appcatons
a. Crtera for seecton of appcatons to run on the network
An "Appcatons Reference Group" has been formed wth representatves from
a partcpatng |ursdctons, as we as AARNet, SABRENet and Sks
Tasmana. The group w nform the pro|ect on matters to do wth the
seecton and mpementaton of appcatons. The group agreed to the
foowng crtera for the seecton of appcatons:
The group suggested a number of appcatons that satsed the above
crtera, and the pro|ect sponsor seected the most approprate appcatons for
use.
The appcatons reference group w convene a "practtoners" group whch
w consder optons for coaboraton n currcuum, sharng of resources and
the assocated tmetabng and stamng ssues.
b. Indcatve appcatons
. VET Vrtua s ntended to be the centra appcaton to be traed on
the network.
. A second and, possby, thrd "hgh mpact" appcaton w be
seected by the pro|ect sponsor, DEEWR.
c. Gudenes n reaton to the crcumstances under whch the trang of an
appcaton shoud be ceased (or vared)
The pro|ects commtment to a certan appcaton w be dscontnued f and
when the reference group decdes that an appcaton s one or more of the
foowng:
. not ehectvey demonstratng capabtes (e.g. not workng, not
workng we enough)
. not demonstratng anythng new or s deemed a proven concept or
competed pro|ect
. eadng to a budget bow-out (cant |ustfy contnung)
v. too demandng of goodw, accommodaton and/or peope resources.
6. Communcatons
a. How to dentfy and tak about the pro|ect
(pplications or content to be use) in the T(F# Network pro"ect* i)eall% shoul)+
,e something that is not presentl% available* or is currentl% available but
not realising its ma$imum potential )ue to less-than-a)e-uate ban)wi)th
Not merel% replicate an application that is alrea)% available
,e an e$emplar of the bene.ts of high-spee) connectivit%
/ave an i)enti.able e)ucational outcome
Cross "uris)ictional bor)ers 0at least 2 applications1
Demonstrate cross "uris)ictional collaboration 0at least 1 application1
2nvolve more than 1 institute 0at least 2 applications1
2nvolve vi)eo conferencing 0at least 1 application1
Demonstrate a ban)wi)th-hungr% application 0at least 1 application1
,e )istinctl% )i3erent in techni-ue an) form 0not "ust ! e$amples of
vi)eoconferencing1
2nvolve a variet% of learning )isciplines
2nvolve at least one tra)itional tra)e
(ppl% across the tertiar% sector or whole-of-e)ucation sectors 0at least 1
application1
,e able to be implemente) without un)ue impost of time or other resources
b% institutions 0essential14
(pplications that ma% also be consi)ere) inclu)e+
(n e)ucation a)ministration activit% 0e4g4 'P5* e-portfolio1
( sta3 professional )evelopment activit%4
. The fu tte of the pro|ect s the "Proof of Concept Fbre-optc TAFE
Network Pro|ect".
. In a pubcatons, promotona matera and actvtes reatng to the
pro|ect acknowedgement must be gven to DEEWRs sponsorshp of
the pro|ect, and the cross-|ursdctona coaboratve arrangements
for the pro|ect, by ncudng the foowng statement:
"Ths work has been undertaken on behaf of the Austraan
Government, South Austraan Government, Vctoran
Government and Austraan Capta Terrtory Government, wth
fundng provded through the Austraan Government
Department of Educaton, Empoyment and Workpace
Reatons."
. The key messages about ths pro|ect are:
1. Ths s a proof of concept pro|ect to test the benets of, and
dentfy ssues assocated wth, a cross-|ursdctona hgh
speed, bre-optc network for vocatona educaton and
tranng.
2. Ths pro|ect s a coaboratve endeavour between the
Austraan Government and the state and terrtory
governments of South Austraa, Vctora and the Austraan
Capta Terrtory.
3. Ths pro|ect s about governments workng together to
examne how technoogy can dever mproved outcomes
for vocatona educaton and tranng.
4. Ths pro|ect buds on prevous Austraan Government
ntatves, ncudng $88 mon provded for the
deveopment of the unversty network known as the AREN.
5. Ths pro|ect furthers premnary work done by the
Austraan Fexbe Learnng Framework, through ts Access
to Bandwdth Pro|ect.
6. Ths pro|ect works synergstcay wth ntatves n the
states and terrtores n reaton to hgh bandwdth
connectvty and e-earnng.
7. The Austraan Government has provded $2.523 mon to
fund ths proof of concept pro|ect.
v. Communcatons to audences externa to the pro|ect, ncudng press
reeases, must be approved by DEEWR pror to reease.
b. Interna communcatons
Interna communcatons shoud reect the coaboratve and coega nature
of the pro|ect.
At a mnmum, the foowng communcatons must occur:
Ouartery progress reports, ncudng a na report, from AARNet w be
forwarded to DEEWR for dssemnaton to the pro|ects coaboratve
partners.
Indvduas, sub-groups or steerng commttees workng on ndvdua
aspects of the pro|ect w report to each other (f a group) and to DEEWR
under any of the foowng crcumstances:
o Foowng meetngs of the sub group or steerng commttee
o At a decson ponts that may mpact on the scope, drecton,
cost and/or tmene of the pro|ect
o Where ssues or decsons may mpact on other aspects of the
pro|ect.
DEEWR w communcate wth coaboratve partners as and when requred
to ensure coordnaton of the varous aspects of the pro|ect, keep the
pro|ect on track and update coaboratve partners on progress of the
pro|ect and any reevant ssues.
7. Procedure for varaton of workpan
Ths workpan ncudes areas of engagement that are sub|ect to varaton,
partcuary n reaton to expendture amounts, where bre-optc ta crcuts
may be but and what appcatons w be traed across the network.
Where a varaton s consdered to be necessary, the detas of the varaton,
ncudng the reason why the varaton s requred, must be submtted to
DEEWR as soon as the need for such a varaton becomes apparent.
DEEWR w, at ts absoute dscreton, agree, not agree or agree wth
amendment to the request for varaton of the workpan.
No varaton may be made to ths workpan wthout the wrtten consent of
DEEWR.
_____________
Attachment 7.1 - Pro|ect Workpan
Attachment A - Indicative timeline for Proof of Concept Fibre-optic TAFE Network Project
Date Activit !"tp"t# $Who%
&''(
September 5 Workplan agreed Workplan agreed (All)
October 17 Decision - wic sites will be incl!ded in Stage "#1 tail b!ilds Decision (D$$W%)
&o'ember 1( Sign o)) on )!nding agreement between *ictoria and AA%&et+ based on agreed workplan, Stages 1#1 and 1#- begin .!nding Agreement (*ictoria
AA%&et)
&o'ember 17 Stage "#1 / 0ommencement o) %o!nd 1 tail b!ilds (te1 will be added to network as te1 come online) 2ail b!ilds begin
(AA%&et3D$$W%)
4eeting o) collaborati'e partners to e'al!ate pro5ect progress+ resol'e iss!es and identi)1 actions to be taken 2elecon)erence (All)
4eeting o) Applications s!b-gro!p to plan initial applications to be r!n on network and decide )!t!re actions 2elecon)erence (Aps)
4eeting o) 2ecnical s!b-gro!p to plan and coordinate b!ild+ identi)1 iss!es and resol'e to meet timeline 2elecon)erence (2ec)
December 15 Stage - / Applications begin r!nning on network Applications begin (Aps)
4eeting o) Applications s!b-gro!p to decide ne6t steps and ens!re acti'ities on track
December 17 4eeting o) 2ecnical s!b-gro!p to e'al!ate progress o) network pro5ect to date+ ens!re b!ild is on sced!le+ network is
r!nning e))ecti'el1 and initiate an1 actions necessar1 to resol'e iss!es
2elecon)erence (2ec)
December -( Stage 1#1 complete - 2A.$ network establised, AA%&et-connected *703A02 2A.$s connected to network, peering wit
!ni'ersities establised
2elecon)erence (All)
Stage 1#- complete - SA8%$&et sites connected to te network SA8%$&et connected
(SA8%$&et+ AA%&et+ D.$$S2)
December 15 9!arterl1 %eport &o# 1 s!bmitted b1 AA%&et to D$$W% 9!arterl1 %eport (AA%&et)
&'')
:an!ar1 17 4eeting o) 2ecnical s!b-gro!p to e'al!ate progress o) network pro5ect to date+ ens!re b!ild is on sced!le+ network is
:an!ar1 -( 4eeting o) Applications s!b-gro!p to e'al!ate e))ecti'eness o) initial network !ses and re)ine )!t!re acti'ities 2elecon)erence (Aps)
Proof of Concept Network Pro|ect Fna Report |anuary 2010 Page 51 of 56
"able of abbre4iations
A A coaboratve partners
Aps
Appcatons reference
group
Tech Technca reference group
Attachment 7.1 - Pro|ect Workpan
(Attacment A contin!ed)
Date Activit !"tp"t# $Who%
&'')
.ebr!ar1 5 Applications s!b-gro!p meets to e'al!ate roll o!t o) applications and re)ine )!t!re acti'ities 2elecon)erence (Aps)
.ebr!ar1 1( Decision - wic sites will be incl!ded in Stage "#- tail b!ilds+ i) an1 Decision (D$$W%)
.ebr!ar1 17 4eeting o) 2ecnical s!b-gro!p to e'al!ate progress o) network pro5ect to date+ ens!re b!ild is on sced!le+ network is
.ebr!ar1 -1 4id Stage - e'al!ation o) applications commences 4id Stage - e'al!ation (Aps)
4arc - Stage "#- - commencement o) %o!nd - tail b!ilds %- tails begin (AA%&et3D$$W%)
4arc 5 Applications s!b-gro!p meets to e'al!ate roll o!t o) applications and re)ine )!t!re acti'ities 2elecon)erence (Aps)
4arc 1- 2ecnical s!b-gro!p meets to e'al!ate progress o) network to date+ ens!re b!ild is on sced!le+ network is r!nning
e))ecti'el1 and initiate an1 actions necessar1 to resol'e iss!es
4arc 15 9!arterl1 %eport &o# - s!bmitted b1 AA%&et to D$$W% 9!arterl1 %eport (AA%&et)
April "; Stage "#1 - completion o) %o!nd 1 tail b!ilds Stage "#1 b!ilds complete
(AA%&et3D$$W%)
:!ne 5 Applications s!b-gro!p meets to e'al!ate roll o!t o) applications and re)ine )!t!re acti'ities 2elecon)erence (Aps)
2ecnical s!b-gro!p meets to e'al!ate progress o) network to date+ ens!re b!ild is on sced!le+ network is r!nning
e))ecti'el1 and initiate an1 actions necessar1 to resol'e iss!es
:!ne 15 9!arterl1 %eport &o# " s!bmitted b1 AA%&et to D$$W% 9!arterl1 %eport (AA%&et)
A!g!st -< All tail b!ilds completed 2ails b!ild complete
(AA%&et3D$$W%)
Stage ( - $'al!ation o) pro5ect begins =ro5ect e'al!ation (All)
September 15 .inal AA%&et %eport s!bmitted b1 AA%&et to D$$W% .inal %eport (AA%&et)
December 15 $'al!ation+ reporting+ pro5ect complete =ro5ect complete (D$$W%)
/)* Participatin! Partners and "eac5in! +nstitutions
Participatin! Jurisdictions and Partners
Austraan Government through DEEWR
South Austraa through DFEEST
Vctora through the Vctoran Sks Commsson
Austraan Capta Terrtory through Canberra Insttute of Technoogy
AARNet
SABRENet
Participatin! +nstitutions
0outh )ustralia
Ezabeth
Gawer
Ges Pans
Panorama
Regency
Roseworthy
Sasbury
Tea Tree Guy
Urrbrae
'ictoria
Swnburne Unversty of Technoogy
RMIT
Vctora Unversty
Unversty of Baarat
Wodonga
Wam Angss
Kangan Batman
Gordon
Homesgen (wthdrawn)
East Gppsand (wthdrawn)
)CT
Canberra Insttute of Technoogy
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