Compendium 2002 Country Information
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BASIC INFORMATION
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Full name of the organisation (in English:)
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IRanian Academic NETwork, subsidiary of the Institute for Theoretical Physics and Mathematics.
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Full name of the organisation in the national language(s):
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Markaze Tahghiqaate Fizike Nazari va Riaaziaat, IRANET
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Abbreviation in the national language(s):
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IRANET/IPM
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Visiting address:
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Pasdaran, Kuhestan 9,
Shahid Azarmina, Bonbast Mehran, No.5
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City/postal code:
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TEHAN 19587
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Postal address:
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P.O. Box 19395-1795
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City/postal code:
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TEHRAN 19
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Iran
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Year founded:
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1989
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Year operations started:
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1993
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Fax:
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+98 21 229 8656
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Phone:
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+98 21 229 1812
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Website:
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www.iranet.ir |
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General e-mail address:
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info@iranet.ir
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Convention used for e-mail addresses:
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first name.last name@iranet.ir
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ORGANISATIONAL INFORMATION
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Form of organisation:
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Not a separate legal entity /
Research/education organisation (part of a university, research institution, etc.) /
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Brief description of the governing structure:
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The Deputy Director for Research of IPM presently serves as the head of IRANET.
IRANET has its own technical and administrative staff most of whom are not employees of IPM. Membership in this NREN is voluntary.
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Involvement in cctld or domain names:
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.ir ccTLD has been operated by IRANET from its inception as the networking unit of IPM which is the sponsoring organization.
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Name(s) of Chief Executive Officer(s):
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Dr. M.J.A. Larijani
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Director
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Dr. Siavash M. Shahshahani
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Deputy Director for Research, IPM; head of IRANET
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Head of the Technical Staff:
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Mr. Akbar Behzadi Executive Manager
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E-mail:
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akbar@nic.ir
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Name of contact person for PR matters:
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Dr. Siavash M. Shahshahani
Deputy Director for Research, IPM; head of IRANET
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E-mail:
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shahshah@iranet.ir
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STAFFING
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Total number of staff directly employed by the organisation:
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14
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Number of directly employed staff in Full-Time Equivalents (FTEs):
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10
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Number of directly employed Technical Staff in FTE:
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7
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Average number of people (in FTE) working for the organisation as subcontractors or on outsourced basis:
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1
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Number of subcontracted/outsourced technical staff in FTE:
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1
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Number of administrative and financial staff in FTE:
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2
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Number of user support and training staff in FTE:
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1
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Total amount of effort in person/months per year:
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132
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FINANCES, BUDGET
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Budget year:
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According to the Iranian calendar, from 21 March to 20 March.
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Total budget of last financial year (in euro):
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1.2 M
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Total budget current financial year (in euro):
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2.2 M
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Source
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Percentage of income
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Restricted
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Free
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Government/public bodies:
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5
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x
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Users:
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95
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Method of client charging:
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We charge a flat fee, based on bandwidth
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Expenditure category:
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Percentage:
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Salaries and general office costs
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10
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Equipment and software costs
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10
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Transmission (data communications)
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70
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R&D
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10
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Method of obtaining international data communications capacity:
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Through contract(s) with (a) provider(s)
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Remarks:
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The bandwidth charge varies according to type of connection.
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USER BASE
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Total number of students in tertiary education (x 1000):
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367, year: 1996
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Percentage of University students with internet access through the NREN:
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30
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Percentage of further education students with Internet access through the NREN:
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<10
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Percentage of secondary education students with internet access through the NREN:
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<10
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External traffic per university student in 2001 (in GB/yr):
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.7
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Congestion in the national network: rank from most (1) to least (5) congested; est. percentage of clients experiencing congestion
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Campus LAN
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3
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50
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Metropolitan or regional network
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1
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70
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Access network
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4
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15
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NREN backbone
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2
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65
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External connections
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5
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10
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Manner in which institutions are connected to the network:
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Connected via a regional or metropolitan network managed by the NREN:
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95%
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Connected via a regional or metropolitan network managed by a third party:
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5%
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Number of institutions with a permanent connection:
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45
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Number of connected Universities:
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30
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Percentage of total number of Universities that is connected via the NREN:
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<50
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Number of connected institutes of higher or further education:
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6
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Percentage of all institutes of higher or further education that is connected via the NREN:
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30
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Remarks:
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Less than 50% are connected directly, but this is very deceptive because most smaller colleges and universities receive their meagre bandwidth from organizations that may be ultimately connected to our network.
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CAPACITY AND PLANS
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Current core network capacity in Mbps:
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52
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Total volume of traffic through the network in 2001 (in TB):
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240
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Volume of outbound external traffic in 2001 (in TB):
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47
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Volume of inbound external traffic in 2001 (in TB):
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193
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Total traffic in January 2002 (in TB):
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2
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Volume of outbound external traffic in January 2002 (in TB):
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0.417
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Volume of inbound external traffic in January 2002 (in TB):
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1.58
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Core capacity in Mb/s x km:
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30000
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Typicial large-site access capacity (in Mbps):
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2 Mbps
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Expected access capacity in two years time:
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2 times as much
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Recent network traffic statistics:
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Average 70 terabytes per quarter in the last 2 years
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Operational external connections in January 2002 (usable capacity in Mb/s:)
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Paris, France Telecom, 12 Mb/s
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Burum, Xantic, 2.5 Mb/s
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Planned additions or upgrades to the external connections in 2002:
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Paris, France Telecom, 48 Mb/s
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Amsterdam, Level 3, 4 Mb/s
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Third connection under negotiation, > 40 Mb/s
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Expected operational external connections in January 2004:
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?, > 600 Mb/s
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Technology used for the core network:
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SDH, Ethernet
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Planned technical changes:
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Migration to ATM
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Expected core capacity in two years:
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> 10 times as much
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Involvement in Internet Exchange Point:
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Slow progress being made for a national GIX in which we are involved.
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SERVICES AND DEVELOPMENTS
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Services provided:
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- Basic IP provision:
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Done by NREN
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- User support:
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Done by NREN
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- NOC:
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Done by NREN
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- Directory services:
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Done by others
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- Security incident response:
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Outsourced
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- PKI/CA:
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Outsourced
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- Annual Conferences:
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Done by others
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Current interests:
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SDH /
Diffserv/Qos /
IPv6 Development /
Caching, Indexing, Mirroring /
Traffic Monitoring /
Charging / billing systems /
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Essential future interests:
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Giga Ethernet /
IPv6 Service Deployment /
User authentication /
In house PKI development/deployment /
Multicast /
CERT services /
*Security /
Video Conferencing /
Web Server usage analysis /
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Potential future interests:
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Wireless LAN /
MPLS Service Deployment /
Web Server content management /
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Will follow other NRENs on:
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Lambda Testbed access /
Lambda Service Deployment /
Mobile Access (Persistence of presence) /
Teaching and learning methods /
Streaming Media /
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Not interested in:
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In house Certification Authority /
Directory Services /
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