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BASIC INFORMATION

Full name of the organisation (in English:) Lithuanian Academic and Research Network
Full name of the organisation in the national language(s): Lietuvos mokslo ir studiju kompiuteriu tinklas
Abbreviation in the national language(s): LITNET
Postal address: Studentu Str. 48A - 101
City/postal code: 3028 KAUNAS

Lithuania
Year founded: 1991
Year operations started: 1991
Short description of the history of the NREN: www.litnet.lt/desimtmetis/istorija.htm (in Lithuanian)
Fax: +370 7 300643
Phone: +370 7 300641
Website: www.litnet.lt
General e-mail address: info@litnet.lt
Convention used for e-mail addresses: <name>@sc-uni.ktu.lt or <name>@litnet.lt


ORGANISATIONAL INFORMATION

Form of organisation: Separate legal entity /
Research/education organisation (part of a university, research institution, etc.) /
Number of organisational members, shareholders and/or owners: 7
Brief description of the governing structure: The highest governing body of LITNET is the LITNET Board, the structure and regulations are confirmed/approved by the Ministry of Science and Education in Lithuania
The LITNET Network Operating Centre (NOC), housed at the Kaunas University of Technology, carries out networking activities.
LITNET solutions must be discussed/negotiated about by LITNET Technical Experts, final decision must be approved by LITNET board.
Involvement in cctld or domain names: LITNET members have participated in the following RIPE working groups:
Database Working Group
L I R Working Group
I P v 6 Working Group
D N S Working Group
DNR Working Group
Test Traffic Working Group
Routing Working Group
Name(s) of Chief Executive Officer(s): Prof. Laimutis Telksnys
Head of LITNET Board
Dr. Vytautas Reklaitis
Head of LITNET experts group
Head of the Technical Staff: Dr. Rimantas Kavaliunas Head of LITNET Operating Centre
E-mail: rimas@litnet.lt
Name of contact person for PR matters: Dr. Rimantas Kavaliunas Head of LITNET Operating Centre
E-mail: rimas@litnet.lt


STAFFING

Total number of staff directly employed by the organisation: 62
Number of directly employed staff in Full-Time Equivalents (FTEs): 47
Number of directly employed Technical Staff in FTE: 27
Average number of people (in FTE) working for the organisation as subcontractors or on outsourced basis: 15
Number of subcontracted/outsourced technical staff in FTE: 12
Number of administrative and financial staff in FTE: 10
Number of user support and training staff in FTE: 25
Total amount of effort in person/months per year: 744


FINANCES, BUDGET

The budget year is equal to the calendar year.
Total budget of last financial year (in euro): 2.1 M
Total budget current financial year (in euro): 3.2 M
Source Percentage of income Restricted Free
Government/public bodies: 100 x


Method of client charging: We do not charge them directly
 
Expenditure category: Percentage:
Salaries and general office costs 10
Equipment and software costs 23
Transmission (data communications) 57
Other 10
Method of obtaining national data communications capacity: We own our own network
Method of obtaining international data communications capacity: Through the GÉANT project
Remarks: For national and international connectivity, we also have contracts with providers.


USER BASE

Total number of students in tertiary education (x 1000): 84, year: 1996
Percentage of University students with internet access through the NREN: 100
Percentage of further education students with Internet access through the NREN: 50
Percentage of secondary education students with internet access through the NREN: 10
Percentage of primary education pupils with Internet access through the NREN: 10
External traffic per university student in 2001 (in GB/yr): .5
Congestion in the national network: rank from most (1) to least (5) congested; est. percentage of clients experiencing congestion
Campus LAN 5 2
Metropolitan or regional network 3 10
Access network 2 30
NREN backbone 4 5
External connections 1 100


Manner in which institutions are connected to the network:
Directly connected to a POP on the NREN: 80
Connected via a regional or metropolitan network managed by the NREN: 220
Connected via a regional or metropolitan network managed by a third party: 20
Number of institutions with a permanent connection: 320
Number of connected Universities: 15
Percentage of total number of Universities that is connected via the NREN: 100
Number of connected institutes of higher or further education: 20
Percentage of all institutes of higher or further education that is connected via the NREN: <20

CAPACITY AND PLANS



Current core network capacity in Mbps: between 2 and 155
Volume of outbound external traffic in 2001 (in TB): 16.9
Volume of inbound external traffic in 2001 (in TB): 27.4
Total traffic in January 2002 (in TB): 42.3
Volume of outbound external traffic in January 2002 (in TB): 5.2
Volume of inbound external traffic in January 2002 (in TB): 6.2
Core capacity in Mb/s x km: 17400
Typicial large-site access capacity (in Mbps): 2 Mbps
Expected access capacity in two years time: 4 times as much
Map of network topology: www.litnet.lt/litnet/schema.gif
Recent network traffic statistics: atasys.sc-uni.ktu.lt/cgi-bin/traffic
Operational external connections in January 2002 (usable capacity in Mb/s:)
GEANT PoP, Sweden, 45 Mb/s
Telia & Teleglobe (via Lithuanian Telecom without overbooking), 2 Mb/s
Satellite Media Services (UK), 4 incoming
DELFI INTERNET, 2
Planned additions or upgrades to the external connections in 2002:
GEANT, 155
Poznan (Poland), 2
Expected operational external connections in January 2004:
GEANT, 155
Poznan (Poland), 155


Technology used for the core network: SDH, lised line in WAN, Ethernet in MAN's.
Planned technical changes: We're goint to run pilot project to test Ethernet for WAN services.
Expected core capacity in two years: 4 times as much
 


SERVICES AND DEVELOPMENTS

Services provided:
- Basic IP provision: Done by NREN
- User support: Done by NREN
- NOC: Done by NREN
- Directory services: Done by NREN
- Security incident response: Done by NREN
- Annual Conferences: Done by NREN
Summary of or URL to Acceptable Use Policy: www.litnet.lt/litnet/aup.html
Current interests: Giga Ethernet /
Wireless LAN /
Diffserv/Qos /
IPv6 Development /
IPv6 Service Deployment /
User authentication /
In house Certification Authority /
Caching, Indexing, Mirroring /
CERT services /
CERT incident coordination /
Teaching and learning methods /
Video Conferencing /
Streaming Media /
Traffic Monitoring /
Web Server content management /
Web Server usage analysis /
Essential future interests: Giga Ethernet /
Wireless LAN /
Diffserv/Qos /
IPv6 Development /
IPv6 Service Deployment /
User authentication /
In house Certification Authority /
Directory Services /
Caching, Indexing, Mirroring /
Multicast /
Traffic Monitoring /
Charging / billing systems /
Potential future interests: Lambda Testbed access /
Lambda Service Deployment /
MPLS Service Deployment /
In house PKI development/deployment /
Directory Services /
Mobile Access (Persistence of presence) /
Charging / billing systems /
Will follow other NRENs on: SDH /
Joint projects with/on: LITNET is/was participant in these Projects and Programs: · A number of Distance Education Projects, · Junior Achievement Project, market economics learning in schools, · The Soros Fund Project, · TEMPUS Projects in Lithuanian Universities, Lithuania culture presentation (UNESCO projects), · Information Systems Integration using Global Hypermedia Technology, INSIGHT Project, · NATO Research Programme.
Expectations from TERENA in any of these areas: