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Daniela Brauner
daniela.brauner@rnp.br

2. Daniela Brauner
daniela.brauner@rnp.br
Caso de desarrollo de proyectos
en la Rede Nacional de Ensino e
Pesquisa, RNP

3. Brief Overview of the RNP
• RNP – Rede Nacional de Ensino e Pesquisa
• Brazilian NREN – National Research and Education Network
– Created as a project in September 1989 by the Ministry of
Science, Technology and Innovation (MCTI),
– Became a non-profit institution in 1999
• Serves more than 800 campi
– Over 130 public universities, more than 800 campi
– Over 30 public and private research centers.

4. RNP national backbone
• RNP national
backbone –
Ipê network
– Uses links
from Telecom
Companies
– Connects
PoP’s in the
state capitals
+ RNP’s
metropolitan
networks
Ipê = IP =

5. International Links
• 20 Gbps to EUA
10 G (RNP) + 10 G (ANSP)
Through RedCLARA
• 2,5 G to Europe (GÉANT)
• 10 G to Argentina
• 1 G to Miami

6. Introduction
• Motivation:
– to complement its network service, in 2002 began to develop its own
advanced user services
• How:
– University research groups propose projects, and some of these
proposals are then developed with financial support and close
tracking by RNP
• Impact:
– a growing portfolio of service offerings
– closer relations with the research community.
– RNP documented and designed a R&D Process
• Also adopt the model to the development of network services, where
requirements are determined by RNP.
• RedClara adopt a similar process to develop services in Latin America

7. Introduction
• R&D RNP Programmes Examples:
– Working Group - RNP Programme
– RNP-induced WGs
– WGs at RedCLARA

8. WG-RNP programme – Objectives
• Develop innovation projects, with the aim of developing new
products and services for RNP.
• Themes related to applications, middleware and networks.
• Assess how these new products and services can be
deployed in the production network.
Launched in 2002.

9. WG-RNP programme – Methodology
• Projects are proposed by research groups.
• Selection is carried out through an open call for proposals:
– See: http://www.rnp.br/editais/gt_2012-2013.html (in Portuguese)
• Both initial selection and annual evaluation are carried out by
committees composed of :
– RNP staff members and
– External representatives from the research community
• SBC & LARC
• These committees draw up a classification of the projects for
approval by the RNP Management Board

10. WG-RNP programme – Methodology

11. WG-RNP programme – Results
The WGs produce 2 kinds of results:
• New service: included in the RNP Services
Catalogue;
• New product: becomes one of RNP’s “products on
the shelf” and may be used by RNP itself, or by its
clients (client institutions, government ministries,
etc);

12. History of WGs 2002 - 2013
2002-3 2003-4 2004-5 2005-6 2006-7 2007-8 2008-9 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13
VoIP
Advanced
VoIP
Advanced
VoIP
Network
storage
Virtual
Community
Grid (VCG) VCG Virtual Worlds
Torrent
Universe
Monitoring
(Unit) UniT
Accessibility
as a Service
(AAAS) AAAS
Digital Video
(VD) VD-II
Reliable
Multicast Digital TV Digital TV
Virtual
museums
(MV) MV
Mixed Reality
(RM)
Multi-Web
conference
MConf
Interactive
Video on
Demand(MConf)
Vídeoconf.
Configuration
Pervasive
grids
Wireless
Mesh network
(ReMesh) ReMesh
High-speed
transport
Travel
Federated
Authentication
Credentials
Transposition
(STCFed) STCFed
My Scientific
Cloud (mc2) mc2in education (Travel)
Diretories in
Higher
Education.
Diretories and
Applications Middleware
Remote
Visualization
Distance
Learning
Infrastructure
IEAD
Federation of
repositories of
Learning
Objects (FEB) FEB
Wifi AP
Controller
(SciFi) SciFi
High-speed
transport in
dynamic
circuits(IEAD)
Quality of
Service (QoS) QoS-II
Measurement
s (MED) MED MED
Distance
Learning
(EDAD) EDAD
802.11s mesh
with high
scalability
Linked Open
Data
Cloud for
Science
(CNC) CNC
Public Key
Infrastructure
for Education
ICP-Edu ICP-Edu
Automatic
Recovery
Network Fault
ADReF
Flow-based
Monitoring
BackstreamD
B
Video
collaboration
in Health
(AVCS) AVCS
Information-
centric
networks(ICP-Edu) (ADReF)
(BackstreamD
B)
Peer to Peer
(P2P) P2P
Management
of Video (GV) GV
Overlay
Service
Network
(Overlay) Overlay
Software
components
for Social
Interaction &
Collective
Intell.
Digital
Preservation
(DP) DP
Internet of
Things
ecosystem
Digital Media
and the Arts
(MDA) MDA
University Bus
Network
Monitoring
Video
Applications
(IMAV) IMAV
Production
Service
Experimental
Phase
Candidate for Future
Service/Product

13. EXAMPLES of the
RNP WG Programme

14. Develop a service for automatic translation of videos from Portuguese to
Brazilian Sign Language (LIBRAS).
GT-AAAS Accessibility as a Service
WG-RNP programme product

15. GT-IMAV – Instrumentation and Monitoring for Video
Applications
Develop mechanisms and tools for monitoring the consumption of videos, to
obtain a clear view of their effetiveness.
WG-RNP programme product

16. GT-DigitalPreservation – Digital Preservaçtion with Distributed
Storage
Create a reliable storage system which may be used as a part of a solution
for long-term digital preservation. Develop tools to allow content providers to
use the storage system to preserve their data in a transparent manner.
WG-RNP programme product

17. Mconf - Multiconferencing System for interoperable Web and
Mobile Devices
Create a webconferencing system based on open-source software, with the
capacity to interoperate between computers and web-enabled mobile
devices.
WG-RNP programme product

18. GT-SCIFI - Intelligent Control System for Wireless Networks
Develop an open-source platform for managing multiple Access Points in a
low-cost wifi network
WG-RNP programme product

19. GT-Ecodif – Ecossystem of Internet of Things
WG-RNP programme product

20. WG-RNP programme product
GT-IEAD - Infrastructure for Remote Classes (iVA system)
Develop a multimidia solution developed for virtual presentations and
distance classes. It has been adopted in the implementation of the project
Distributed Classes of RNP Network School (ESR).

21. WG-RNP programme product
Videoaula@RNP – Efficient distribution of Interactive Classes
http://portal.rnp.br/web/servicos/videoaula-rnp

22. WG-RNP programme product
Provide a national infrastructure confederating repositories of learning objetos
(LO) with the aim of reuse of LOs through a single search point.
Federation Educate Brazil (SE-FEB)

23. WG-RNP programme product
GT-MDA – Arthron Med
Develop a solution to manage and transmit multiple video flows from cameras
and medical devices.
View from a telemedicine room
User Interface
Manipulation of 3D
models using Kinect

24. • Network delay changes the movement pattern
and they like it !
• Versus (2005), (In)TOQue (2008), e_pormundosAfeto (2009
with Konic), Fragil (2011), Dancing across oceans (2012) –
demanding 100 mbps
WG-RNP programme product
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_Zb6-pBom0
http://www.lavid.ufpb.br/gtmda/arthron.html
http://www.mapad2.u4a.br
GT-AVCS – Arthron Art
Develop a solution to plan and manage a telematic dance performances,
managing and streaming multiple video flows from local and remote
cameras.

26. WG-RNP programme product
26http://www.rnp.br/servicos/cafe.html
• RNP Identity federation:
• Web Single Sign On (Web SSO)
• Now RNP is also member of eduGAIN (GEANT):
interconnection of federations to link services and users
worldwide
Membership status
Service provider example:

27. WG-RNP programme product
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Create and manage scientific workflowsCreate Scientific Portals
Example of a scientific portal
http://gtmcc.lncc.br/sinapad/projectmanager/public/projects/gt-mcc

28. RNP -induced WGs

29. RNP-induced WGs
• RNP has occasionally proposed themes for
development, and has invited participation by the
research community
• Examples include:
– Advanced applications for remote visualisation
• 4K player and streamer, OptIPortal (intelligent videowall),
– Network architecture and technology
• Dynamic circuit provisioning
– Advisory committees on monitoring and AAI
• Eduroam

30. EXAMPLES of the
RNP-induced WGs

31. RNP-induced WG product
• SAGE-enabled tiled display wall
Demo at Workshop RNP 2012
http://optiportal.org

32. Demo at Workshop RNP 2013

33. RNP-induced WG product
FOGO Player – 4K Video Player
Develop a video player to play videos in high ultra video resolutions (4K).
1st live uncompressed 4K surgery streamed over
academic network in Brazil: 4 Gbps.

34. SD - 720x576
HD - 1280x720

35. Full HD - 1920x1080

36. 4K - 4096x2160

38. Projeção 4K
Expectadores externos
Laboratório de Visualização VRL - UFRN
MCU
RNP Brasília
Câmera
JVC 4K
Hospital Universitário
Onofre Lopes - UFRN
FOGO Player
(captura + transmissão)
4 Gbps
1 Mbps
Resolução 4K (4096 x 2160 px)
Resolução SD VGA (640 x 480 px)
Captura de
videoconferência
Rede
GigaNatal
FOGO Player
(recepção + reprodução)
30 Km

39. WGs at RedCLARA

40. WGs at RedCLARA
• WGs created in 2005
• RNP participates intensively in the
technical activities of the RedCLARA community since its
inception
• RNP WG coordinators have often participated as
instructors in half-yearly RedCLARA training activities
• RedCLARA has also adopted its own style of WGs, mainly
involving the technical representatives from each member
NREN, in the folowing themes: Videoconferencing,
Measurements, Routing, Security, IPv6, Multicast, VoIP
• In 2009 and 2011, calls were made to invite researchers
from the RedCLARA community to help introduce new
services in the member NRENs

41. Some RedCLARA WGs results
• WG Measurements created a pilot measurement network
using perfSONAR among some Latin American NRENs,
EUA and Europe
• RedCLARA now belongs to the eduroam community based
on the work of the WG Eduroam/Mobility
• The pilot service PIT-VOIP provides peering between VoIP
networks
• The expansion of IPv6 services in Latin American
academic networks was accomplished through the
dissemination carried out by WG IPv6
… and others.

42. RedCLARA WGs 2011-2013
WG name Objective Coordinator
WG-SCIFI - Intelligent control
system wireless networks
To develop an open platform for centralized control of access points. RNP/UFF (Brazil)
WG- PIT VOIP | Internet
Exchange Point Voice over IP
Modeling and implementing a traffic exchange point of VoIP in
RedCLARA through the interconnection of the telephone networks of
the NRENs.
RNP (Brazil)
WG-MOF | Mobility with
OpenFlow
To promote research and development of a solution capable of
providing mobility to Wi-Fi network users using technologies such as
Wireless OpenFlow and IPv6
RNP/UFRGS (Brazil)
WG - Measurements Development of a monitoring infrastructure based on perfSONAR RNP/UFPE (Brazil)
WG - MCONF|
Multiconference system for the
interoperable access to Web
and mobile devices
To provide a web conferencing system easy to use, that integrates with
mobile devices through the creation of an application for Android and
the development of an integrated management system on the web.
RNP/UFRGS (Brazil)
WG-IPTV Implement and produce in the NRENs an IPTV transmission platform
that allows IPTV to provide a multichannel IP-TV through RedCLARA
with multicast and IPv6 support.
RENATA/Unicauca
(Colombia)
WG-DEIM-IPV6 and implementation of activities - projects that enable the design,
planning and finally the establishment and implementation of IPv6 in the
network segments that are referred to RedCLARA services and
applications, and also of the member NRENs.
CUDI/UNAM (Mexico)
WG-CSIRT | Computer
Security Incident Response
Team
To implement a monitoring infrastructure for RedCLARA with sensors to
obtain data about malicious activity and with this information generate
notifications of security incidents. Promote agile and coordinated
security incident response. Create and disseminate security best
practices, focused on academic environments.
RNP (Brazil)
WG-Movilidad | Mobility Apply middleware and mobile networks technologies and to provide
roaming services in RedCLARA secure architectures.
RAAP/ INICTEL-UNI

43. CONCLUSIONS

44. Conclusion
• RNP does not maintain an in-house team of developers
• We prefer to outsource such activities to the research
community, which has embraced the opportunities
provided.
• These activities are managed by the RNP R&D directorate
• The result has been beneficial to RNP and its users:
– Enabling us to increase our service offerings in many areas
– Permitting international collaboration to ensure interoperation of
many of these services
– Enhancing our interaction with the Brazilian research community
in Computer Networks and Distributed Systems,
– To keep this interaction with research community we organize our
annual RNP Workshop in collocation with the annual Brazilian
Computer Networks Symposium (SBRC) since 2003.

45. Gracias!
daniela.brauner@rnp.br
Twitter: @RNP_pd
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