ANNUAL REPORT
2012-2013
The Governing Council ERNET India is pleased to present the
Annual Report of the activities of the Society During 2012-2013
Contents
Preface 5-7
The Governing Council 9-11
The General Body 12-14
Corporate Highlights 15
About ERNET India 16-65
Financial Performance 66-114
Preface
Today, networking & collaboration is integral part of every business, education & society. Technologies already support connected communities, anytime & anywhere. ERNET India continues to work very closely with the education & research sector in the country to integrate collaboration into the learning & research environment. ERNET steers IT & ICT projects, bringing cutting edge technologies closer to students, educationists and researchers, facilitating collaboration & innovation.
ERNET India was born with the vision that Internet and communications technologies will play a pivotal role in broader, more innovative, and collaborative research and knowledge decimation through ICT. However, the requirements of research and education continue to evolve. The fundamental mission of engineering and operating advanced networking infrastructure is no longer sufficient to satisfy the current and emerging needs of this dynamic R&E community. Indeed, the user base itself of the National Research and Education Network (NREN) is no longer simply research and higher education, but is growing to include a broader social and cultural constituency. To live up to the requirements & aspirations of the user organizations, ERNET periodically revaluates these rapidly changing requirements and venture into new services and activities, at times collaborating and engaging other essential related organisations and NRENs globally. ERNET touches limitless sectors, serving numerous institutions in health, agriculture, higher education, schools, science & technology etc. With its Pan-India Network of 14 Points of Presence (PoPs) at premier academic & research institutions, connecting the community to global research networks through Trans Eurasia Information Network (TEIN3) and National Knowledge Network (NKN). ERNET backbone of terrestrial and satellite links support dual stack IPv6 and IPv4 protocols & Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) providing users with a rich blend of technology.
ERNET India in collaboration with different stakeholders is involved in varied R & D Projects spanning the wide domain of 6LoWPAN (Low-power Wireless Personal Area Network) technology, IPv6 Applications, Educational Services in many domains such as Email, Web services & Domain Registration under ac. in, res.in and edu.in, Digital Libraries, Broadband
VSAT, Video conferencing etc. ERNET has recently launched eduroam services -one world
one connectivity which is the secure, world-wide roaming access service developed for research and education community.
With the exhaustion of IPv4 and the ever exploding number of devices hooking on to the internet, adaption of IPv6 has become a compulsion rather than an experiment. ERNET India is creating a Central Facility Centre & a Test Lab by installing different IPv6 enabled
Smart Lighting system for Central & Govt buildings. To enrich the education community, an IPv6 enabled smart classroom facility across the country is being setup for NIELIT centers. Realising the pressing requirement to bring children with disabilities into the mainstream, ERNET India pioneered to educate and to enhance the computer skills of these children. With our focus on enablement of ICT in schools over the years, we have established such infrastructure and associated applications in more than 100 schools for physically challenged children across the country. To empower secluded children in rural areas, recently, Hon’ble Sh. Sachin Pilot inaugurated 250 schools in rural areas of Ajmer & Jaipur districts of Rajasthan so as to accelerate socio-economic development by bridging the digital divide with facilities such as e-learning, video conferencing etc via Internet connectivity to explore education, information & advance technologies. ERNET India has not only made landmarks in education but also made benchmarks in area of ICT thereby benefiting various renowned institutions such as Krishi Vigyan Kendras (KVKs) & (Zonal Project Directorates (ZPDs).
Besides being in a place of learning, one needs a centre for overall development of one’s intellectual, creative, technical and literary self!! There is no science-led development without the attainment of a certain threshold in science and technological capacity and capability, through high-level training, by creating a mentoring network, and special skilling programs. ERNET has hence added another feather to its cap by setting up campus wide network for many of the distinguished institutions like IIT Madras, Delhi University, NIPER Mohali, Jamia Milia Islamia University, Jawaharlal Nehru University, IIITM Gwalior and the list is unending. These efforts will be extended to NIFTEM along with many other renowned institutions. In this way, ERNET helps in creation of a pool of innovators, designers, entrepreneurs by partnering & supporting incubators.
To enhance Indian Heritage, Technology Development for Indian Languages (TDIL), DeitY has generated utility applications like Text-to-Speech (TTS), Optical Character Recognition (OCR), Machine translation (English to Indian Languages, Indian language to Indian Language) etc. To preserve the valuable linguistic resources for further enhancement; development and re-use, ERNET India has initiated digital archival of the outcomes of these various Language Technology projects including executable files, project documents, source code, various functional modules and tools along with its dependencies developed by various organizations under funding from Govt. of India.
With focus on providing schools with online multimedia resources, Olabs (Online virtual laboratory experiments) will be developed for subjects of Physics & Chemistry for classes
9th & 10th through Content Delivery Network (CDN) in English language during 1st phase
and will extend the efforts for other subjects like Physics, Chemistry, Maths, Biology,
English for higher classes (9th -12th class) in other regional languages namely Hindi,
The industry estimate predicts that there would be 50 billion devices connected to the Internet by 2020 with number of devices online will be more than that of people. Current networking technologies are optimized for human-to-human interactions rather than machine-to-machine (M2M) communications. The idea of Internet of Things (IoT) has the potential to enable seamless integration of devices (things) into the Internet infrastructure. ERNET India will create test bed that is geographically distributed between institutions and federated as a common experimental facility connecting to ERNET/ NKN backbone. The proposed test bed will deploy heterogeneous devices and technologies to support R & D experiments, contribution to standards and applications development. Heterogeneous IoT enabling technologies to be configured for experimentation include wireless sensors/ actuators, RFID tags/readers, Near Field Communication (NFC) devices supporting various connectivity options such as IPv6, IEEE 802.15.4, Bluetooth Low Energy, 3G/4G enabling variety of communication stacks. Users can access the IoT testbed infrastructure over the public internet.
Finally, it is important to understand that Internet is not a ONE TIME INVENTION rather a tool that needs to constantly evolve time and again to cater different ad-hoc tastes of people and occasionally a re-invention to change how we communicate and how we think. That’s why the Internet has to be taken as the biggest Invention than anything else on this planet, simply because it touches the lives of people and it is empowering people across globe. Hence, ERNET plays a pivotal role in expansion and exploitation of the very Internet, a borderless cyberspace, thereby serving many institutions across various sectors, health, agriculture, education, science & technology, R&D, ICT and the list is unending.
ERNET India is committed to advancing the network technologies, the science and the engineering, to broadening the horizons, to expanding the reach, to heightening the penetration and hence offers endless applications living up to the requirements of the user community.
Governing Council, ERNET
(1st April 2012 to 31st March, 2013)
1 Shri Kapil Sibal
Hon’ble Minister of Communications & IT.
Department of Electronics & Information Technology, Electronics Niketan, 6, CGO Complex, Lodi Road, New Delhi-110003. Chairman 2 Shri J. Satyanarayana Secretary,
Department of Electronics & Information Technology Electronics Niketan, 6, CGO Complex, Lodi Road, New Delhi-110003. Vice Chairman 3 Dr. Ajay Kumar Joint Secretary
Department of Electronics & Information Technology, Electronics Niketan,
6, CGO Complex,
Lodi Road, New Delhi-110003.
Member
4 Dr. Anita Bhatnagar Jain Joint Secretary
Department of Electronics & Information Technology, Electronics Niketan, 6, CGO Complex, Lodi Road, New Delhi-110003. Member 5 Shri S. Ramani Deputy Director ISRO Member 6 Shri R Bhattacharya AS & FA Member 01.04.12 to 30.09.12
Mrs. Anita Agnihotri AS & FA From 01.10.12 to 18.2.13 Shri J.B. Mohapatra JS & FA From 19.02.13 to 31.03.13 7 Dr. Jagdish Arora Director INFLIBNET Centre Ahmedabad-380 009 Gujarat Member 8 Prof. R.K. Shevgaonkar Director,
Indian Institute of Technology, Hauz Khas,
New Delhi-110016
Member
9 Dr. S. S. Mantha,
Chairman,
All India Council for Technical Education,
7th floor, Chander Lok Building,
Janpath, New Delhi-110001.
Member
10 Shri Nitin Jain, DDG (DS), Department of Telecommunication, Sanchar Bhawan, 20- Ashoka Road, New Delhi-110001. Member 11 Shri N.K. Sinha,
Additional Secretary (TEL), Distance Learning Division, Department of Higher Education,
Ministry of Human Resource Development, Shastri Bhawan, New Delhi-110001.
Member
12 Dr. Rameshwar Singh
Project Director
Directorate of Knowledge Management in Agriculture
Indian Council of Agricultural Research
Member 18.10. 2012 to 31.3.13
13 Ms. Radha Chauhan
Joint Secretary (School Education-I) Deptt of School Education & Literacy, Ministry of Human Resources Development Shastri Bhawan, New Delhi-110001.
Member
14 Shri Shashi Bhushan
Director, SOCIS
Indira Gandhi National Open University, Maidan Garhi, New Delhi-110068.
Member
15 Shri N. Mohan Ram
Director General, ERNET India,
10th Floor Jeevan Prakash Building,
25, K G Marg, New Delhi – 110 001
Dr. Ajay Kumar Director General ERNET India Member Secretary 01.04.12 to 06.03.2013 Member Secretary From 07.03.13 to 31.03.13
General Body
(1st April 2012 to 31st March, 2013) 1 Shri Kapil Sibal
Hon’ble Minister of Communications & IT.
Department of Electronics & Information Technology, Electronics Niketan, 6, CGO Complex, Lodi Road, New Delhi-110003. Chairman 2 Shri J. Satyanarayana Secretary,
Department of Electronics & Information Technology Electronics Niketan, 6, CGO Complex, Lodi Road, New Delhi-110003. Vice Chairman 3 Dr. Ajay Kumar Joint Secretary
Department of Electronics & Information Technology, Electronics Niketan,
6, CGO Complex,
Lodi Road, New Delhi-110003.
Member
4 Dr. Anita Bhatnagar Jain
Joint Secretary
Department of Electronics & Information Technology, Electronics Niketan, 6, CGO Complex, Lodi Road, New Delhi-110003. Member 5 Shri S. Ramani Deputy Director ISRO Member 6 Shri R Bhattacharya AS & FA
Department of Electronics & Information Technology,
Member 01.04.12 to 30.09.12
Mrs. Anita Agnihotri AS & FA From 01.10.12 to 18.2.13 Shri J.B. Mohapatra JS & FA From 19.02.13 to 31.03.13 7 Dr. Jagdish Arora Director INFLIBNET Centre Ahmedabad-380 009 Gujarat Member 8 Prof. R.K. Shevgaonkar Director,
Indian Institute of Technology, Hauz Khas,
New Delhi-110016
Member
9 Dr. S. S. Mantha,
Chairman,
All India Council for Technical Education,
7th floor, Chander Lok Building,
Janpath, New Delhi-110001.
Member
10 Shri Nitin Jain, DDG (DS), Department of Telecommunication, Sanchar Bhawan, 20- Ashoka Road, New Delhi-110001. Member 11 Shri N.K. Sinha,
Additional Secretary (TEL), Distance Learning Division, Department of Higher Education,
Ministry of Human Resource Development, Shastri Bhawan, New Delhi-110001.
Member
12 Dr. Rameshwar Singh
Project Director
Directorate of Knowledge Management in
Member 18.10. 2012 to 31.3.13
13 Ms. Radha Chauhan
Joint Secretary (School Education-I) Deptt of School Education & Literacy, Ministry of Human Resources Development Shastri Bhawan, New Delhi-110001.
Member
14 Shri Shashi Bhushan
Director, SOCIS
Indira Gandhi National Open University, Maidan Garhi, New Delhi-110068.
Member
15 Shri N. Mohan Ram
Director General, ERNET India,
10th Floor Jeevan Prakash Building,
25, K G Marg, New Delhi – 110 001
Dr. Ajay Kumar Director General ERNET India Member Secretary 01.04.12 to 06.03.2013 Member Secretary From 07.03.13 to 31.03.13
Corporate Highlights
• Pan-India Network with 14 Points of Presence (PoPs) at premier academic and
research institutions across the country and connected to global research network Trans Eurasia Information Network (TEIN3) through National Knowledge Network (NKN)
• ERNET India joined the eduroam global community by launching the pilot in
India. This service once operational would realise the objective of ‘one world one connectivity by providing a secure, seamless world-wide roaming access service over shared virtual wi-fi campuses to researchers and academicians.
• Seamless backbone of terrestrial and satellite based links beaming on 1.5
Transponder (1.5x54 MHz) space segment in the C-Band with VSAT Hub at Bengaluru
• As part of its commitment to provide access to the best education using ICT, ERNET
is creating Virtual classrooms in 17 NIELIT centers across the country bringing together the best faculty to all these centers
• Involved in various R&D Projects such as 6LoWPAN & Mobile IPv6 Test bed
• ERNET India has been empanelled as IPv6 consultant for Government organizations
and also set up a Central facility for Testing the different IPv6 applications and Services
• ICT Centres in 250 Schools in rural areas of Ajmer & Jaipur, districts of Rajasthan
• Established campus wide network for many of the distinguished institutions.
• Generated digital archival of Indian languages under Developed Technology
Development for Indian Languages (TDIL)
• Exclusive Domain Registrar for the education and research domains under.in
registry – edu.in, res.in and ac.in
• Serving institutions in various sectors, viz., health, agriculture, higher education,
schools, science & technology
• Established more than 100 vocational training centers and ICT centers to enhance
computer skills of physically challenged children
• Establishment of information hubs and e-Linkage of Krishi Vigyan Kendras (KVKs) of
About ERNET India
ERNET India, an autonomous scientific society under the administrative control of the Department of Electronics & Information Technology, Ministry of Communications & Information Technology, is functioning under the overall control and guidance of its Governing Council. The Hon’ble Minister for Communication and Information Technology is the Chairman of the Council and the members have been chosen from premier academic & research institutions, government organizations and professional bodies
ERNET India is serving academic and research institutions in the country by innovatively connecting them on Intranet and Internet using appropriate state-of-the-art technologies. Institutions anywhere in the country can now be connected to ERNET network. ERNET India provides services through its following 14 Points of Presence (PoPs) located across the country, which help in rapidly responding to the needs of the institutions in the country:
• Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (CDAC), Mumbai
• ERNET India HQs, New Delhi
• Indian Institute of Information Tech. & Management, (IIITM), Trivandrum
• Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru
• Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Guwahati
• Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur
• Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras, Chennai
• Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA), Pune
• Orissa Computer Application Centre (OCAC), Bhubaneswar
• Raja Ramanna Center for Advanced Technology (CAT), Indore
• University of Hyderabad (UoH), Hyderabad
• University of Rajasthan, Jaipur
• Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre (VECC), Kolkata
• VSAT Hub at Software Technology Parks of India (STPI), Bengaluru
All PoPs are equipped to provide access to Intranet, Internet and Digital Library through terrestrial leased circuits and radio links to the user institutions. These PoPs also provide technical support and hand-holding to user sites. The PoP at STPI Bengaluru provides Intranet and Internet access through Satellite.
In addition to 14 PoPs, ERNET India has setup regional centers at following 3
locations:-• Bengaluru
• Chennai
ERNET Network Architecture
The ERNET network is a judicious mix of terrestrial and satellite based wide area network. The satellite Wide Area Network (WAN), using Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT) technology, has facilitated reliable and quick access to remote areas. The ERNET terrestrial WAN provides backbone links between the PoPs. The two networks converge at the ERNET Hub in STPI, Bengaluru. The Mumbai PoP is connected to pan-European Education and Research Network (GEANT) and Trans Eurasia Information Network (TEIN3) through NKN. ERNET PoPs have one or more routers depending on the number of users connected to the PoP. Following are the salient features of the ERNET backbone:
• MPLS Enabled
• Dual stack support- Both IPv4 and IPv6
• High Capacity Backbone
• Scalable, Secure and Guaranteed QoS
• Support for IPv4 / IPv6 MPLS VPN services
• Multicast enabled VPN for running Multicast applications
During the year, ERNET India progressed on the up gradation of Network and other infrastructure at ERNET PoPs. Routers & Switches have been upgraded at five PoPs of ERNET India. New Equipments have been integrated into ERNET backbone.UPS have been also been upgraded at seven PoPs.
The ERNET Backbone has been migrated to National Knowledge Network (NKN) with backbone bandwidth of 100 Mbps (upgradable to 1 Gbps)
IPv6 Enabled Network
ERNET network supports IPv4 and IPv6 Internet Protocol in native mode with dual stack, unicast and multicast. IPv6 routing protocol OSPFv3, end-to-end Ethernet services, QoS (DiffServ), video conferencing, authentication and authorization have also been implemented on ERNET Network.
VSAT Network
ERNET India operates a VSAT network in C-Band using INSAT satellite for providing Internet & Intranet access to education and research institutions located all over the country. The Master Earth Station (MES) which is also functioning as the Network Operations Centre (NOC) is located at Bengaluru. ERNET VSAT network is operating in the C-Band of RF spectrum on INSAT-3C satellite. The MES is equipped with 9.2 meter antenna and is connected to ERNET terrestrial backbone through a dedicated high speed link at Bengaluru. The VSAT network provides two types of links/services, viz., TDM / FTDMA based Broadband VSATs and SCPC VSATs.
Distinguishing feature of VSAT links provided by ERNET India: ERNET VSAT Network operates in C-band of satellite transponder space, therefore VSAT links provided by ERNET India are least affected by rain and other weather conditions. Our VSAT links provide a high degree of reliability and continuous operation all over the country. Our VSATs work efficiently even in difficult and far flung areas of Andaman and Nicobar & Lakshadweep Islands in all weather conditions.
Network Traffic Growth
During the year, for providing better internet access to its users, ERNET has upgraded its Network Infrastructure. Routers, Switches, UPS etc. have been upgraded at various PoPs of ERNET India. ERNET increased its upstream bandwidth to reduce network utilization problem. Most of the customers have increased their bandwidth requirement and the demand is rising continuously.
At present, ERNET PoPs provide four types of services, namely, Access Services, Application Services, Hosting Services and Operations Support Services.
Access Services
Access Services at the ERNET PoP comprise of services that provide access to the ERNET network. Subscribers use leased terrestrial lines, radio links and VSATs with bandwidth varying between 128 Kbps to 45 Mbps to connect their networks to ERNET.
Terrestrial Leased Link
Leased lines are typically symmetric and use two wire local loops upto local exchange and hence to the customer end (Fig.5). This kind of connectivity is suitable where telecom network is well developed and dedicated leased line can be hired from basic service providers. Such links are primarily for nX64Kbps and nMbps speeds. ERNET is also delivering Internet bandwidth to its users through MPLS cloud in local loop. ERNET users are connected to MPLS VPN created on the telecom service provider’s network (Fig 6). The telecom service providers aggregate such user and bring them to ERNET PoP to deliver Internet bandwidth.
Fig: 6 Access Through MPLS Cloud
Radio Link and 802.11
This kind of connectivity requires line of sight clearance from the network node to the concerned user site. Such types of networks have distance limitation of 30 to 40 Kms
TDM/FTDMA based Broadband VSAT
ERNET TDM/FTDMA based Broadband VSAT network architecture is a two-way star topology. The Broadband VSAT links have common outbound capable of reaching upto 66Mbps. It supports all standard IP applications such as broadband Internet/Intranet, VoIP, IP multicast, video conferencing, etc. These VSATs are cost effective and capable to provide bandwidth upto 2Mbps.
SCPC VSAT
ERNET Single Channel Per Carrier (SCPC) VSAT provides point-to-point connectivity in star topology by configuring SCPC modems. Both Outbound and Inbound carriers are dedicated in SCPC VSAT for bandwidth assignment to the institute. The SCPC VSAT is capable of providing bandwidth upto 2.0 Mbps which is suitable for large institutions having large LAN and running critical applications requiring high uptime.
Applications Services
Mail Relay
Mail relay service is one of the major network application services provided to ERNET users. The main aim of the service is to provide Mail eXchangers (MX) for incoming mails to ERNET subscribers. The service is made more reliable by holding the mails destined to users in the event of failures at the user end. The mail relay server not only makes the service reliable, but also filters non-genuine (spam) mails and infected mails coming to the user mailing sites as well.
The ERNET team is well trained in spam/virus filtering applications so as to be able to customize and fine tune the applications as per customer needs. AVGW (Anti Virus Gateway) module has also been configured (Fig.7). The spam filters in AVGW classify email upon entry to a customer's site. Virus engines protect users from email borne viruses. AVGW contains an integrated SMTP engine in order to send emails. A direct connection with the destination server is established; wherein mails are tested for spams and then forwarded to user-end mail exchanger.
Domain Registration
ERNET India is an exclusive domain registrar for the education and research domains registering the domains under the .in registry from 2005. The domain registration process is fully automated having facility of filling online registration form, online renewal and updation of domain. A helpdesk is operational to answer queries of domain registrants. Registrants also enjoy facility to check availability for the domain on http://www.registry.
ernet.in (Fig.8). During 2012-13 a total of 3696 domains under edu.in, ac.in and res.in
have been registered and renewed by ERNET India for academic, educational and research organizations across the country.
Hosting Services
ERNET India has been hosting on its website educationally informative content and a digital library developed for the education & research community. About 40 web sites are hosted on ERNET India servers under the most secure hosting environment. They are well protected by firewalls and intrusion detection systems, providing features such as auto updating and mirroring for redundancy. NIFTEM, ICAR and NBT website and several other important websites of various universities are hosted on ERNET India servers with 24x7 uninterrupted access. ERNET India also does penetration test for the vulnerability assessment of all the hosted websites and implements the results of these tests to make the website fully secure. Snapshot of the new web sites that have been hosted on ERNET India servers during 2012-13:
• National Book Trust India
http://www.newdelhiworldbookfair.gov.in
• Director of wheat Research, karnal
http://www.dwr.res.in/
Snapshot of hosted website (www.dwr.res.in)
Operations Support Services
These services have been evolved at our PoPs by way of development of tools needed to monitor the operational elements of PoP effectively.
Service Monitoring and Reporting
ERNET PoPs continuously monitor the performance of peering, backbone and user links. The measurements include:
• Link availability
• Link utilization
• Break up of traffic generated by respective sites
The services for which we measure the performance metrics include web, ftp, e-mail, etc. The web download session throughputs obtained by the users at the user site are measured. A Service Level Report (SLR) is sent to the users every month. ERNET India generates monthly statistics for:
• e-mail traffic
• Spams
• Infected mails
Network Operation Centre
ERNET India is using combination of open source softwares such as MRTG, CACTI and Nagios customized to ERNET requirement for traffic monitoring, link performance monitoring and to generate alerts which is integrated with the messaging system to generate instant alerts. The Network Operation Centre is being managed by skilled professionals to provide all necessary support to ERNET users. A round the clock helpdesk provides efficient resolution of customer problems.
Network monitoring and Alarm system at ERNET NOC at IISc helps in taking proactive measures in case of any inconsistency in the NOC. The anti-virus system protects against viruses, worms, trojans and hackers.
User Support/Help Desk
Centralized service desk with trouble ticket generation has been set up for logging complaints related to DNS, Dialup, RF and VSAT users of ERNET. A toll free number (1800-112436) service is provided for complaint logging on 24x7 basis. Network alarms and monitoring system at ERNET NoC helps the team in taking proactive measures in case of any inconsistency in the NoC.
ERNIC (ERNET Network Information Centre)
ERNIC provides Internet Protocol (IP) address space (both IPv4 and IPv6) and in-addr.
arpa domain delegations to its customers. The various activities performed by ERNIC include:
1. Assign IPs to various PoPs & users (terrestrial as well as SATWAN).
2. Collect information about administrative and technical contact person from each
customer location and create NIC handle for them.
3. Update Information about inetnum objects (the range of IP address space described
by the object) in the APNIC database.
4. Co-ordinate with various PoPs for creating reverse DNS zones on name servers and
register the reverse domains with APNIC.
5. Take appropriate actions on the complaints received regarding any illegal usage of
ERNET resources.
6. Create and specify IRT objects for all the Internet resources allocated to ERNET
India and its customers.
SPAM Filter
1. ERNET has installed SPAM filters in the mail servers at its PoPs .
2. Apart from installing anti-spam filters, ERNET has also written scripts to generate
reports that give the number of spams and virus mails filtered.
3. The alarms generated by scripts help ERNET in taking active measures without any
ERNET website http://www.eis.ernet.in,apart from providing general information about the PoPs also provides the following information regarding users Internet usage:
• Online service-wise usage.
• Status of the link (up/down time).
• The amount of non-standard traffic (for the users to check for unwanted traffic
hogging their Internet access link).
Traffic Analysis for NCIPM 24Mbps
Daily Graph (5 Minute Average)
Max Average Current
In 1933.4 kb/s (1.9%) 248.4 kb/s (0.2%) 516.6 kb/s (0.5%)
Out 15.2 Mb/s (15.2%) 1587.4 kb/s (1.6%) 2287.3 kb/s (2.3%)
Weekly Graph (30 Minute Average)
Max Average Current
In 2801.2 kb/s (2.8%) 181.6 kb/s (0.2%) 484.1 kb/s (0.5%)
Monthly Graph (2 Hour Average)
Max Average Current
In 13.5 Mb/s (13.5%) 883.8 kb/s (0.9%) 397.2 kb/s (0.4%)
Out 14.0 Mb/s (14.0%) 1131.5 kb/s (1.1%) 4047.0 kb/s (4.0%)
Yearly Graph (1 Day Average)
Max Average Current
In 6795.4 kb/s (6.8%) 660.9 kb/s (0.7%) 246.0 kb/s (0.2%)
Out 47.5 Mb/s (47.5%) 585.5 kb/s (0.6%) 1460.6 kb/s (1.5%)
GREEN Incoming Traffic in Bits per Second BLUE Outgoing Traffic in Bits per Second
Traffic Monitoring of VSAT Network
The network traffic monitoring tool provides a web based live visual representation of uplink and downlink traffic of VSAT network. Current, daily, weekly, monthly & yearly uplink and downlink data rates are presented in the form of figures & graphs. It helps to keep track of the status of WAN links so that users can be served in a better way. The link level monitoring is done at the VSAT Hub. This information is pooled and used to provide support to VSAT users. Overall activities are coordinated and monitored by ERNET Headquarters, New Delhi. ERNET VSAT Hub at Bengaluru monitors following parameters/ status of links:
• Proactive real-time monitoring & management
• Inbound/Outbound report
• Location wise Active/Inactive/Down Status report of VSATs
• Diagnosis of downtime and fault detection
• Alerts on network status
• VSAT-wise usage reporting
Network Management System along with the device “Net Enforcer” is being used for traffic engineering of Broadband VSAT network. It is used to identify, classify, prioritize, and shape network traffic per application per user. The device is integrated and interfaced with central Network Management System (NMS) of ERNET India. It helps to control the entire network with the generation of all relevant reports and monitor the status and traffic of remote VSAT locations from the Hub. The NMS and the device are used for the following :
• Identification of hundreds of applications and protocols out-of-the-box.
• Flexible traffic prioritization/shaping based on QoS policy definitions.
• Proactive alarms.
• Policy-based connection control.
The Hub generates the following reports on the VSATs:
• Location wise status
• Details of actual traffic usage
• Details of down & inactive status
• In/Out transmitted packets
• Number of live new links
• Most active protocol
Bandwidth Utilisation graph of BBVSAT link at College of Agriculture, Karekere, Hassan,
Karnataka on 19th August-2012
Fig: 12
In-Out Transmitted Packets of BBVSAT link at National Research Centre of Agro
Live connections for BB VSAT link at College of Agriculture, Nanded Road,
Latur-413 512 Maharashtra on 23rd August-2012
Fig: 14
Most Active Protocol of BB VSAT link at National Research centre on Mithun, ICAR
Most Active Client of BB VSAT link at Centre of Plasma Physics, Institute for Plasma
Research, Kamrup, Assam on 23rd November-2012
Fig: 16
Most Active server (transmit path) of BB VSAT link at Kittur Rani Chennamma College Of Horticulture, Arabhavi, Belgaum, Karnataka on 17th Jan-2013
Traffic Analysis for SCPC VSAT at Central Agricultural Research Institute,
Port Blair, Andaman & Nicobar Islands.
VSAT link utilization for the date 31.03.2013 (Daily)
Max Average Current
In 502.8 kb/s (2.4%) 182.8 kb/s (0.9%) 502.7 kb/s (2.4%)
Out 1947.4 kb/s (9.3%) 506.8 kb/s (2.4%) 27.5 kb/s (0.1%)
VSAT link utilization for the period 24.03.2013 to 31.03.2013 (Weekly)
Max Average Current
In 502.4 kb/s (2.4%) 118.4 kb/s (0.6%) 501.3 kb/s (2.4%)
VSAT link utilization for the month March-2013 (Monthly)
Max Average Current
In 484.3 kb/s (2.3%) 85.7 kb/s (0.4%) 484.3 kb/s (2.3%)
Out 2008.0 kb/s (9.6%) 378.0 kb/s (1.8%) 414.6 kb/s (2.0%)
VSAT link utilization for the period Mar-2012 to Mar-2013 (Yearly)
Max Average Current
In 446.8 kb/s (2.1%) 77.7 kb/s (0.4%) 117.7 kb/s (0.6%)
Out 1379.2 kb/s (6.6%) 339.1 kb/s (1.6%) 295.5 kb/s (1.4%)
PROJECTS AT ERNET India
Mobile IPv6 Test bed - Mobility between heterogeneous access
networks
“Mobile IPv6 Test bed for mobility management over heterogeneous access networks” is a joint project between ERNET India and Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bengaluru which is funded by DeitY. This project objective is to deploy Mobile IPv6 testbed and study network layer mobility management issues, design typical mobility scenario and measure performance metrics such as handover latency, packet loss and also conduct dual stack mobility tests (DSMIPv6) between IPv4 and IPv6 networks. The Mobile IPv6 testbed includes WiMAX, WLAN and 3G access networks connecting IPv6 enabled ERNET backbone for mobility demonstration.
Fig: 19 DSMIPv6 Testbed setup connected to ERNET backbone
DSMIPv6 is an extension of Mobile IPv6 supporting mobility irrespective of IPv6/IPv4 networks. Fig. 19 shows how the DSMIPv6 Mobility demonstrated with heterogeneous access networks connected to ERNET IPv6 backbone network.
Fig: 20 WiMAX Test bed Setup
As a follow up to the current Mobile IPv6 project following activities relevant in areas such as Distributed Mobility Management and Ad hoc On-Demand Distance Vector Routing is planned.
6LoWPAN - Management and Monitoring of Wireless Sensor
Networks
“Prototype a 6LoWPAN network towards managing utility based Wireless Sensor Networks” is a joint project between ERNET India and IISc Bengaluru, funded by DeitY. The Low-power Wireless Personal Area Network (LoWPAN) standard (IEEE 802.15.4) has enabled important new class of wireless sensor applications. The 6LoWPAN adaptation layer (IETF RFC4944) enables end-to-end IP by integrating the resource constrained LoWPAN network to the existing IPv6 backbone infrastructure. In this project, we have achieved SNMP based monitoring of 6LoWPAN networks and demonstrated with agricultural monitoring use case.
ERNET India is collaborating with ICAR institution for the field deployment of sensors and working with Soil Sciences Division of Indian Institute of Horticulture Research (IIHR) Bengaluru for agriculture demonstration. As IIHR is connected to ERNET, it enables end-to-end IPv6 communication connecting 6LoWPAN field network to ERNET IPv6 backbone. An intermediate device, the Netgear WNDR 3800 router was configured to function as Ethernet/6LoWPAN gateway connecting the ERNET/IIHR IPv6 Ethernet and the 6LoWPAN network connecting to soil sensors. This enables soil parameter monitoring over the internet using SNMP protocol. Further, IETF Constrained Application Protocol (CoAP) designed specifically for machine-to-machine application scenario is also being utilized.
4 tunnel establishes connection between the gateway and OpenVPN server, and this communication channel enables end nodes reachable with its global IPv6 address.
Fig: 22 Remote field deployment using 3G/6LoWPAN gateway
This project has been successfully completed in November, 2012.
The project results and approaches are published in the following conferences:
1. “Leveraging CoAP towards monitoring agriculture sensors network” in 8th
International conference on Wireless Communication and Sensor Networks (WCSN), Thailand, 19-23 December 2012.
2. “Soil Property Monitoring Using 6LoWPAN-enabled Wireless Sensor Networks
in 3rd National Conference on Agro-Informatics and Precision Agriculture (AIPA),
Hyderabad,1-3 August 2012.
3. “WSN monitoring for agriculture: comparing SNMP and emerging CoAP
approaches” in Texas Instruments India Educators Conference - 2013 (TIIEC 2013), Bengaluru, 4-5 April 2013.
Virtual Scalable Educational Services for Schools (VSESS)
ERNET India is executing an R & D project “Virtual Scalable Educational Services for Schools” (VSESS) funded by Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DeitY). The major objective of this project is to see how the economic benefits of Cloud as seen by the business enterprises can be extended to educational domain. ERNET India will develop cloud services that are suitable for secondary and senior secondary students/teachers. The educational cloud services (Fig 23) include teaching platform, learning platform, and collaborative platform. All the educational services in the cloud can be accessed from anywhere anytime using any device like smart phone, Tablet, Netbooks etc.
Fig: 23 Proposed Educational Cloud Services
ERNET India has signed a MoU with Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan for implementing VSESS project. This project is being implemented in two stages. During the first stage, ERNET India has conducted user requirements survey in the identified KV schools involving principals, teachers and students to identify suitable educational cloud services. Based on the network feasibility tests, four schools in Delhi, 4 schools in Bengaluru and 6 schools in Chennai have been connected to ERNET regional centers through fiber optic network over layer 3 MPLS cloud. ERNET regional centers will host cloud infrastructure providing educational cloud services over MPLS VPN and also internet services. Fig.24 shows the network elements(Media converter, Metro Ethernet Switch, Power Module etc.) installed at one of the KV schools (KV Hebbal, Bengaluru).
Fig: 24 Network Elements Installed at KV schools
During the prototyping phase,ERNET Bengaluru and Chennai centers will host educational cloud infrastructure like compute servers, Unified storage, Thin clients, Smart class room accessories with smart interactive projector, visual presenter, wireless teaching slate and VM platforms (VMware, Citrix, Hyper-V) for evaluating various teaching and learning approaches over cloud. The KV schools connected are installed with two Desktop PC’s and UPS for access demonstrations.
Suitable Open Educational Resources and other DeitY funded e-learning contents are being considered for hosting. ERNET India will also carry out Research & Development activities focusing on some of the challenges in cloud computing like Virtual Machine (VM) management, VM scheduling, resource scalability and data management issues. Based on the PoC, a detailed architecture will be finalized for the implementation of Phase II with ERNET Delhi, Bengaluru and Chennai hosting the cloud infrastructure, and one model smart classroom and Thin Clients will be setup at each of the identified KV schools for accessing the cloud.
Setting up the eduroam services in India
eduroam stands for education roaming. It is the secure, world-wide roaming access service
developed for the international research and education community. It allows students, researchers and staff from participating institutions to obtain Internet connectivity across campus and when visiting other participating institutions by simply opening their laptop and working on local Wi-Fi network.
ERNET would act as the Indian eduroam operator and will be central point for connecting all the universities/institutes with access to the Indian eduroam national federation service. ERNET will allow eligible students, researchers and staff from participating institutions access to Internet connectivity at eduroam institutions globally. A project proposal has been approved by DeitY.
Establishment of Central Facility for Testing of IPv6 applications &
Equipments
The project is aimed at creating a Central Facility Centre/ Test Lab by installing different IPv6 enabled equipments for audio, video and data communication and connecting through ERNET’s IPv6 enabled backbone network for national and international connectivity. It will facilitate various government institutions / ERNET users & other users interested in IPv6 deployment for their different testing and analysis needs in the field of IPv6 technology and applications. A project proposal has been approved by DeitY. The procurement for the project is under process.
IPv6 Consultancy
The IPv6 task force formed by the Govt. of India envisages that all Government Departments and Organisations should become IPv6 enabled in 2012, as per Road Map-1 released by DOT
Based on the same and to ensure that technically competent organisations should only act as Consultants and implementers for Government bodies, DoT formally went through a rigorous evaluation process and empanelled ERNET India for providing consulting service and act as implementer to Government Organizations.
Setting up Repository of Digitized Data under the Digital Library
Initiative
Department of Electronics and Information Technology is funding various projects for digitization and creation of free to read searchable collection of 1 million books. The
bandwidth to three centres namely IISc Bengaluru, IIIT Hyderabad and CDAC Noida. The digital data repository has been set-up at ERNET PoP in Pune and all the available data from IISc Bengaluru has been downloaded and hosted in the new repository. The portal
for the Mirror Site data repository is under the domain “www.dli.gov.in”. ERNET India has
upgraded the storage of this data repository recently and managing day to day operations of the DLI Mirror Site, hosted at ERNET PoP in Pune.
e-Linkage of Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas
Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti (NVS) under Ministry of Human Resource Development has taken VSAT connectivity from ERNET India for its Vidyalayas located in far flung and remote areas of the country. The effort aims to integrate IT into the learning environment at these distant schools, enable schools to share their resources and use distance education mode to improve the quality of education. In this endeavor, Broadband VSAT connectivity is operational in 36 JNVs located in remote areas of the country viz. North-East region, Andaman & Nicobar and Lakshadweep Islands.
MOU with Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangthan
Under an MoU, Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS) and ERNET India had agreed to set up KVS–Net connectivity to remote Vidyalayas under KVS, to provide them Internet access by using ERNET services, expertise and network infrastructure. Presently, ERNET is providing connectivity in around 25 Vidyalayas which are located in remote parts of the country.
Community Information Centres – Vidyavahini (CIC-VVs)
CIC-VVs are operational in the Government schools located in Andaman & Nicobar Islands and Lakshadweep Islands. These centres are providing unlimited web access to Internet applications, e-contents on variety of topics such as the arts, economics, biographies, history, languages, mathematics and philosophy to the schools. The project is facilitating various services such as e-mail, access to various socio-economic databases, e-newspapers, e-procurement, grievance redressal and weather information.
ICT Vocational Centres for Children with Disabilities-Phase II
In India, according to Census, 2001 more than 21 million people (2.1 per cent of the population) were suffering from one or the other kind of disability. And the percentage of people with disability has been steadily increasing. In India, in spite of a lot of efforts to increase the enrolment in schools for children with disabilities, they remain the least educated.
Realizing this pressing requirement and to bring these people into the mainstream, the Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DeitY) has funded ERNET India to
Thus, ERNET India had initiated the project in two phase approach. During pilot phase-I proof of concept (PoC) ERNET India had setup 21 ICT vocational training centres-11 in the National Capital Region of Delhi and 10 in the state of Tamil Nadu. DeitY/ERNET supported the pilot project up-to Nov-2009.
Later to make a substantial impact on different socio-economic-cultural circumstances, the project was extended to 101 schools all over the country, under phase-II. ERNET India has established first lot of 50 ICT centers in 2010 & 49 ICT Centers in 2011 & remaining 02 centers in 2012.
Each Centre is equipped with desktop computers, server, assistive tools for the disabled children, LAN environment, computer furniture and uninterruptible power supply. The schools have provisioned with internet access, applications, contents and instructors for imparting training to disabled children. Special courses including models on computers, usage of assistive devices, English language, and personality development is also designed. Under the project ERNET India had established these centers in 97 cities of 27 states and 4 UT’s for children with disabilities. During 2012, these ICT Vocational centers were under support for maintenance, salary of computer instructors and Internet connectivity. ERNET India had also submitted a proposal in DeitY to launch phase-III of the project to setup new 100 such centers & support for the existing 101 ICT centers of Phase-II for functioning & sustenance. The project is successfully completed on 31.03.2013 with the outcome & achievements as anticipated in the beginning of the project. To analyze the outcome of phase-II of the project an impact study was conducted across the country.
Outcome & Impact of ICT Centers on disabled students conducted across India: From the Impact study survey report drastic improvement are observed after the establishment of these ICT Vocational Centers.
1. The impact is not only reflected on students but there are far reaching impact on
their parents, their teachers, their relatives, and awareness of the communities around.
2. The overall education system in schools is improved as mainstream subject were also included & being taught through assistive technologies deployed in centers. The interpersonal communication of students is enhanced.
3. The 196 Computer instructors/ teachers were trained for imparting computer
knowledge to students and they have further trained another 105 teachers of other subjects in their respective schools on usage of assistive tools over computers.
4. In statistics following impact presented herewith:
5. The students are now able to engage in self-study through internet and computers.
Building vocational skills along with studies has given confidence to the unsure and unaware and till now secluded children.
6. The students' approach to life and their studies has improved. The students are
more confident and take pride in learning. There has been an increase in their confidence after the use of computers.
ICT Centres in 250 Schools in rural areas of Ajmer & Jaipur,
districts of Rajasthan
ERNET India had signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in 2011 with State Government of Rajasthan to establish Information & Communication Technologies (ICT) centres (labs) in 250 Schools located in rural areas of Ajmer & Jaipur districts of Rajasthan. These ICT Centres are intended to accelerate socio-economic development in the region and to achieve "freedom from distance" and bridging the digital divide for the students of rural community by provisioning state-of-the-art ICT infrastructure model in schools with facilities such e-learning, video conferencing, educational contents & Internet connectivity to access these resources. The ICT centers enhance the learning capabilities of students using these technologies and applications. These centers will enable students of rural areas to get connected with rest of the world and explore education, information & advance technologies.
After successful commissioning of ICT labs in 250 schools by July' 2011, a Network operation Center (NOC) cum Datacenter was established in May'2012 at the premises of Department of Secondary Education in Ajmer to monitor and manage services of e-Learning, video conferencing, hosting of educational contents, provisioning of Intranet/
Subsequently, considering the tough terrain of Ajmer, network solution on microwave RF architecture was implemented and all the 250 schools were connected on Intranet by creating VPN. An aggregate bandwidth is terminated at Data Center for accessibility of Internet by all the 250 schools. An NMS tool is also deployed for monitoring & link management of all the schools.
The e-Learning application installed in datacenter delivers self study contents to students with modules course & examination management, collaboration platform, e-contents based on the syllabus of Rajasthan Education board/NCERT, e-content creation & sharing software, quiz & tests, web casting of learning materials/lectures, etc. Teachers and students are using chat/webcast facilities and are collaborating among themselves
for knowledge sharing and problem resolution. The e-Learning software also facilitates
teachers/students for developing/uploading their own lectures/ presentation for dissemination of knowledge.
Fig: 25 ICT Lab at School e-Learning Datacenter, Ajmer
To get optimum benefits of these ICT labs a teachers training was conducted for 250 school teachers of Education Department of Rajasthan for maintaining ICT labs, gaining IT knowledge & to promote use of IT in rural schools. The training was based on the basic & advance course of word processing, spreadsheets, Presentation, open source, Internet, networking, etc. More induction training are proposed to be conducted in future for updating the IT knowledge & to empower them to give quality education to students, in order to achieve the project's objective.
Fig: 26 Live video conferencing with schools during Inauguration by
Hon'ble MoS Shri Sachin Pilot
On 17.10.2012, the project was inaugurated by Hon'ble Sh Sachin Pilot, MoS (C&IT) at Government Secondary School, Parasia, Silora block, Ajmer in which Hon'ble MoS has started the e-Learning facility in ICT labs & done live video conferencing with few schools concurrently from the stage. The project is highly applauded by MoS.
Setting up of Digital Archival facility for Outcomes of the various
Language Technology projects along with dependencies
Technology Development for Indian Languages (TDIL), DeitY has reached such a platform through its various projects, where it has a potential to generate utility applications, benefiting the masses, which will enable people to access and use IT solutions in their own Indian regional languages. Some of the utility applications are Text-to-Speech (TTS), Optical Character Recognition (OCR), Machine translation (English to Indian Languages, Indian language to Indian Language) etc.
To preserve these valuable linguistic resources for further enhancement; development and re-use, ERNET India has initiated digital archival of the outcomes of these various Language Technology projects including executable files, project documents, source code, various functional modules and tools along with its dependencies developed
that dependencies of these resources/modules may not available in future and might be required for some product development.
To disseminate the various language technology projects so that R&D organization can use the existing research work for further development of the product and even for developing new multilingual technology, Online Web Portal is being developed. This portal will enable archiving, storing, modifying, uploading and retrieving of source codes of the relevant projects as per the user rights. All data will be archived in the database of the system on the storage. It will provide a secure environment where only authorized users can access the system. Various Access controls will be implemented. Security will be maintained at network level as well as application level. Version Control System will be implemented at System/subsystem/module level. Extensive Audit-trails at user and folder level on separate actions, and between specific date/times will be maintained.
e-Linkage of Krishi Vigyan Kendras under ICAR
Under an MOU with ICAR, ERNET India had established a dedicated VSAT Hub and deployed ICT Infrastructure at 200 KVKs/ZPDs under ICAR & developed them as information Hubs. ERNET India has to monitor the operation and management of the facility. The facility is operational & being used for Internet Access, E-mail and Voice Communication on 24x7 basis. Video Multicast, regular talks, lectures and seminars are being delivered from the Hub by domain experts on weekly basis for officials of the KVKs/ZPDs. ERNET India is supervising operation management and support of Hub and also liaisoning with Department of Space, DOT & NOCC. A dedicated team of engineers has been deputed for 24x7 operations of the facility. The network has connected remote KVKs/ZPDs with the technology institutions of the ICAR and thus provides immense benefits to the farmers. The video channel, web portal, VoIP and Internet are facilitating creation of awareness among the farmers and the youth of the country about improvements in agriculture technologies.
Following are the Key features of the KVK VSAT network:
• It operates in C-band using transponder space segment on INSAT-3C satellite
subleased from ERNET India.
• It has one outbound (13Mbps) and 18 Inbound (416Kbps) channels.
• It is based on state-of-the-art technology and guarantees Hub uptime of 99.9%
and VSAT uptime of 99%.
• It is being managed and controlled through a Network Management System (NMS)
Following facilities have been provided at each of the KVK/ZPDs:
• Access to Internet related applications on a 24x7 basis.
• Voice calls (VOIP) and Fax messaging facility between KVKs/ ZPDs/ Hub.
• Access to Video channel broadcast and webcast on 24 hours basis from Hub
through a web portal.
• KVKs/ZPDs are equipped with a Server, five desktop PCs, LAN, scanner, printer,
and computer furniture to act as information hub for storing and disseminating information on agriculture and also providing online and offline guidance to the farmers.
The network has connected remote KVKs/ZPDs with the technology institutions of the ICAR and thus provides immense benefits to the farmers. The video channel, web portal, VoIP and Internet facilitate creation of awareness among the farmers and youth of the country about improvements in agriculture technologies.
With the success of this project, ICAR is considering to extend this facility to remaining KVKs as well.
Fig: 28 Central Earth Station at KAB-I, ICAR, New Delhi
Campus Network at National University of Juridical Sciences,
Kolkata
Under a MoU with NUJS, Kolkata, ERNET India has completed commissioning of Campus Network at NUJS, Kolkata and accepted by NUJS on 20.09.2011. 10 Gigabit fibre backbones connects Academic Blocks, Hostels and Guest House enabling students and faculty to access Intranet & Internet resources from their desktops, laptops on any where any time basis. The network of 814 nodes is protected from viruses, Trojans and unauthorized access from outside world through Firewall and antivirus systems. The project is now under a warranty of three years for which ERNET is extending all support for smooth functioning of the network.
National Institute of Food Technology Entrepreneurship &
Management (NIFTEM)
NIFTEM desired to setup Campus Network and other IT Infrastructure at their campus and approached ERNET for the same. After presentation and discussion an MoU has been signed between NIFTEM & ERNET India for setting up the same. ERNET is in process for carrying out detailed feasibility site surveys for assessment of the requirement for setting up the campus network.
Video Conference Facility at Various Institutes
ERNET India has taken up projects for setting up of video conference facility for various Institutes. Under these projects, ERNET India is provisioning video conference equipment consisting of Codec (High Definition / Standard Definition), camera, microphone, Display screens (Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) /Plasma) at each of the remote site. The Codec has capabilities to connect on Internet Protocol as well as on Integrated Service Digital Network (ISDN) connectivity and also share computer/laptop presentation during video sessions. Wherever required, Multipoint Control Unit (MCU) has been provisioned so as to conduct multipoint concurrent video conference sessions among multiple sites. ERNET India has implemented & is operating Video conference projects at:
1. Videoconference (VC) facility for Govt of Uttar Pradesh (UP) at State Capital, 18
Divisions & 1 District of UP with total of 21 sites with MCU & Video Wall of 4x50” cube configuration. The Project had been completed and is under operation & management by ERNET through manpower support provided under the project.
2. High Definition VC facility at 9 locations of Indian Metrological Department (IMD)
with MCU. High Definition Codecs have (1+3) MCU & Visual Data Presentation capabilities. The Project had been completed and was under warranty support from ERNET till 31.03.2013.
4. Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) desired to set up a Desktop VC facility at its Head Quarter & other 16 centres across India. A project to this effect was submitted and CSIR entrusted the work to ERNET for implementation. Installation & testing at 13 locations have been completed. The project is under progress.
5. Up gradation of Video Conferencing MCU at Income Tax Department. Concluded
another MoU with Department of Income Tax for upgrade of the VC facility deployed by ERNET in 2006 with state–of–the art High Definition Video Conference system. The central facility consisting of MCU supporting 70-80 high definition VC remote sites for concurrent Video Conferencing has been upgraded and made operational. The facility is being used by Income Tax extensively regularly.
Serv er Endpoint/Co dec Ethern et Ethern et WAN Router WAN Router Location ‘N’ Central site MPLS/Leased Lines connectivity amongst multiple locations MCU User PC User PC Ethern et WAN Router Location’1 ’ Endpoint/Cod ec Endpoint/Cod ec
Fig: 30 A typical layout of video conference facility Server User Ethern Central site Ethern Ethern WAN WAN WAN
UP COMMING PROJECTS
E-Learning ICT Centres in 204 schools of Srikakulam
The objective of the project is to setup e-Learning ICT centres in 204 schools of high schools in rural and tribal area of district Srikakulam to integrate ICT for learning and teaching to improve learning outcomes of rural children and also providing well documented case studies of e-learning practices, and their dissemination. State Government has identified 204 schools for setup of e-learning ICT Centres.
For a broad acceptance and deployment of ICT in education, the necessary and sustainable technical infrastructure, and financial support need to be established.
The aim of this project is not to provide ICT which is merely equivalent to Desktop home computer but to provide a combination of appropriate IT infrastructure, appropriate educational contents, communication system, training of teachers, support and maintenance, and develop wide collaborative system among student and teachers for problem resolution and knowledge exchange. It is also aimed to sustain functionality of ICT freeing it from daily hindrance of operational challenges due to electric power or fuels for DG Sets or maintenance.
The project objective also focused on providing schools with high speed Internet connections and making Internet, multimedia resources available to students in the classroom.
Proposed e-infrastructure for e-learning ICT centres
1.1 ICT tools such as 10 Desktop PCs, UPS, LCD Projector, LAN, electrical, Printer/
Scanner, software, Internet , digital education contents etc for each school
1.2 E-Learning facility
The e-contents like Multimedia tutorials/animations (2D) for junior and high schools in Hard spots for Maths, Science and English subjects mapped to AP will be developed in Telugu and English initially. Olabs (Online virtual laboratory experiments) for various subjects from 9th to 12th class are developed and will be made available to 204 Srikakulam schools.
1.3 Internet/Intranet Connectivity
The Internet connectivity to schools will be provided through RF wireless Links and aggregate Internet bandwidth will be terminated at office of education department.
1.4 Help Desk and Routine Check-up of Systems and VC/ VOIP facility at each school
ERNET India will roll out OLabs, an Online Laboratory of experiments of Physics & Chemistry
of class 9th & 10th in English language in 1st phase and will extend the efforts for other
subjects like Physics, Chemistry, Maths, Biology, English for higher classes (9th -12th class)
in other regional languages namely Hindi, Marathi, Malayalam etc
The project will result in deployment of Pan- India Content Delivery Network for rolling out Online laboratory experiments of various science subjects and will be securely distributed over Internet cloud to academicians/ end-user for further teaching and experimenting of various subjects innovatively along with standard methods.
To rollout these resources and to expand its accessibility to academicians / students, other audience and community across the country including all CBSE schools, it is necessary to host the Olabs resources at the data centre and at the regional PoPs and further disseminate to users through internet cloud. The Olabs application along with contents will be hosted and securely accessible to schools round the clock. The entire OLabs content delivery network will be overlaid over ERNET national WAN network.
Smart Lighting
The project is aimed at creating the Smart Building by using IPv6 based Lighting Management System for the purpose of saving electricity. This project visions at creating an eco- friendly and advanced control system that uses the smart technology by automatically switching off the lights reducing manual labour and also saves the power consumption by reducing the heat produced which will maintain the cooling of the building.
IPv6 Capacity Building for Central & Govt Staff
The above project is aimed at creating awareness about IPv6 usage and benefits. This project visions to create a pool of IPv6 trained technical resource manpower for managing and advancing its Information technology infrastructure in terms of operating the existing computer network / WAN network and on the same time keeping the pace of advancement as per latest technological needs.
Training to ITBP officers
Under the MoU with Indo-Tibetan Border Police Force, ERNET has agreed for providing the training to ITBP officers in the field of Information Technology and computer operations. Training will be contacted in 5 cities viz Delhi, Chandigarh, Dehradun, Guwahati/ Itanagar and Raipur. In Delhi, ERNET had provided the training on Computer Basic Course to 50 participants and Computer Hardware & Networking Course to 25 participants. They have successfully completed their course.
IPv6 Activities
With the exhaustion of IPv4 and the ever exploding number of devices hooking on to the internet, adaption of IPv6 has become a compulsion rather than an experiment. IPv6 protocol is designed to overcome many of the problems inherent in IPv4, including mobility, auto-configuration, and overall extensibility apart from offering nearly unlimited number of IP addresses to connect devices to the Internet.
However being a very new technology, adoption has been really slow, while number of internet connected devices due to the IT and Telecom revolution has exploded many folds in India. ERNET India which spearheads the research network and related technologies was one of the few organizations in India to have implemented IPv6 in its networks and application in collaboration with International partners and consortiums. ERNET India has been the first network in the country to be fully IPv6 enabled not only at its core level but also reaching IPv6 connectivity to its customers wherever technically feasible and required.
Some of the initiatives and activities undertaken by ERNET India in the area of IPv6 are: Operation of a IPv6 enabled Pan-India Network with 14 PoPs across the country. Setting up a IPv6 Lab for demonstrating IPv6 applications and imparting hands-on training facility to organizations wanting to use IPv6.
Empanelled by DoT, for propagating IPv6 by providing Consultancy, Project Management & Implementation services to organizations desirous of migrating from IPv4 to IPv6.
Closely involved with the International and National communities in development of IPv6 technologies applications. ERNET India has setup a IPv6 test bed, jointly with IISc Bengaluru for research on 6 LoWPAN and Mobile IPv6.Throgh European Union funding collaborating with International Organization on IPv6 related project such as 6Choice and MyFIRE.
As part of its mandate to adapt emerging technologies, ERNET India is setting up as a pilot an IPv6 Cloud based service to deliver E-learning contents to Kendriya Vidyalayas.
To enrich the education community, an IPv6 enabled smart classroom facility across the country is being setup for NIELIT centers.
ERP at ERNET India
ERP delivers a comprehensive set of benefits including better operational management, financial management, corporate governance, decision-making, and support for changing user requirements. ERP at ERNET India is a single integrated system constituting various modules which are being regularly enhanced as per the user requirements. The system has b
