1) AARNet held three video workshops in Melbourne, Perth, and Brisbane with 70 attendees from research institutions to demonstrate their new Unified Communications Exchange (UCX) service. 2) The UCX allows for video calls beyond individual enterprises through connections via SIP and H.323 protocols and supports features like firewall traversal and IPv6. 3) AARNet has started testing point-to-point and multipoint video calls through the UCX with Monash University, as well as peering with US sites and developing website instructions for joining calls.

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AARNet Applications and
Service Update
James Sankar
QRNO meeting
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Melbourne
AARNet/QCIF Video Workshops
• Three workshops held (50/50 funded)
– Melbourne (18 November – Rydges/UniMelb),
– Perth (20 November – Curtin)
– Brisbane (24 Nov- UQ) Perth
• 70 Attendees:
– Traditional AV/IT contacts,
– eResearch & Access Grid/EVO user base
– Teaching and Learning community
– Central & faculty IT areas
Brisbane
• Institutions:
– CSIRO, Curtin, Deakin, ECU, Griffith, IVEC, JCU,
John Paul College, Latrobe, Monash, QUT, SCU,
RMIT, UniMelb, UoBallarat, UQ, USQ, UTas,
UWA, UWS, Vic Schools, Victoria Univ, VPAC
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Unified Communications Exchange
• What is it?
– Communications services beyond the enterprise
– Supports Enterprise Unified Communications – multivendor
– VoIP, Video, Instant Message, Presence beyond enterprise cloud
– Provide better monitoring and measurement of services
• How does it work?
– Connects “Sessions” together for communication
– Redundancy – Equipment is duplicated with failover support as standard
– Secure – hides critical servers from WWW + Secure connections to customers
(prevents incidents like SIP attacks)
– Scalable – supports 000’s of simultaneous sessions
– Uses SIP & H.323 protocols to provide best VoIP/Video support
– Supports NAT/FireWall Traversal (connects parties together despite these
obstacles) – good where sites don’t have expertise onsite
– Supports IPv6 (Future Proof)

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Unified Communications Exchange
B2B
video
without
MCU
to
those
you
know
–
our
1st
service
offering
Ins$tu$on
A
Ins$tu$on
B
AARNet
UCX
Enterprise
Enterprise
UC
UC
MCU
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Unified Communications Exchange
Find
me,
connect
to
me
via
secure
dynamic
white
pages
directory
(futures)
Ins$tu$on
A
Ins$tu$on
B
AARNet
UCX
Enterprise
Enterprise
UC
UC
Service
Broker
R&E
white
pages
+
presence,
click
to
call..
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**ACSS - AARNet Conferencing Scheduling System
Enable video routing via SIP/H.323 on AARNet and beyond
2008-
2010 Using
SIP/H.323
SBCs
AARNet 3 network
to
enable
Point-­‐to-­‐
Point
and
mul$-­‐point
(via
MCU)
video
calls
AARNet UC eXchange for video calls and from
an
enterprise
new and integrated services (New:
community directory, 3rd party & federated based
unified
presence services) communica$ons
Migration of Cisco/
system
(usually
point-­‐
Interoperable
TelePresence Polycom to-­‐point
calls
only
Conferencing,
Services (multi-
Record, Streaming
support
audio)
vendor, multi platforms to lower
device + scale) cost hardware or
cloud services Using
SIP/H.323
SBCs
to
leverage
Mobile video Extension of Global
services platform VoIP/Video SIP connec$ons
to
create
and gateway with services, with mobile a
contacts
pages
other services via a application and
secure, scalable. Unified portal
(searchable)
to
Manageable Communications find
experts,
see
platform) iSee on convergence with
html5? other services presence,
click
to
call
Using
SIP
to
connect
different
Cisco
TelePresence
suites
together
via
the
TelePresence
eXchange

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**ACSS - AARNet Conferencing Scheduling System
Enable TelePresence interoperability and move hardware to cloud
2008-
2010
AARNet 3 network
AARNet UC eXchange for video calls and
new and integrated services (New:
community directory, 3rd party & federated
presence services)
Interoperable Migration of Cisco/
TelePresence Polycom
Conferencing,
Services (multi-
Record, Streaming
vendor, multi platforms to lower
device + scale) cost hardware or
cloud services
Mobile video Extension of Global
services platform VoIP/Video SIP This
example
(above)
uses
the
Polycom
MCU
with
and gateway with services, with mobile
other services via a application and
Cisco’s
TelePresence
Interoperable
Protocol
(TIP)
secure, scalable. Unified support
to
connect
Cisco
TP
suites
to
tradi$onal
Manageable Communications
platform) iSee on convergence with
video
suites
(H.323/IP
based),
AARNet
will
explore
html5? other services mul$-­‐vendor
solu$ons
before
deciding
on
the
recommended
solu$on.
This
example
(right)
uses
AARNet’s
MCUs
to
connect
non
Cisco
TelePresence
systems
from
mul$ple
vendors
together,
this
example
shows
Huawei
and
Polycom
suites
(view
from
webstream
on
leU
image,
view
from
Huawei
suite
to
2
x
Polycom
suites
on
right
image.

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First calls with Monash University
• Point to Point
• Multipoint
• NLR Peering with US sites
• Website/how to join
• Interoperability tests started

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**ACSS - AARNet Conferencing Scheduling System
Support multiple personal video platforms, ideally behind AUCX
2008-
2010
AARNet 3 network
AARNet UC eXchange for video calls and
new and integrated services (New:
community directory, 3rd party & federated
presence services)
Interoperable Migration of Cisco/
TelePresence Polycom
Conferencing,
Services (multi-
Record, Streaming
vendor, multi Cisco
Webex
offers
a
collabora$on
EVO
enables
video
collabora$on
platforms to lower
device + scale) cost hardware or tool
that
can
integrate
with
Cisco
and
integrates
with
Access
Grids
cloud services
TelePresence
(client
and
server
$)
(server
$
and
free
client)
Mobile video Extension of Global
services platform VoIP/Video SIP
and gateway with services, with mobile
other services via a application and
secure, scalable. Unified
Manageable Communications
platform) iSee on convergence with
html5? other services
Vidyo
offers
a
scalable
video
codec
solu$on
AARNet
Anywhere
(ViVu)
can
for
low
connect
mul$ple
Skype
bandwidth
par$cipants
together
(free
client,
loca$ons,
can
beta
server
trial)
integrate
with
H.323
MCUs
Skype
is
a
free
client
for
(server
and
Mul5ple
Gateways
appear
today
to
be
the
only
technical
point-­‐to-­‐oint
video
and
solu5on
to
connect
the
mobile
applica5on
world
to
the
client
$)
a[racts
a
subscrip$on
for
video
room
based
world
but
the
trick
will
be
to
do
so
in
a
mul$point
calls
secure,
scalable
and
simple
way
for
the
end
user

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New partnerships
• Open Visual Communications • National Networking
Consortium (Global) Initiative (Auz/NZ)
– First R&E Network operator – DEEWR Govt funded
– Goal: To enable “meet me” rooms via – Building on Australian
SBC/SIP/ENUM based connections Teaching and Learning
for video calls across multi-vendor Council outcomes
member networks – Goal: Seek ways to support
– Members: AT&T, BCS Global, Airtel, teaching, learning, learning
BT Conferencing Services, Masergy, mgt systems
Orange, Polycom, Telstra, Verizon, – Members: ACODE, ascilite,
Teliris, Dialogic, AARNet HERDSA, CADAD, ODLAA,
AARNet, NetSpot and
DEEWR

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**ACSS - AARNet Conferencing Scheduling System
Bring all the services together where it makes sense to
2008-
2010
Making
all
room
based
systems
and
personal/mobile
video
systems
talk
AARNet 3 network to
one
another
requires
careful
evalua5on
and
decisions
on
AARNet UC eXchange for video calls and
new and integrated services (New: 1. Selec$on
of
Gateways/traversal
solu$ons
to
reach
out
to
all
video
community directory, 3rd party & federated
presence services)
systems
across
IPv4
and
ideally
IPv6
Interoperable Migration of Cisco/
2. Appropriate
management,
opera$on
and
scaling
of
mul$ple
services
TelePresence Polycom
Conferencing,
to
avoid
N-­‐squared
complexity
and
cost
Services (multi-
vendor, multi Record, Streaming
platforms to lower
3. Keeping
the
system
simple
and
easy
to
use
for
the
end
user
device + scale) cost hardware or
cloud services
4. Keeping
the
costs
and
complexity
low
for
the
customer
who
supports
Mobile video Extension of Global
the
end
user
services platform
and gateway with
VoIP/Video SIP
services, with mobile
5. Balancing
the
avoidance
of
vendor
lock
in
versus
complexity
of
the
other services via a
secure, scalable.
application and
Unified
mul$-­‐vendor
environment
Manageable
platform) iSee on
Communications
convergence with
6. Balancing
Open
Source
versus
off
the
shelf
html5? other services 7. Future
proofing
on
open
standards
8. Managing
and
influencing
the
vendors,
encouraging
healthy
compe$$on
for
be[er
products
at
lower
prices
9. Showcasing
the
benefits
of
the
AARNet
network
10. Enabling
synergies
with
collabora$on
plahorms
used
in
research,
teaching
and
learning
Next
steps:
1.
Establish
a
communica5ons
convergence
steering
commiHee
2.
Develop
the
overall
plan
(scope,
cost/benefit,
risk
assessment)
3.
Implement
work
packages,
track
progress,
review
overall
plan

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Possible technical work packages (TBA)
1. Move current services behind the AUCX, explore Firewall/NAT traversal
solutions for greater security, border traversal access, reach.
2. Extend the AUCX with ENUM to cater for multi-dial plans on IP/E.164/URI
via SIP trunks/gatekeepers for personal video end users to connect to NVCS
and TP Suites.
3. Extend Telepresence Exchange services to interoperate with open
standards based H.323/IP via AUCX
4. Scheduling extended to Telepresence services with AAF access.
5. Test external cloud based conferencing services (soft MCUs).
6. Develop and test video applications for mobile devices accessible via 3G/
wifi/NBN/AARNet connections.
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Who to call for more information?
• Either enquire at
• noc@aarnet.edu.au - 24x7 NOC/Helpdesk Phone:
• 1300 APL NOC (1300 275 662)
• Or Direct to support@nvcs.edu.au or call 1300 11
NVCS (or +61 2 6222 7527)
• Or Me at james.sankar@aarnet.edu.au
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Any Questions?