Transcript the Multicast Enabler

Hong Kong IP Multicast
Initiative
Supported by:
Department of Information Engineering
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Innovation and Technology Commission
Overview
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Background – What is IP Multicast?
Motivation
Challenges
HKIPMI – the Multicast Enabler
HKIPMI Industry Consortium
HKIPMI Solutions
HKIPMI Activities
Background – What is
IP Multicast?
Under a Unicast
scenario…
To get the same, duplicated set of data, each end-user
establishes his own connection with the server =>
Not scalable
Under a Multicast
scenario…
Only one set of duplicated data is sent out from the
server. Network loading is tremendously truncated
=> Scalable
Motivation
Motivation
 Infrastructure
 Availability
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of broadband Internet access
Supports multimedia data delivery
 Intelligent
building with integrated broadband
residential network
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Low-cost, easy-to-use, and available
Motivation
 Next
Wave of Services and Applications
 Video
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multicast
TV over Internet
 Multicasted
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information services
News distribution, financial applications
 Multi-party
video conferencing
All these require one-to-many data delivery
Motivation
 Uniqueness
 Small
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of Hong Kong
geographical area
deploying regional broadband networks is economically
feasible
 Timing
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Infrastructures are in the construction phase, which is a crucial
time to incorporate new and better technologies
Challenges
Challenges
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How to build new multicast-ready networks?
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How to upgrade existing networks to support
multicast data delivery?
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How to efficiently deliver multicast
information?
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How to manage network resources and provide
quality-of-service control?
HKIPMI
– the Multicast Enabler
HKIPMI – the Multicast Enabler
 Established
in Oct 2000 by the
Department of Information Engineering, CUHK
 Funded by the Innovation and Technology Fund
and private sponsors for 32 months
 Non-profit making
 Mission
To jump-start the local industry in the adoption,
deployment, and application of IP Multicast
technologies.
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HKIPMI – the Multicast Enabler
Objectives:
• Promoting and disseminating of IP multicast
technologies.
• Creating a synergy among Hong Kong’s IT
professionals
• Running the Multicast Inter-operability Testbed
• Developing the Multicast Network Resource
Management Suite (NRMS)
• Developing demonstrative multicast-ready
applications
• LiveCast
• InfoCast
HKIPMI Industry
Consortium – the
synergy of IT
professionals
HKIPMI Industry Consortium
Targeted Sectors
 Technology
Providers
 Infrastructure Providers
 Internet Services Providers
 Internet Content Providers
HKIPMI Industry Consortium
Benefits:
 Participate
in the "IP Multicast Product Directory"
in our portal site www.hkipmulticast.org
 Participate in technology promotion and publicity
programs
 Access to the IP Multicast Interoperability Testbed
 Access to IP Multicast Tools and Applications
HKIPMI Industry Consortium
HKIPMI received full support from IT companies we met.
Their advice can better define our development plan, and
in return, we assist them to boost the Multicast
development in Hong Kong hand-in-hand.
Here are some of our Consortium members:
HKIPMI Solutions
HKIPMI Solutions
 HKIPMI Multicast Inter-operability Testbed
 Multicast Network Resource Management
Suite (NRMS)
 Multicast-ready applications
 LiveCast
 InfoCast
HKIPMI Solutions
 HKIPMI
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Multicast Inter-operability Testbed
Perform compatibility tests on network equipment
A trial-run to a 100% Multicast-enabled Hong Kong
 Multicast
Network Resources Management Suite
– the Vanguard of Network Resources
Solve multicast-related issues:
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Address collision
Fault detection and reporting
Multicast Traffic and Network Monitoring
Resources allocation and prioritization
Receiver authentication
Network Infrastructure Configuration
HKIPMI Solutions
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Infocast
Demonstrate Multicast performance in data
delivery
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Livecast
Demonstrate Multicast performance in video
delivery
HKIPMI Activities
HKIPMI Activities
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International cooperation
HKIPMI participates in Internet 2 Multicast
Working Group to Foster Multicast
technological exchange between Hong Kong
and the rest of the world
HKIPMI Activities
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Exhibitions
Exhibition is an effective medium to spread our message
among the local IT industry.
In Feb 2000, we participated in
the Information Infrastructure
Expo held in HKCEC…
HKIPMI Activities
Oct 15-18 Hong Kong Electronics Fair,
Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition
Center
Nov 7-9 Internet World Asia@HK 2001, Hong
Kong Convention and Exhibition Center
Nov 9-10 10th Anniversary of Faculty of
Engineering, CUHK - IT Fair 2001, In-house
Nov 22-26 ITC’s Innovation Expo, Hong
Kong Convention and Exhibition Center
HKIPMI Activities
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Contact with local IT practitioners
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We take an initiative to firm visits and invite IT people
to visit our lab
We probe their needs to refine our products
Delegates from Speedcast
Ltd. visited our lab in Jun
2001
Thank you for coming
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