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Utah Education Network - Interactive Video Conferencing (IVC). Internet, WAN, & IVC. Three key services UEN provides to it’s stakeholders. Internet access and research network access via the Front-Range Gigapop, Nat’l Lambda Rail, & I2 - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Utah Education Network - Interactive Video Conferencing (IVC)
Internet, WAN, & IVC
Three key services UEN provides to it’s stakeholders. Internet access and research network access via
the Front-Range Gigapop, Nat’l Lambda Rail, & I2 Backbone and WAN connectivity for all higher
education, school district offices, secondary schools, and many city & county libraries.
Statewide IVC network connecting 400 higher education and public education classrooms.
UEN’s IVC Network
400 higher education public education classrooms throughout Utah
Seven 48 Port RADVision ViaIP 400 MCUs deployed regionally providing 336 ports at 768K. UEN operates all events at 768K.
Two Codian IPVCRs enabling UEN to record up to 20 conferences/classes at a time.
1 Tandberg Border Controller for firewall transversal.
UEN launches approximately 1000 events per week.
IVC’s Solid Network Foundation
One of the key elements to UEN’s successful implementation and support of it’s IVC network is the WAN. Gigabit Ethernet backbone with a ring topology
in key regions of the state. Gigabit to all higher education and most public
schools. With a minimum of a dedicated T1 per classroom if broadband is not available.
Technical Support
Two Video Operations Centers providing seamless IVC support from 6:00 AM to 11:00 PM Monday thru Saturday.
UEN Field Operations and Network Operations Center support
UEN Scheduling – Coordinates the scheduling of events statewide. Works directly with higher education counter
parts Schedules all public education events
Support Challenges
Campus and District Firewalls Open required ports Implement secure video VLAN Firewall transversal appliance
Last resort
Scheduling and management solution for large enterprise.
Next Generation
Setbacks and restarts First test and implementation of next
generation platform unsuccessful. New evaluation underway of Big 3 contenders
Tandberg/Codian 4200 & 4500 RADVision Scopia Polycom RMX
NextGen Requirements
Carrier Class N+1 configuration Hot-standby or load balanced management
servers Redundancy when possible 99.99% Reliability – May be a challenge for
venders Scaleable – Enterprise solution MCU must support transparent cascading
NextGen Requirements
A portion of the solution must support high-definition.
All high definition solutions must work seamlessly in a standard definition environment.
Solid management suite. UEN’s approach to video is scheduling intensive and
the performance of the management application directly affects the performance of the IVC network as a whole.
Large database High number of users accessing application entering
schedules, changes and deletions.
NextGen Requirements
Desktop solution that supports H.239 Transcoding Local control of event to enable manual switching. Non-Meshed infrastructure – must be able to
control each MCU manually if necessary. Reliability is the most important requirement of all Scaleable event recording and archiving with
access from the desktop and end point.