Washington StateK-20 Educational

Telecommunications Network

Gathering of State NetworksApril 16-18

K-20K-20 Educational

Telecommunications Network

• Background

• Network Design & Services

• K-20 Network Users

• Management Structure

• Operations

• Futures

K-20 K-20 Network Background

• 1996 Legislature created K-20 Network to be “an integrated and interoperable educational technology network serving kindergarten through higher education and promoting access for Washington citizens.”

• Collaborative effort of public and private K-12 and higher education, state government, the legislature, and the private sector

K-20 K-20 Budget Summary

Project FundingAuthorized byLegislature

$61.4 million

Less Project SavingsReturned toGeneral Fund

($6.6 million)

Total EstimatedProject Cost

$54.8 million

K-20 Technical Design

• Statewide Educational Network

• Scaleable and Standards-Based Design

• Interoperability and Compatibility

• Interconnection to other Institutions and Networks

• Leverage Existing State Resources

K-20

Seattle Spokane

Olympia

Vancouver

Yakima

Tri-Cities

Pullman

K-20 Backbone Network Regional Nodes and Interconnecting Paths

K-20 K-20 Network Services

• Intranet/Internet Access

• Interactive Video Capabilities

• Broadcast Distribution using Teleports

K-20

Intranet/Internet Access

K-20 Network Services

Intranet

K-20 K-20 Network Services

Monitor

Video

Monitor

Modem

K-20 SWITCH

Video

Interactive Video Capabilities

K-20 MCUs

K-20 SWITCH

ISDN Switched Network

K-20 SWITCH

K-20 K-20 Network Services

Satellite

Broadcast Distribution using Teleports

K-20

All Community and Technical Colleges

Selected Remote Campuses

State Board

All Community and Technical Colleges

Selected Remote Campuses

State Board

UW WSU Central Eastern Western Evergreen Selected Remote Campuses

UW WSU Central Eastern Western Evergreen Selected Remote Campuses

Community and Technical Colleges

Community and Technical Colleges

BaccalaureatesBaccalaureates

K-12K-12

64 Sites64 Sites

44 Sites44 Sites

304 Sites304 Sites

Public School Districts Educational Service

Districts Schools for Deaf and

Blind OSPI

Public School Districts Educational Service

Districts Schools for Deaf and

Blind OSPI

K-20 Network Users

K-20

Baccalaureate

Community/Technical College

K-12

Educational Telecommunications Network

K-20

K-20 Educational Network Board

Information Services Board

K-20 Financial Advisory

Committee

K-20 Technical Steering Group

K-20 Educational Programs & Policy

Committee

K-20 Management Organization

K-20 K-20 Operations

K-20 Operations Cooperative (KOCO) is staffed byUniversity of Washington and Washington State Department of Information Services technical resources.

Support is provided to the K-20 designated demarcation point and includes the following functions: • Intranet/Internet Network Operations Center• K-20 Help Desk for transport and switching services• ISDN Network Operations• K-20 Multipoint Interactive Video Scheduling and Event

Coordination

K-20

K-20 Biennial Budget (000,000) $31.8

Funding Sources (000,000's)Federal (E-rate) $2.2Participant Contribution (co-pay) $4.8State (General Fund Appropriations)

K-20 Maintenance, Depreciation and Operations*Baccalaureates $2.6Community and Technical Colleges $1.7OSPI for K-12 Schools $5.7

K-20 Transport Revolving Fund $14.8Total State Appropriations $24.8 $24.8

Total Funding $31.8 * Maintenance, Depreciation, and Operations for the shared K-20 Network, not local

institution network support costs. These amounts are transferred by the institutions to K-20 and placed in the Revolving Fund.

FY 99-01 Biennium Budget

K-20K-20 Hub

To Internet

K-20 Network Operations Management Approach(Data)

K-20 CPE RouterDistrict/Campus

Seattle

District/Campus Building Routers

K-20 Router

K-20 NetworkInstitution’s Router

K-20/KOCO

•Imux/Router/Caching Server Software & Hardware Configuration Management & Database•Fault Isolation•Problem Resolution Dispatch for circuit problems Dispatch for equipment problems Problem Escalation•Technical Support to Sector

•Problem Coordination with Sector•Network Design & Engineering•Network Monitoring•Capacity Analysis & Planning•Imux/Router/Caching Server Maintenance Service Levels•Vendor Liaison•Equipment Maintenance & Repair•Transport Maintenance

Sectors

•Problem Coordination With KOCO•Network Design & Engineering•Capacity Analysis & Planning•Configuration Mgmt•Equipment Maintenance & Repair•Vendor Liaison•Tech Support to Users•Dispatch for Problems•Problem Escalation

K-20 CachingServer

K-20 IMUX

K-20 RouterK-20 Router

K-20

K-20 Network Operations Management Approach(Video)

K-20 Network

K-20/KOCO

•Video switch, MCU, hardware configuration management •Fault isolation•Problem resolution Dispatch for circuit problems Dispatch for equipment problems Problem escalation•Technical support to sectors•MCU scheduling (switched video)

•Problem coordination with sectors•Network design & engineering•Network monitoring•Capacity analysis & planning•Switched video service levels•Vendor liaison•Equipment maintenance & repair•Transport maintenance

Sectors

•Problem coordination with KOCO•Network design & engineering•Capacity analysis & planning•Configuration management•Equipment maintenance & repair•Vendor liaison•Tech support to users•Dispatch for problems•Problem escalation•Video conference room scheduling•MCU scheduling (dedicated video)

CODEC

CODEC IMUX

MCUMCUCODEC

MCUVideoSwitch

Jacks

K-20 Futures

• New Sites

• Partnerships

• New Technologies

• Pacific/Northwest Gigapop and Internet2

K-20More Information

• http://www.wa.gov/k20

• http://www.wa-k20.net

• koco@wa-k20.net