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Washington State K-20 Educational Telecommunications Network Gathering of State Networks April 16-18
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
