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011.34 ECUADOR
By Edgar Zorrilla*
<ZORRILLA@DINO.CONICIT.VE>
Red Ecuatoriana de Informacion Cientifica y Tecnica (REICYT)
Ecuadorian Scientific and Technic Information Network
REICYT is a project to build a Computer Network and an On Line
Information Service from the University Libraries. Designed to
serve a community of interest in Science, Technology and Academic
sectors, it responds to the Ecuadorian Government's petition to
the Inter American Bank (BID) accordind to modernization
priority.
The main goal is to establish INTERNET Electronic Mail and
others Academic Services. The Central Bank of Ecuador already
manage an Information Service (designed for different purposes).
For national economic reasons, it has been decided to share
resources, in particular in term of satellite communication.
Another important objective of the project is to prepare users,
administrators and specialists in the use and operations of
academics networks (transfer of technology).
SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES:
1-Create an office for the administration and operation of the
network.
2-Connect six Universities, the Conacyt (National Council for
Science and Technology) Office, and an Information Service
(SIGMA: Sistema de Informacion Gerencial Macroecomonico) from the
Central Bank of Ecuador.
3-Consolidate Libraries Services at some of the Universities, so
to allow data and services exchanges.
4-Train Information Specialists.
5-Strengthen SIGMA Information Service infrastructure so to
increase user access figures.
COVERAGE:
REICYT will connect 9 Institutions. Three main cities conform
the national backbone: Quito, Guyayaquil and Cuenca. The
connections between them will be via leased lines at 9.6 Kbps.
The international link to the Internet will be via satellite
antenna at 64Kbps located in Quito and connecting Princeton's
JVNCnet. Furthermore, REICYT will interconnect the libraries's
universities in Ecuador. The users will gain access locally
within the connected institutions (LAN's), or by dial-up
connections (a total of 25 telephone line is forecasted).
PROTOCOL
TCP/IP was selected as the protocol. First, because there is no
national X25 network to support the transport. Second, because
REICYT will be interconnected to the Internet. Third, since
REICYT is considered to be a pilot experiment and will be used
for training nationals in networking technology, the state of the
art had to be selected. Fourth, since the main services will be
Electronic Mail and File Transfer, TCP/IP will be adapted to the
expected traffic between Ecuador and the Internet, until the
users learn the real possibilities of this network. The seven OSI
levels will be covered at the time the Universities start to add
information services for end-users.
INVOLVED INSTITUTIONS
Conacyt Central Bank of Ecuador (specifically SIGMA )
Escuela Politecnica National (EPN)
Universidad Central de Ecuador (UCE)
Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Ecuador (PUCE)
Universidad Estatal de Cuenca (UEC)
Escuela Politecnica Litoral (ESPOL)
Universidad de Guayaquil (UG)
REICYT Office
The main criteria for selecting the Universities was the
characteristics of the population of Scientist, Researchers,
Teachers and Students. Data for this analysis was taken from the
studies and statistics of CONUEP (National Council of
Universities and Polytechnics Schools). The main indicator is
that an Institution having more than 80 scientists and/or
researchers will have a direct connection to the national
backbone, as well as the university grouping the biggest amount
of students and teachers in Ecuador. Central Bank of Ecuador,
which manages SIGMA and the Documentation and Information Center
(CID) serving information about micro and macroeconomics to the
Ecuadorian community was added to the list, as well as REICYT
Office and Conacyt.
PROJECT CHARACTERISTICS
The total investment will be around 1.5 Million of US
Dollars. There will be two phases, of, respectively, 18
and 6 months. After phases completion, there will be a one
year operation covering of the project.
Forecast steps:
1st Phase:
-Install REICYT's Office.
-Subscribe Internet connection via JVNCA Princeton
-Get Internet Address
-Install the Terrestrial Satellite Antenna
-Adjust Operational Cost and Investment
2nd phase:
-Checking and correction of all items
-Install Local Area Networks at the University's Campuses.
The feasibility study was completed in last february and the
project expected to start within few months.
*Chairman of EDUPRAXIS, SA, Caracas, Venezuela