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Work Package 4 (WP4): Promoting the deployment of eduroam services

Objetivos

  • To promote, coordinate and support the effort of a Latin American infrastructure for an education roaming service (eduroam);
  • To create the infrastructure to support eduroam processes in two countries and establish the bases to expand this pilot to the other members of RedCLARA.
  • To create/update virtual courses to train NREN technical teams in order to replicate the action in their NRENs and for their customers.
  • To define the technical requirements of an eduroam exchange point between Latin America and Europe.
  • To implement eduroam interoperability and interoperation with Latin American federations and their European counterparts.
  • To provide a roadmap for future strategies and decision-making regarding collaboration with other world regions regarding eduroam.

Description of work and role of partners

eduroam is a wireless access service developed for the international education and research community and allows students, researchers and teams of participating institutions to provide wireless Internet connectivity on their campuses and when they visit partner institutions. eduroam started in Europe and is now available in several institutions worldwide. The main goal of this work package is to deploy the basis of an eduroam pilot to RedCLARA Latin American institutions.

Also found in the scope of this Work Package is the integration with the European eduroam initiative, with the necessary arrangements for joining the service offered. This includes liaison with GÉANT which owns the European eduroam confederation service. TERENA will also facilitate participation of Latin America in the Global eduroam Governance Committee.

T4.1 – Replication of the experience of the eduroam.br task force in the rest of the Latin American NRENs, members of RedCLARA, using at least 2 countries as pilot experiences.
Leader: RNP
This task will present RNP’s experience with the implementation of the eduroam.br project, the difficulties and the challenges. A meeting of technical and administrative leaders of two RedCLARA NRENs is planned.

T4.2 – Creation of a virtual course to train NREN technical teams in order to replicate the action in their NRENs and with their customers.
Leader: RNP
A virtual course will be developed in this Task to train NREN technical teams in order to replicate the action in their NRENs and with their customers.

T4.3 – Action and Policy Coordination with other regional eduroam organisations, e.g. RAAP (Peruvian NREN).
Leader: RNP
This task will identify and articulate the action and policy coordination with other regional eduroam initiatives.

T4.4 – Deployment of showcase examples with two RedCLARA NRENs or their institutions.
Leader: RNP
This Task will deploy a concept test with two RedCLARA NRENs or their institutions, demonstrating the functionalities of eduroam.

T4.5 –Implementation of eduroam interoperability and interoperation with Latin American federations and their European counterparts.
Leader: RNP

This task will promote a series of meetings of technical and administrative leaders among European and Latin American research and education networks to review the conditions for and need to implement eduroam, to enable a pilot test with at least two RedCLARA NRENs. A report will also be produced with a roadmap for future strategies and decision-making regarding collaboration with other world regions regarding eduroam.

 

The ELCIRA project is funded by the EC FP7 - e-Infrastructures Programme DANTERENATARNPGARRRedIRISTERENARedCLARAEC - FP7 Programme - e-Infrastructures