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AARNet/Monash experience in Cisco IME trial

Royce Gonsalves and Leon Li

In today’s Unified Communication world, simple Voice only calls cannot meet the requirements of business users. Video-enabled phone calls capable of transmitting video, rich caller ID, wideband audio etc between organizations, similar to communication within their own organization are features that are highly desirable. Cisco Intercompany Media Engine (IME) fulfils this goal. It provides a technique for establishing direct IP connectivity between enterprises, so that all the rich multi-media information can be delivered across business’ intranet borders securely. Cisco conducted an Early Field Trial of IME in partnership with AARNet, Monash, CSIRO, and Swinburne University in the first quarter of 2010. With the IME server hosted in AARNet, the partner organisations could test the features and functionality of VoIP and video-enabled calls traversing network boundaries using existing telephone numbers. This presentation includes the concepts and requirements of IME, how it works, our experience and problems during the trial, the trial results and its cons and pros.

Royce Gonsalves's Biography

Bachelor of Electrical Engineering (Bombay University); Graduate Diploma in Computer Systems Engineering (RMIT University, Melbourne)

  • Started my career in India in 1979 working in the field of advanced Analytical Instrumentation
  • 1981 - 1990 Moved to the Middle East. Trained on Texas Instruments and Data General Computers in US and deployed these in the Government & private industry.
  • 1991 - 1995 arrived in Australia and joined University of Melbourne as a Communications Engineer in the department of Networks & Communications. Designed & deployed ISDN services
  • 1995 - Present
    Joined Monash University as a Production Team Leader and later as the Production Manager in Network Infrastructure Services in the Divison of IT Services. In 2000 promoted to Development Manager, IT Projects.

Worked on switched & routed networks.
Rolled out ATM network in Monash and many years later, was part of the team decommissioning it.
Deployed VPN for Monash, currently working on upgrading the service with Cisco ASA 5500 series appliances.
Worked on the design & roll out of IT services for Monash South Africa campus
Worked on the design and deployment of Monash's GrangeNet network.
Currently working on a number of projects including upgrade of the CUCM servers of Monash's VoIP network.

Leon Li's Biography

IT Engineer, AARNet, Australia.
Leon Li joined AARNet as a member of the Applications & Services team responsible for the management, operation and development of infrastructure to support real time communications (Gateways, Gatekeepers, Call Manager). Leon is also an active participate in eduroam project group and manages Australian national eduroam servers. Leon formerly worked for Cisco as a contractor in supporting Cisco Call Manager.