Corporation for Public Broadcasting Civic Networking
Project
Davis Community Network -
A Civic Network as a Strategy for Building a "Smart" Community
PROJECT ELEMENT: Network Infrastructure
Description:
Some of the applications supported by this project require high bandwidth
network infrastructure (for example, sharing of large GIS files collected
from different servers for each of the project partners). Part of the
project involves exploring how such an infrastructure can be established in
a community by sharing existing resources, and leveraging resources through
joint networking
projects.
Technical Team Members:
Jack Crowell (DCN/SunTREC)
Dan Dunbar (City of Davis)
Jim Frame (DCN)
Russ Hobby (UCD)
Rodger Hess (UCD)
Jeremy Levish (County of Yolo)
Martin Redlich (UCD)
Steve Thompson (City of West Sacramento)
David Wong (UCD)
Planing & Policy Team Members:
Richard Lowenberg (DCN)
Lynn Maynard (City of Davis)
Keith Ott (County of Yolo)
Vicki Suter (UCD-DCAS)
Geoffrey Wandesforde-Smith (UCD-SunTREC)
Timeline:
Network
Map:
Current status summary:
The partners involved in this project have inventoried and mapped the
existing network infrastructure and resources throughout the Yolo region,
and have identified methods of:
1)sharing and leveraging existing resources;
2)supplementing existing resources with additional infrastructure.
As of July, 1997, the University (UCD) and City of Davis have completed a
joint fiber project with other local partners, which connects DCN, the City
of Davis, and the University, and will ultimately connect the County of
Yolo systems in Woodland (utilizing County fiber already in the ground, and
identified by the infrastructure inventory). In lieu of a fiber run
between DCN and UCD, UCD has installed a T-1 line between the sites.
The University has also provided wide area networking consultants to
develop a detailed regional network design, and has provided, configured
and installed the routers and other equipment to implement the design.
Other project partners have provided other communication equipment to
complete the network. (See
Network
Map for the network design map and a list of equipment provided by the various partners).
UC Davis SunTREC lab has made available a Sun SPARCcenter 1000 for the
installation of GIS and document database web server applications. In
exchange, the project will pay for part of the SunTREC site administrator's
salary.
The focus of network infrastructure work from 8/97 through 1/98 will be to:
complete the activation of the fiber link for data communications between
the County of Yolo in Woodland, and the rest of the network;
develop network operations and control processes and procedures for a
network that is shared by a number of public organizations;
develop cooperative arrangements with additional organizations in the
county, including the Yolo County Superintendent of Schools office, and the
City of West Sacramento.
Detailed Status Reports:
7/31/97
1/30/98
10/31/98
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