Updates to report since Dec-02 1/2

Paragraph on improving TCP (under IEPM-BW)

Paragraph in the Summary on the collaboration with ICTP

Recommendation to actively encourage/extend the ICTP collaboration with some specific goals

CHEP03 paper, poster, web site,

Contact with NGOs

UNESCO, UN, Soros Foundation

Contact with EU

Not done from last time

“We need a part of the monitoring report that relates to the needs of major HENP experiments, for example the needs of Tier 1 sites for data replication, in addition to the lighter weight needs for collaboration from smaller groups and individuals sites with poor connectivity. We could/should include the needs of a major experiment such as BaBar as a function of time driven by tier A centers as a natural feature of W. European countries and the US.
Richard Mount agreed to add text relating the monitoring results to HENP requirements as a function of time. [Note: Charles Young of SLAC also agree to work on Requirements in ICFA SCIC, so Richard should contact Charlie as well.] “

Possible Improvements

Unclutter figs 2, 6, 8 by only showing trendlines

Could:

Show ~ max throughput measureable by PingER for ESnet & Abilene (depends on RTT so no single number)

Show minimum RTT for ESnet sites assuming distance/(0.6*c) {or should it be distance/(0.3*0.6*c)}

Table 2 & Fig 7 are too wide for paper

I will be unable to make anything but trivial modifications until 2^nd week in February

Countries in PingER DataBase*

Help

Looking for hosts to monitor & contacts in:

Albania, Armenia^h, Belarus^h*, Bulgaria^h*

Macedonia*, Yugoslavia^h*

Venezuela^h*, Costa Rica^h*, Cuba^h

Pakistan^h* (now have 1 site but NOT HENP)

Africa (apart from Egypt, Uganda, Ghana, Nigeria & South Africa, n.b. all 54 countries in Africa now have Internet access in capitals)


Paragraph on improving TCP (under IEPM-BW)
Paragraph in the Summary on the collaboration with ICTP
Recommendation to actively encourage/extend the ICTP collaboration with some specific goals
	CHEP03 paper, poster, web site,
	Contact with NGOs
		UNESCO, UN, Soros Foundation
	Contact with EU


	Unclutter figs 2, 6, 8 by only showing trendlines
	Could:
		Show ~ max throughput measureable by PingER for ESnet & Abilene (depends on RTT so no single number)
		Show minimum RTT for ESnet sites assuming distance/(0.6c) {or should it be distance/(0.30.6*c)}
	Table 2 & Fig 7 are too wide for paper
	I will be unable to make anything but trivial modifications until 2^nd week in February


	Looking for hosts to monitor & contacts in:
		Albania, Armenia^h, Belarus^h, Bulgaria^h
		Macedonia, Yugoslavia^h
		Venezuela^h, Costa Rica^h, Cuba^h
		Pakistan^h* (now have 1 site but NOT HENP)
		Africa (apart from Egypt, Uganda, Ghana, Nigeria & South Africa, n.b. all 54 countries in Africa now have Internet access in capitals)