# Presentation: 294338

## U.S. Customs

**U.S. Customs**
**AES Communication Options**

***Miami, Florida***
**November 15-17, 2000**

- Developed By:
- Bill Higgins  (703) 921-6312
- Bill.Higgins@Customs.Treas.Gov
- Presented By:
- Dave Danner  (703) 921-6328
- David.Danner@Customs.Treas.Gov

## Topics

- USCS Datacenter
- Overview of AES Options
- Dial-Up Network
- Leased Lines
- Frame Relay/MQSeries
- Value Added Networks
- Vendors and Consultants
- AES*Direct*

## USCS Datacenter

- Located in Springfield, Virginia approximately 15 miles from Washington, DC
- Supports three major application groups:
**Commercial (AES)**
- Administrative
- Law Enforcement
- Four S/390 mainframe servers running OS/390
- 21 Terabyte (21,500 Gigabyte) direct access (Disk) data storage capacity
- Process over 1.2 billion database requests per day

## Overview of Customs’ AES Options

- Data Transport Options:
- Remote Job Entry (RJE)
- Network Job Entry (NJE)
- MQSeries
- Communication Options:
- Dial-Up Lines
- Leased Lines
- Frame Relay Network
- Value Added Networks (VANs)
- * Internet via Census’ AES*Direct*

## USCS Dial-Up Network

- 264 Toll-free Dial-Up Lines
- 14.4 kbs max speed
- Supports RJE only
- Session terminated after one minute of inactivity

## Point to Point Leased Lines

- 100+ currently in use
- Exporter provides two 56 Kbs modems and two encryptors
- Supports:
- RJE
- NJE
- MQSeries

## Point to Point Leased Lines

- Trade Benefits:
- Improved data throughput
- Dedicated circuit to Customs
- Not subject to toll-free dial-up modem saturation or session inactivity timeout
- High level of security
- Provides additional interface options

## Frame Relay/MQSeries

## Frame Relay/MQSeries

- IBM messaging technology
- Sprint digital networking technology
- Cylink encryption technology
- TCP/IP based
- Best solution for high volume/high performance, mission critical processing

## Frame Relay/MQSeries

- Trade Benefits:
- Best data throughput
- Eliminates the overhead and design  limitations of JES batch job processing
- Engineered redundancy for high availability
- Disaster recovery capability
- Integrates into existing TCP/IP network
- Integrated component of the Customs/ITDS infrastructure

## Value Added Networks

- Provide communication connectivity to Customs Datacenter
- Provide data transformation services
- Provide protocol conversion services

##  AES Vendors and Consultants

-  AES Vendors and Consultants

- Provide end-to-end solution for filing AES documents with Customs
- Reduce or eliminate Exporter involvement in AES communications issues
- Support a wide variety of computing platforms and communication options
- For a list of AES vendors see:_http://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/aes/aes-vendors.pdf_

##  AESDirect

-  AES*Direct*

- Provided by the U.S. Census Bureau
- Submit Shipper's Export Declaration (SED) information via the Internet
- Does not require any special software or hardware investment
- For more information, see:_http://www.aesdirect.gov/_

##  For More Information...

-  For More Information...

- Customs' AES Homepage:
- _	__http://www.customs.gov/impoexpo/impoexpo.htm_
- Connectivity via RJE:
- _	__http://www.customs.gov/impoexpo/jcl.htm_
- AES Trade Interface Requirements (AESTIR) documentation:
- _	__http://www.customs.gov/impoexpo/aestir02.htm_
- AES Hotline:
- 	1-800-549-0595
- AES Outreach:
- 	askAES@census.gov

## U.S. Customs

**AES Communication Options**