The AI3 project is a Japanese research initiative whose aim is to build a test-bed for networking research and experimentation in Asia by providing country partners with free access to the JCSAT-3 satellite transponder , a key part in the AI3 networking test-bed . Research experiments have been and are still being conducted in the areas of Internet Protocol Version 6 ( IPv6 ) implementation and experimentation , multicast transmission by image processing satellite data traffic analysis , Ku-band link testing , video conferencing , satellite video broadcasting and distance learning .