Time and Date
Sunday, oct. 21, from 3:30 to 6pm.
Agenda
Title: Building Affordable Wireless Networks for Research, Education and Humanitarian Use
Presenters: Marco Zennaro and Ermanno Pietrosemoli from the International Center for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Sebastian Büttrich and Dale Smith from the Network Startup Resource Center (NSRC), Emmanuel Togo from the University of Ghana-Legon
Abstract:
ICTP and NSRC personnel teach numerous courses around the world each year to spread knowledge and best practices about wireless networking – and assist organizations with installing long distance backbone links and integration of wireless into the campus (or village) LAN.
This tutorial focuses on building wireless networks in universities, schools, villages, and other communities of interest to provide Internet access using wireless network technologies, with an emphasis on affordability and scalability. Based on field experiences working in dozens of programs around the world to build wireless infrastructure and train network developers, the program will outline strategies and techniques for planning, deploying and managing wireless networks for research, education and humanitarian use.
The tutorial highlights systems-based design, emphasizing participatory development to optimize the best outcome for the local user community.
The audience for this tutorial is network developers, service providers, university system administrators, and program managers with NGOs seeking to build wireless networks.
Important remark about presentation format:
All presos/slides to be in PDF format, so that we can run the whole show from one laptop, with tabbed PDF. We will not have time to change laptops if we wanna keep this very tough timeplan.
Outline:
- SB opening (3 mns)
- EP: Introduction to wireless networking for campus (or village) WiFi and backbone applications (10 minutes) - EP
- EP: Unlicensed spectrum and standards (10 minutes) - EP
- SB Wireless network planning tools and strategies (10 minutes)
- MZ: RadioMobile (5 mns)
- SB: Addressing power availability constraints and solutions (10 minutes) - SB
- DS: Best practices for design and integration of wireless into the campus or community LAN (20 minutes) - DS
Break (15 minutes)
Case study examples from the field - lead: DS
- 1. Deploying an affordable, scalable WiFi network for student access at the University of Ghana-Legon - ET - 10 mns
- 2. WiFi modifications for long distance applications, and antenna alignment techniques (10 minutes) - EP
- 2. Long-distance wireless network between health clinics and hospitals in Malawi - MZ - 10 mns
- 3. Large-scale wireless data network in Venezuela - EP - 5 mns
- 4. Multi-island wireless network in Galapagos, EP - 5 mns
- 5. Pacific Islands Schools, Connectivity, Education, and Solar (PISCES) Project, MZ - 5 mns
- 6. Sengerema community mesh - SB - shows radio mobile planning - 5 mns
- Q&A/Discussion (xxx minutes) - lead: SB
Old Outline:
- Introduction to wireless networking for campus (or village) WiFi and backbone applications (10 minutes) - EP
- Unlicensed spectrum and standards (10 minutes) - EP
- Addressing power availability constraints and solutions (10 minutes) - SB
- Wireless network planning tools and strategies (10 minutes) - SB Super short overview over technologies, tools, approaches that we then revisit in the case studies (Site Survey techniques, Link budget, Planning coverage, RadioMobile, Airlink)
- Economics of building scalable, affordable wireless networks (DS, MZ?) (15 minutes)
- Best practices for design and integration of wireless into the campus or community LAN (20 minutes) - DS
(roles of wireless elements: backbone/infra, edge access, SSID design - broadcast domains, security - short comments, roaming - short comments, auth, client aspects: BYOD )
1h15 up to here
Break (15 minutes)
- Case study examples from the field - lead: ET - (45 mins)
Each case gets 5 minutes - no more''' - You are asked to pls give examples of using tools/strategies named above (e.g. site survey, link budget, coverage maps, ..)
These presos best to be merged into one PDF!
Large-scale wireless data network in Venezuela - EP Long-distance wireless network between health clinics and hospitals in Malawi - MZ Multi-island wireless network in Galapagos, EP High-speed point-to-point links at the Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University of Fez, Morocco, EP Deploying an affordable, scalable WiFi network for student access at the University of Ghana-Legon - ET Pacific Islands Schools, Connectivity, Education, and Solar (PISCES) Project, MZ Sengerema community mesh - SB - shows radio mobile planning Planning a wireless link in Seattle with RadioMobile (if we do this - 5 minutes, no more), MZ
- WiFi modifications for long distance applications, and antenna alignment techniques (10 minutes) - EP
- Q&A/Discussion (xxx minutes) - lead: SB
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TOTAL TIME: 75 + 15 break + 55 minutes ....
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