CDSAGENDA V.5 School on Digital Radio Communications for Research and Training in Developing Countries

School on Digital Radio Communications for Research and Training in Developing Countries

Start Time:

9 February 2004 at 09:30

Ends On:

27 February 2004

Location:

Trieste - Italy

Venue:

AGH (9-10/2: KLH; 11-27/2: GLH)

Organizer(s):

S.M. Radicella, R.G. Struzak

Material:

no notes available

Monday, 9 February 2004

Room: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall

09:30
12:00

Registration

02h30'

Room: Adriatico Guest House (Lower Level 1)

14:00
14:30

Opening Speech : "The Abdus Salam ICTP and ICT for Development

30'

K.R. Sreenivasan, Director
ICTP, Trieste, Italy

14:30
15:00

UNESCO and ICT for Development

30'

E. Longworth, Dir
Information Society Division, UNESCO HQs., Paris, France

15:00
15:45

Public Lecture : "The ITU/BDT and ICT for Development

45'

Hamadoun I. Toure', Director
ITU Telecommunication Development Bureau, Geneva, Switzerland

15:45
16:15

Coffee break

30'

16:15
17:00

Information Technology and Telecommunications Impact on Developing Countries

45'

W. Luther
FCC, Washington, USA

17:00
17:45

Round Table Discussion

45'

Tuesday, 10 February 2004

Room: Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall

09:00
09:30

Opening Talk "Digital Radio Communications for Research and Training in Developing Countries

30'

S. M. Radicella and R. Struzak
ICTP School Directors

09:40
10:10

The future of Telecommunications

30'

R. Saracco
TelecomItalia Lab, Torino, It

10:20
10:50

The Information and Communication Technologies in Africa

30'

G. O. Ajayi
NITDA, Abuja, Nigeria

11:00
11:20

Coffee break

20'

11:20
11:50

Wireless Networking in Venezuela

30'

E. Pietrosemoli
EsLaRed, Universidad de Los Andes, Merida, Venezuela

12:00
12:30

Broadband wireless access solutions as platform to bridge the digital divide: a real life experience from Africa

30'

E. Ekuwem
TELEDOM International, Lagos, Nigeria

12:40
14:00

Lunch Break

01h20'

14:00
14:30

Laos: the JHAI Computer and Communication System

30'

V. Dengkayaphichith, S. Okay, A. Longo
JHAI Foundation, Vientiane, Laos; JHAI Foundation, USA

14:40
15:10

The experience of People First Network at Salomon Islands

30'

R. Biliki, PFnet Manager
Salomon Islands

15:20
15:50

Village Area Networks

30'

A. A. Hasson, Founder
First Mile Solutions, Cambridge MA, USA

16:00
16:30

Model and technologies to build an efficient and scalable broadband data network for rural and growing areas

30'

A. Borsetti, Agent for Italy
Alvarion, Milano, Italy

16:40
17:00

Coffee break

20'

17:00
18:30

Open Discussion

01h30'

19:30
19:30

Get Together

Wednesday, 11 February 2004

Room: Adriatico Guest House Giambiagi Lecture Hall

09:00
09:20

Introduction to the School

20'

S. M. Radicella and R. Struzak
ICTP School Directors

09:20
10:00

Introduction to the ICTP computer system

40'

J. Grassberger
ICTP-SCS, Trieste, Italy

10:00
10:20

Coffee break

20'

10:20
11:20

Role of Radio in Technology Applications

01h00'

W. Luther
FCC, Washington, USA

11:20
12:20

Digital Modulation - 1

01h00'

M. Fitton
Altera, UK

12:20
14:00

Lunch Break

01h40'

14:00
15:00

WiFi technology overview

01h00'

E. Pietrosemoli, EsLaRed
Universidad de Los Andes, Merida, Venezuela

15:00
16:00

Introduction to electromagnetic compatibility

01h00'

R. Struzak
ITU, Geneva, Switzerland

16:00
16:30

Coffee break

30'

16:30
18:30

LAB: "Safety Rules in the Laboratory, RF basics, Instrumentation, Measurement Units, dB math, etc."

02h00'

Room: Adriatico Guest House - Eklund Informatics Lab (Lower Level 1)

Thursday, 12 February 2004

Room: Adriatico Guest House Giambiagi Lecture Hall

09:00
10:00

Digital Modulation - 2

01h00'

M. Fitton
Altera, UK

10:00
10:20

Coffee break

20'

10:20
11:20

Digital Modulation - 3

01h00'

M. Fitton
Altera, UK

11:20
12:20

Introduction to radio regulations

01h00'

R. Struzak
ITU, Geneva, Switzerland

12:20
14:00

Lunch Break

01h40'

14:00
16:00

LAB: "Measurements on RF trasmission lines and cables characterization"

02h00'

Room: Adriatico Guest House - Eklund Informatics Lab (Lower Level 1)

16:00
16:30

Coffee break

30'

16:30
18:30

LAB: "Measurements on RF trasmission lines and cables characterization"

02h00'

Room: Adriatico Guest House - Eklund Informatics Lab (Lower Level 1)

Friday, 13 February 2004

Room: Adriatico Guest House Giambiagi Lecture Hall

09:00
10:00

Radio propagation basics

01h00'

R. Struzak
ITU, Geneva, Switzerland

10:00
10:20

Coffee break

20'

10:20
11:20

Radio propagation issues in radiolinks design

01h00'

E. Pietrosemoli, EsLaRed
Universidad de Los Andes, Merida, Venezuela

11:20
12:20

Present and Future of Broadband and UWB technologies

01h00'

W. Luther
FCC, Washington, USA

12:20
14:00

Lunch Break

01h40'

14:00
16:00

LAB: "Power measurements on a RF chain"

02h00'

Room: Adriatico Guest House - Eklund Informatics Lab (Lower Level 1)

16:00
16:30

Coffee break

30'

16:30
18:30

Review of the Week, Q&A

02h00'

Room: Adriatico Guest House - Eklund Informatics Lab (Lower Level 1)

Monday, 16 February 2004

Room: Adriatico Guest House Giambiagi Lecture Hall

09:00
10:00

Networking Basics

01h00'

C.Fonda
ICTP Trieste Italy

10:00
10:20

Coffee break

20'

10:20
11:20

Routing and Subnetting

01h00'

C.Fonda
ICTP Trieste Italy

11:20
12:20

Hardware for WLANs

01h00'

E. Pietrosemoli, EsLaRed
Universidad de Los Andes, Merida, Venezuela

12:20
14:00

Lunch Break

01h40'

14:00
16:00

LAB: "Installation and configuration of a WLAN"

02h00'

Room: Adriatico Guest House - Eklund Informatics Lab (Lower Level 1)

16:00
16:30

Coffee break

30'

16:30
18:30

LAB: "Introduction to Linux. Routing and Subnetting with Linux"

02h00'

Room: Adriatico Guest House - Eklund Informatics Lab (Lower Level 1)

Tuesday, 17 February 2004

Room: Adriatico Guest House Giambiagi Lecture Hall

09:00
10:00

e-Journals Delivery Service

01h00'

H. Cerdeira and E. Canessa
ICTP, Trieste, Italy

10:00
10:20

Coffee break

20'

10:20
11:20

Spread Spectrum Radio

01h00'

C.Fonda
ICTP Trieste Italy

11:20
12:20

The 802.11a/b/g family of protocols

01h00'

E. Pietrosemoli, EsLaRed
Universidad de Los Andes, Merida, Venezuela

12:20
14:00

Lunch Break

01h40'

14:00
16:00

LAB: "NoCat Auth"

02h00'

Room: Adriatico Guest House - Eklund Informatics Lab (Lower Level 1)

16:00
16:30

Coffee break

30'

16:30
18:30

LAB: "Working with RF Cables and Connectors"

02h00'

Room: Adriatico Guest House - Eklund Informatics Lab (Lower Level 1)

Wednesday, 18 February 2004

Room: Adriatico Guest House Giambiagi Lecture Hall

09:00
10:00

5GHz technologies, 802.16 protocol and WiMAX

01h00'

E. Pietrosemoli, EsLaRed
Universidad de Los Andes, Merida, Venezuela

10:00
10:20

Coffee break

20'

10:20
11:20

Antenna theory basics

01h00'

R. Struzak
ITU, Geneva, Switzerland

11:20
12:20

Mesh Networks

01h00'

E. Pietrosemoli, EsLaRed
Universidad de Los Andes, Merida, Venezuela

12:20
14:00

Lunch Break

01h40'

14:00
16:00

LAB: "Building an omnidirectional antenna for WiFi"

02h00'

Room: Adriatico Guest House - Eklund Informatics Lab (Lower Level 1)

16:00
16:30

Coffee break

30'

16:30
18:30

LAB: "Introduction to Antenna Measurements: SWR and antenna tuning, Gain, Radiation Pattern"

02h00'

Room: Adriatico Guest House - Eklund Informatics Lab (Lower Level 1)

Thursday, 19 February 2004

Room: Adriatico Guest House Giambiagi Lecture Hall

09:00
10:00

Advanced technologies for Antennas

01h00'

E. Pietrosemoli, EsLaRed
Universidad de Los Andes, Merida, Venezuela

10:00
10:20

Coffee break

20'

10:20
12:20

LAB: "Pebble and Wireless Tools for Linux"

02h00'

R. Flickenger
Seattle Wireless, Seattle, USA

Room: Adriatico Guest House - Eklund Informatics Lab (Lower Level 1)

12:20
14:00

Lunch Break

01h40'

14:00
16:00

LAB: "Building a 'biquad' antenna for WiFi"

02h00'

Room: Adriatico Guest House - Eklund Informatics Lab (Lower Level 1)

16:00
16:30

Coffee break

30'

16:30
17:30

Geometry of parabolic reflectors

01h00'

17:30
18:30

LAB: "Using a biquad antenna as feeder for a parabolic dish"

01h00'

Room: Adriatico Guest House - Eklund Informatics Lab (Lower Level 1)

Friday, 20 February 2004

Room: Adriatico Guest House Giambiagi Lecture Hall

09:00
10:00

Basics of satellite-based and high-elevation platform-based radio links

01h00'

R. Struzak
ITU, Geneva, Switzerland

10:00
10:20

Coffee break

20'

10:20
12:20

CASE STUDIES of Participants

02h00'

12:20
14:00

Lunch Break

01h40'

14:00
16:00

CASE STUDIES of Participants

02h00'

16:00
16:30

Coffee break

30'

16:30
18:30

Open Discussion on the Case Studies and Week Review, Q&A

02h00'

Monday, 23 February 2004

Room: Adriatico Guest House Giambiagi Lecture Hall

09:00
10:00

Power budget Calculation

01h00'

C.Fonda
ICTP Trieste Italy

10:00
10:20

Coffee break

20'

10:20
12:20

Software for Wireless Link Design

02h00'

E. Pietrosemoli, EsLaRed
Universidad de Los Andes, Merida, Venezuela

12:20
14:00

Lunch Break

01h40'

14:00
16:00

LAB: "Exercises with the 'Radio Mobile' Software"

02h00'

Room: Adriatico Guest House - Eklund Informatics Lab (Lower Level 1)

16:00
16:30

Coffee break

30'

16:30
18:30

LAB: "Building a 'Pringles cantenna' for WiFi"

02h00'

R. Flickenger
Seattle Wireless, Seattle, USA

Room: Adriatico Guest House - Eklund Informatics Lab (Lower Level 1)

Tuesday, 24 February 2004

Room: Adriatico Guest House Giambiagi Lecture Hall

09:00
10:00

Site Survey and Antenna Mounting Considerations

01h00'

E. Pietrosemoli, EsLaRed
Universidad de Los Andes, Merida, Venezuela

10:00
10:20

Coffee break

20'

10:20
11:20

Grounding and Lightning Protection

01h00'

E. Pietrosemoli, EsLaRed
Universidad de Los Andes, Merida, Venezuela

11:20
12:20

Voice over IP in Wireless Networks

01h00'

E, Pietrosemoli, EsLaRed
Universidad de Los Andes, Merida, Venezuela

12:20
14:00

Lunch Break

01h40'

14:00
15:00

LAB: "Powering remote sites with sun and use of ethernet-over-powerline bridges"

01h00'

Room: Adriatico Guest House - Eklund Informatics Lab (Lower Level 1)

15:00
16:00

LAB: "On-the-field antenna measurements"

01h00'

Room: Adriatico Guest House - Eklund Informatics Lab (Lower Level 1)

16:00
16:30

Coffee break

30'

16:30
18:30

Competition: "ARPL Prize for the better-performing cantenna"

02h00'

Room: Adriatico Guest House - Eklund Informatics Lab (Lower Level 1)

Wednesday, 25 February 2004

Room: Adriatico Guest House Giambiagi Lecture Hall

09:00
10:00

Preparation of the on-the-field activities

01h00'

10:00
12:30

EXTERNAL ACTIVITY: "Short-distance Radiolink: Miramare-Trieste, 7 Km"

02h30'

12:30
14:00

Lunch Break

01h30'

14:00
19:00

EXTERNAL ACTIVITY: "Short-distance Radiolink: Miramare-Trieste, 7 Km"

05h00'

Thursday, 26 February 2004

Room: Adriatico Guest House Giambiagi Lecture Hall

09:00
10:00

Planning Intranet-Extranet: General Approach-Preparing and Implementing

01h00'

G. Repici
Telecom Italia, Rome, Italy

10:00
10:20

Coffee break

20'

10:20
11:20

Implementing Intranet-Extranet: Estimate of Cost and Feasibility Check

01h00'

G. Repici
Telecom Italia, Rome, Italy

11:20
12:20

Intranet-Extranet: Case Studies

01h00'

G. Repici
Telecom Italia, Rome, Italy

12:20
14:00

Lunch Break

01h40'

14:00
16:00

Wireless Security

02h00'

R. Flickenger
Seattle Wireless, Seattle, USA

16:00
16:30

Coffee break

30'

16:30
18:30

LAB: "Googling the Web for Wireless Equipment and Home-made Antennas"

02h00'

Room: Adriatico Guest House - Eklund Informatics Lab (Lower Level 1)

Friday, 27 February 2004

Room: Adriatico Guest House Giambiagi Lecture Hall

09:00
10:00

ROUND TABLE

01h00'

10:00
10:20

Coffee break

20'

10:20
11:20

ROUND TABLE

01h00'

11:20
12:20

CLOSING CEREMONY and SCHOOL CERTIFICATES

01h00'