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WirelessU Workshop, "Wireless Internet - Emergency Networks" |
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| Date : 12 - 16 October 2009 |
| Time : 9:00-18:00 |
| Course Fee : |
Standard |
: 18,750 THB |
| Early Bird |
: 17,000 THB |
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( Early-bird registration fees must be paid before
or on 2 October 2009 where as Standard registration
fees must be paid before or on 12 October 2009
by cheque or wire transfer payment. )
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| Venue : AIT Conference Center Main Auditorium, AIT, Thailand |
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Course Duration : 5 days |
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Co-organizers:
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Supporting Organizations:
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This WirelessU Workshop, "Wireless Internet - Emergency Networks" is co-organized by RISTEK-Indonesia, AIT and NECTEC, with support of ISIF.asia, ISOC, NSRC, THNIC Foundation and NetworkTheWorld.org in order to provide participants hands-on experience on WiMAX technologies and deploying mobile wireless network on an ad hoc basis for emergency conditions, such as after a natural disaster when a fixed network infrastructure is not available or had been destroyed.
Objectives:
- to address infrastructures and technology-related connectivity problems by coupling advances in mobile ad hoc wireless communication network in order to develop their own communications network out of the box for rural ICT development and/or in an emergency situation or in disaster areas;
- to provide technical assistance and ad-hoc communication infrastructure to volunteers/ humanitarian personnel who are working in the field and performing rescue operations in disaster situations wherein effective communication medium/ services may not be able to meet overwhelming immediate needs during a disaster; and
- to assist local training partners in the region who are exposed to a first-handed experience in the post disaster recovery and resettlement operations and actively working in the areas of rural ICT development in respective countries, and in delivering training courses to volunteers or field operators.
Target Audience:
IT staffs from NGOs, Humanitarian Foundations, Institutions, with basic knowledge and a few years experience in technologies and networking, and anyone who is interested in learning about wireless technologies and emergency networks.
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With the help from the Network Startup Resource Center (NSRC), each participant/organization will receive the book "Wireless Networking in the Developing World". |
Schedule : |
DAY 1: (12 October 2009)
| Time |
Topic |
Instructor |
| 09:00 10:00 |
Registration & Coffee Break |
| 10:00 12:00 |
WiMAX Overview and Technology
- Overview WIMAX
- Component
- Application
- Technology |
Gunadi |
| 12:00 13:00 |
Lunch Break |
| 13:00 15:00 |
Practice 1
- BS Configuration
- SS Configuration
- Test Configuration |
Gunadi |
| 15:00 15:30 |
Coffee Break |
| 15:30 17:00 |
Practice 2
- Connection
- O&M issues
- Q & A |
Gunadi |
DAY 2: (13 October 2009)
| Time |
Topic |
Instructor |
| 09:00 10:45 |
Introduction to Outdoor WiFi |
Onno Purbo |
| 10:45 11:30 |
Typical Setup of Outdoor WiFi
- How to Set up Access Point, CPE in Outdoor Environment |
Onno Purbo |
| 10:30 10:45 |
Coffee Break |
| 10:45 11:30 |
How to Calculate/Design your system |
Onno Purbo |
| 11:30 12:30 |
How to Configure your Access Point |
Onno Purbo |
| 12:30 13:30 |
Lunch Break |
| 13:30 14:30 |
How to Secure & Harden your Access Point |
Onno Purbo |
| 14:30 15:30 |
How to Configure your Client |
Onno Purbo |
| 15:30 15:45 |
Coffee Break |
| 15:45 Onwards |
How to Build Simple Home Brew Antenna & Network Equipment |
Onno Purbo |
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DAY 3: (14 October 2009)
| Time |
Topic |
Instructor |
| 09:00 12:00 |
DUMBO Overview and Technology
- Emergency Network
- Overview DUMBO
- Overview DUMBO2
- V2V and V2I Communication
- Technology
- Network Model
- Required Equipments
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Thirapon
Arefin |
| 12:00 13:00 |
Lunch Break |
| 13:00 15:00 |
DUMBO Network topology and application
- Routing Protocol
- Overview SMON
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Thirapon
Arefin |
| 15:00 15:30 |
Coffee Break |
| 15:30 17:00 |
DUMBO Network Setup
- Equipment Configuration
- GPS Tracking System
- Link Monitoring System
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Amina |
Day 4: (15 October 2009)
| Time |
Topic |
Instructor |
| 09:00 10:00 |
Brief introduction on the DUMBO network setup |
Arefin |
| 10:00 13:00 |
DUMBO network setup |
Arefin
Thirapon |
| 13:00 14:00 |
Lunch Break |
| 14:00 15:00 |
E-Networking Research and Development
Experiences sharing: "Nepal Wireless Networking Project"
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Mahabir Pun |
| 15:00 - 15:15 |
Coffee Break |
| 15:15 - 16:00 |
Panel Discussion: Future Initiatives & Collaboration |
Mahabir Pun |
Day 5: (16 October 2009)
| Time |
Topic |
Instructor |
| 09:00 - 10:30 |
Session 1: CR as an effective medium of communication in rural areas.
How do Community Radio Stations reach out to the rural populace? We take a look at the progress of CR movement in countries like Nepal, Thailand and India. |
Balachandran |
| 10:30 - 10:45 |
Coffee Break |
| 10:45 - 12:00 |
Session 2: Using Multi-Planar networking to utilize all available modes of communication, and to turn CR Stations into Community Media Centers.
Gram Vaani is developing the Multiplanar Inter Networking Protocol which enhances the broadcast nature of CR stations by combining it with video and the bi-directionality of cellphones. We make use of multiple means (planes) of communication like telephony, SMS and Internet connectivity to help the stations connect to its community in a better way. Technologies like long distance Wi-Fi and VoIP will be used to enable rural telephony. This brings in new challenges, like routing of data over different planes, need for an efficient content distribution network, and making the network delay tolerant. |
| 13:00 - 14:00 |
Lunch |
| 14:00 - 15:00 |
Session 3: GRINS (Radio Automation System): Designing and optimizing for robustness and performance.
As a first step, Gram Vaani has developed GRINS. We will take a look at its Service Oriented Architecture and the basic principles of design. We will also take a look at the challenges faced in getting good performance on commodity hardware, ease of use, and robustness of the system. |
| 15:00 - 15:15 |
Coffee Break |
| 15:15 - 16:00 |
Session 4: Application development on GRINS, Discussion on how to improve GRINS and possible collaborations.
Finally, we will describe how to install and operate GRINS, and how one could build new applications on GRINS. Following this, we would like to get input from the participants on possible improvements, and about areas in which we could collaborate. |
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Biography of instructor
Dr. Onno Purbo - withdrawn from Indonesian civil servant & retired lecturer, a maverick driven by a plain & simple vision to see an Indonesian knowledge based society,
has been committing his time to write thousands articles, papers and 40+ books on Internet technology mostly in Indonesian language in attempting to educate the Indonesian on IT. In the process,
he received several awards, including Sabattical Award from International Development Research Center (IDRC) in Canada. In the attempt, several alternative Internet technologies have been introduced and
adopted by the Indonesian IT communities, such as, WiFi based Internet Infrastructure and VoIP MaverickNet. All of his articles are copylefted & can be freely downloaded from the Internet, such as, http://www.bogor.net/idkf and http://sandbox.bellanet.org/~onno/.
Retired Lecturer from Institute of Technology Bandung (ITB) & Retired Indonesian Civil Servent. He is an Eisenhower Fellow & Ashoka Senior Fellow. In the last 20 years, dedicate his time to educate
Indonesians on Information technology, open source , Internet Telephony & Low Cost "Wireless" Internet Access.
He has published 40+ books & thousands of articles in IT. He is active in 170+ mailing lists and moderate 10+ mailing lists. His vision is "To See Knowledge Based Society in Indonesia".
Most of his work can be downloaded from
http://sandbox.bellanet.org/~onno/
http://yb1zdx.arc.itb.ac.id
http://onno.vlsm.org
http://www.bogor.net/idkf/
http://www.telkomspeedy.com (Pojok Onno)
Detailed profile can be downloaded from
(en) http://www.idrc.ca/en/ev-89751-201-1-DO_TOPIC.html
(en) http://sandbox.bellanet.org/~onno/onno-purbo-idrc-sabbaticant-2004.pdf
(id) http://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onno_W_Purbo
(id) http://www.ilmukomputer.com/penulis/penulis-onno.php
(id) http://asopian.blogspot.com/2001_09_01_asopian_archive.html
Muchlis Fasihu -
Gunadi Dwi Hantoro -
Timothy Sulastyo -
Tarmizi Kemal -
Mursid -
Thirapon Wongsaardsakul -
Khandakar Rashedul Arefin -
Amina Akhter -
Balachandran Chandrasekharan -
Mahabir Pun - |
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Certificate of paticipation, training materials, lunch and refreshments will be provided.
Please note that the places are limited and the registration will be on a "first come - first served" basis. If you have any further queries, please contact Ms. Wit Hmone at +66-2 524 6611 (for AIT internal user dial 6611 only) or email: training at interlab.ait.ac.th.
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