PROJECT TITLE

DEMO PROJECT ON WIRELESS NETWORKING FOR KENYA COLLEGE OF COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY

OBJECTIVES

1. To reach 40% of the stsff community currently not connected onto KCCT network.
2. To serve the student community through a Cyber Cafe.
3. To provide Internet service at KCCt conference hall and hotel for seminar participants.
4. To establish regional training centre for the East African region in wireless networking.

BACKGROUND

• KCCT hosted Radio Africa workshop in 1997 with the theme " " .Partial funding and lectures facilitated by ICTP
• KCCT hosted Radio Africa workshop in 1997 with the theme " Use of Radio for ICT in rural Africa" " .Partial funding, lectures and demos facilitated by ICTP
• During the 2005 ........,Kenya first proposed a wireless networking project at KCCT
• KCCT subsequently formed a project team to give technical details of the project

EXISTING NETWORK AT KCCT

• Three campuses, HQ, City Centre and Loresho.
• HQ has 300 PCs interconnected with a leased Internet link of 128K.
• City Centre has 200 PCs interconnected with a leased Internet link of 128K.
• Loresho Campus has 100PCs interconnected with a dial up line to the Internet.
• Campuses interconnected by 64K leased lines

TECHNICAL SUMMARY-LINK BUDGET OF WLAN

The link budget parameter results: 1Receiver sensitivity of -94dBm at 1Mbps embraced. Received signal strenth of -76.55dBm is realised promising good reception. 3.and worst fading margin of 19.45dB estimated.

PROJECT ESTIMATE COST

The project is to be implemented in two major phases:

1. Phase I-Wireless LAN to cost - 9,014 Euros.
2. Phase II-Wireless WAN to cost -30,484 Euros.

FINANCING OF THE PROJECT

KCCT is appealing to /or to be our development partners espcially ICTP to extend goodwill in form of funds and materials to help us construct this project and make it ICTP/KCCT success Training Center for EAST/CENRAL AFRICA REGION.

PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION

1. Installation of wireless LAN - December2005
2. Training announcement to the region - January 2006
3. Launchingof training at KCCT - August 2006
4. Advanced training to the pilot group and subsequent groups in computer related courses. - June 2007 and continous

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