Tentative programme
(9:00-12:00 and 14:00-17:30)
Monday, June 26th
morning:
9:00 registration and administrative matters
10:30 opening ceremony
afternoon:
14:30 Introduction to ICT activities at ICTP (S.M.Radicella)
15:30 Self-presentation of participants and discussion
Tuesday, June 27th
morning:
9:00 intro to the programme (Carlo, 10 minutes)
- case studies with discussion:
9:15 - Wireless - a last mile connection to extending ICT to rural schools by Thomas Ombasa, Kenya
10:45 - NUR:ICT Infrastructure, Initiatives and the way forward by Didier Nkurikiyimfura, Rwanda (PDF, 335KB: NUR_ICT.pdf )
- case studies with discussion (cont'):
14:00 - Title by Sasa ..., Macedonia
15:00 - Latin-American Wireless Networking by Ermanno Pietrosemoli, Venezuela (PDF, 4MB: wireless_in_LA.pdf )
16:30 - Malawi Wireless Networks Project Concept Note by Harry Gombachika, Malawi (PDF, 329KB: Malawi.pdf )
Wednesday, June 28th
morning:
9:00 Basics of IP Networks (Carlo) (PDF, 2MB: netbas.pdf )
11:30 Quiz on basic IP, with discussion (Ian) (PDF: ip_quiz.pdf ) (link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ipv4 )
afternoon:
14:00 Intro to NAT, routing, monitoring, troubleshooting, bandwidth control (Ian) (PDF, 170KB: nat_and_routing.pdf )
16:00 Intro to Link Budget Calculation (Marco) (PDF, 1.1MB: link.pdf )
17:00 Link Budget Example (Ermanno) (PDF, 785KB: link_calc_example.pdf )
Thursday, June 29th
morning:
9:00 Link Budget Example (Ermanno) (PDF, 785KB: link_calc_example.pdf )
9:45 Simple link budget tool (Thomas Ombasa) (XLS, 61KB: digital.xls )
10:00 Wireless Financial Engineering (Ian Howard) (PDF, 284KB: wireless_financial_engineering.pdf )
12:00 Malawi financial model for wireless extension to LAN (Ian Howard) (XLS, 96KB: ictp_malawi_finances_scenarioA.xls )
afternoon:
14:00 Site Survey (Ermanno) (PDF, 1MB: site_survey.pdf )
14:45 Rwanda Financial Model (Ian Howard) (XLS, 96KB: ictp_rwanda_finances_scenarioA.xls )
15:30 Intro to Voice over IP (Ian)
18:45-19:00 Movie: Warriors of the Net (13 min)
Friday, June 30th
morning:
9:00 VoIP with Asterisk (Ian)
11:00 Site Survey (Ermanno)
for the weekend: Proposed link budget for Malawi (XLS, 19KB: Link_Budget_Mw.xls ). You are invited to make comments.
afternoon:
- FREE TIME for exercises and homework
saturday and sunday
Let's enjoy Trieste!
Monday, July 3rd
morning:
9:00 Intro to mesh networks (Ermanno) (PDF, 2MB: mesh_nets.pdf)
10:00 Meshing network attempts in Havana (Claro) (PDF, 1.1MB: mesh_in_havana.pdf)
11:00 Review of the Power Link Calculation for the Malawi Project
afternoon:
14:00 Exercises on AP Configuration
Tuesday, July 4th
morning:
9:00 Wireless Sensors Networks (Claro)
10:00 Radiopropagation Basics (Ryszard Struzak) (PDF, 3MB: propagation_basics.pdf)
afternoon:
14:00 Practical session on Wifi Antennas Building and Measurements: making a "cantenna"
Wednesday, July 5th
morning:
9:00 Review of the Malawi Project
afternoon:
14:00 Review of the Malawi Project
Thursday, July 6th
morning:
9:00 Review of the Malawi Project
afternoon:
14:00 Review of the Malawi Project
Friday, July 7th
morning:
9:00 Final review of the Malawi Project
afternoon:
14:00 Closing Ceremony with Certificates of Participation