SCHOOL ON RADIO USE FOR INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY 3rd - 21st February 2003, Trieste (Italy)

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MONDAY, 3 FEBRUARY 2003
TIME	LECTURE TITLE / LECTURER	AVAILABLE LECTURE NOTES
08:30 - 09:30	REGISTRATION
09:30 - 12:00	ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS
12:00 - 14:00	Lunch Break
14:00 - 14:30	OPENING AND GENERAL INTRODUCTION TO THE SCHOOL by S. M. Radicella, R. Struzak, C. Fonda
14:30 - 15:15	ROLE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND COMMUNICATIONS IN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: OUR EXPERIENCE    S. M. Radicella, ICTP - ARPL, Trieste Italy	PPT format
15:30 - 16:00	Brief Introduction to eJDS    H. Cerdeira, ICTP/TWAS Donation Programme    E. Canessa, ICTP and S&T Collaborium	Cerdeira: eJournals Delivery Service (PDF and PPT)  Canessa: The www.eJDS.org Initiative (HTML)  http://www.ejds.org (link to eJDS website)
16:00 - 17:00	ICTP on the Internet: A guided introduction for users    J. Grassberger, ICTP - SCS, Italy	PDF and DOC format  (link to ICTP-SCS webpages)

TUESDAY, 4 FEBRUARY 2003
TIME	LECTURE TITLE / LECTURER	AVAILABLE LECTURE NOTES
9:00 - 10:30	Introduction to Digital Radio ("radio basics")    R. Struzak, ITU-BR, Geneva	list of lectures (various formats)
10:30 - 12:00	Line-of-Sight and not-LOS radio links, Power Budget    C. Fonda, ICTP-ARPL, Trieste	HTML format.
12:00 - 14:00	Lunch Break
14:00 - 18:30	Laboratory exercises: - equipment for RF power measurement: power meter, signal generator  - power budget calculation for Line-of-Sight and not-LOS radio links    C. Fonda, ICTP-ARPL, Trieste	HTML format.

WEDNESDAY, 5 FEBRUARY 2003
TIME	LECTURE TITLE / LECTURER	AVAILABLE LECTURE NOTES
9:00 - 10:30	Introduction to Digital Radio ("antenna basics")    R. Struzak, ITU-BR, Geneva	list of lectures (various formats)
10:30 - 11:00	Coffee Break
11:00 - 12:00	Introduction to Digital Radio ("antenna basics")    R. Struzak, ITU-BR, Geneva	list of lectures (various formats)
12:00 - 14:00	Lunch Break
14:00 - 18:00	Laboratory exercises: - measurement of cable losses  - measurement of antenna SWR    C. Fonda, ICTP-ARPL, Trieste	HTML format.
GET TOGETHER PARTY - Venue: AGH Cafeteria, starting at 18:30

THURSDAY, 6 FEBRUARY 2003
TIME	LECTURE TITLE / LECTURER	AVAILABLE LECTURE NOTES
9:00 - 10:00	Information Technology and Telecommunications Impact on Developing Countries    B. Luther, FCC-IB, Washington	PPT format
10:00 - 10:30	Coffee Break
10:30 - 12:00	Role of Radio in Technology Applications    B. Luther, FCC-IB, Washington	PPT format
12:00 - 14:00	Lunch Break
14:00 - 16:00	Laboratory exercises: mounting of a parabolic dish    C. Fonda, ICTP-ARPL, Trieste	HTML format.
16:00 - 17:00	Introduction to Digital Radio ("propagation models")    R. Struzak, ITU-BR, Geneva	list of lectures (various formats)
17:00 - 18:00	Laboratory exercises: SWR measurement    C. Fonda, ICTP-ARPL, Trieste	HTML format.

FRIDAY, 7 FEBRUARY 2003
TIME	LECTURE TITLE / LECTURER	AVAILABLE LECTURE NOTES
9:00 - 10:30	Digital Radiocommunication: where are we going?    B. Luther, FCC-IB, Washington	PPT format
10:30 - 11:00	Coffee Break
11:00 - 12:00	Spread Spectrum Techniques    C. Fonda, ICTP-ARPL, Trieste	PDF format.
12:00 - 14:00	Lunch Break
14:00 - 15:00	Global Positioning System    C. Fonda, ICTP-ARPL, Trieste	HTML format
15:00 - 18:00	Laboratory exercises: - use of GPS for positioning,  - measurements with the spectrum analyzer    C. Fonda, ICTP-ARPL, Trieste	HTML format.

SATURDAY, 8 FEBRUARY 2003
TIME	LECTURE TITLE / LECTURER	AVAILABLE LECTURE NOTES
9:00 - 11:00	Introduction to Linux    C. Fonda, ICTP-ARPL, Trieste	HTML format
11:00 - 12:00	Exercises with Unix/Linux basic commands for users    C. Fonda, ICTP-ARPL, Trieste	HTML format.

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