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Second Week Schedule and Lecture Notes:
Monday February 16th - Friday February 20th

Our schedule will follow the framework listed below for your convenience. More details will be posted as they become available.


Monday, February 16

9:00-10:00
"Hardware for WLANs"
E. Pietrosemoli, EsLaRed (Universidad de Los Andes, Merida, Venezuela)
lecture notes (PDF, 1MB)

10:00-10:20
Coffee Break

10:20-11:20
"Hardware for WLANs"
E. Pietrosemoli, EsLaRed (Universidad de Los Andes, Merida, Venezuela)
lecture notes (PDF, 1MB)

11:20-12:20
"Networking Basics, Routing and Subnetting"
M.Zennaro and C.Fonda (ICTP Trieste Italy)
lecture notes (HTML)

12:20-14:00
Lunch Break

14:00-16:00
LAB: "Routing and Subnetting with Linux"
lecture notes (HTML)

16:00-16:30
Coffee Break

16:30-19:30
LAB: "Access Point configuration and setup of a WLAN"


Tuesday, February 17

9:00-10:00
"5GHz technologies, 802.16 protocol and WiMAX"
E. Pietrosemoli, EsLaRed (Universidad de Los Andes, Merida, Venezuela))
lecture notes (PDF, 14.3MB)

10:00-10:20
Coffee Break

10:20-11:20
"5GHz technologies, 802.16 protocol and WiMAX"
E. Pietrosemoli, EsLaRed (Universidad de Los Andes, Merida, Venezuela)
lecture notes (PDF, 14.3MB)

11:20-12:20
"Bridging, routing and subnetting for WLANs"
M.Zennaro and C.Fonda (ICTP Trieste Italy)

12:20-14:00
Lunch Break

14:00-16:00
LAB: "NoCat Auth"
R. Flickenger (Seattle Wireless, Seattle, USA)
lecture notes (HTML)

16:00-16:30
Coffee Break

16:30-19:30
LAB: "Routing for Wireless WLANs. Cable Measurements. Troubleshooting"
see the Handbook at Chapter 3(PDF, 4MB)


Wednesday, February 18

9:00-10:00
"Antenna theory basics"
R. Struzak (ITU, Geneva, Switzerland)
lecture notes (PDF, 1.5MB)

10:00-10:20
Coffee Break

10:20-11:20
"Advanced technologies for Antennas"
E. Pietrosemoli, EsLaRed (Universidad de Los Andes, Merida, Venezuela)
lecture notes (PDF, 1MB)

11:20-12:20
"Review of network troubleshooting and Installation of NoCat Auth"
M.Zennaro and C.Fonda (ICTP Trieste Italy), R. Flickenger (Seattle Wireless, Seattle, USA)

12:20-14:00
Lunch Break

14:00-16:00
LAB: "Building an omnidirectional antenna for WiFi - 1/4 Lambda Ground Plane Antenna"
see the Handbook at Chapter 5(PDF, 48MB)

16:00-16:30
Coffee Break

16:30-18:15
LAB: "Building an omnidirectional antenna for WiFi - 4 Elements Collinear Antenna"
see the Handbook at Chapter 5(PDF, 48MB)

18:30-19:30
LAB: "Antenna Tuning using a Directional Coupler and a Spectrum Analyzer with Tracking Generator"
see the Handbook at Chapter 6(PDF, 6.5MB)


Thursday, February 19

9:00-10:00
"Mesh Networks"
E. Pietrosemoli, EsLaRed (Universidad de Los Andes, Merida, Venezuela)
lecture notes (PDF, 1.2MB)

10:00-10:20
Coffee Break

10:20-12:20
LAB: "Pebble and Wireless Tools for Linux"
R. Flickenger (Seattle Wireless, Seattle, USA)
lecture notes (HTML)

12:20-14:00
Lunch Break

14:00-16:00
LAB: "An outdoor-ready long distance solution for harsh and adverse environments"
A.Berta (Elmat, Italy)
lecture notes (PDF, 7MB)

16:00-16:30
Coffee Break

16:30-17:15
"Geometry of parabolic reflectors"
E. Pietrosemoli, EsLaRed (Universidad de Los Andes, Merida, Venezuela)
lecture notes (PDF, 276KB)

17:30-18:30
LAB: "Building a biquad antenna for WiFi"
see the Handbook at Chapter 5(PDF, 48MB)

18:30-19:30
LAB: "Using a biquad antenna as feeder for a parabolic dish"
see the Handbook at Chapter 5(PDF, 48MB)


Friday, February 20

9:00-10:00
"Basics of satellite-based and high-elevation platform-based radio links"
R. Struzak (ITU, Geneva, Switzerland)
lecture notes one (PDF, 2MB), lecture notes two (PDF, 188KB), lecture notes three (PDF, 284KB)

10:00-10:20
Coffee Break

10:20-12:20
CASE STUDIES of Participants

12:20-14:00
Lunch Break

14:00-16:00
CASE STUDIES of Participants

16:00-16:30
Coffee Break

16:30-18:30
Open Discussion on the Case Studies and Week Review, Q&A


Saturday, February 21

9:00-12:00
LAB: "Measurement of SWR and Gain for Biquad antennas."

Contact us for more info:

Ms. Koutou Mabilo (secretariat)