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Course Books

Wireless Networking in the Developing World (the "green" book, also in French and Spanish)
How to Accelerate Your Internet (the "orange" book)
Radio Laboratory Handbook (2004 - Antennas)

Video recording of lectures

QuickTime video with synchronized slides

Tentative Timetable

Updated: February 22nd, 2007 (at 18:00)

All lectures and lab sessions will take place in the ARPL Laboratory, ground floor of ICTP Galileo Guest House.

First Week (5—9 Feb. 2007):

Monday, 5 Feb. 2007: Opening and Introduction

09:00—11:00Registration and administrative matters
Galileo Guest House- second floor ("meeting room")
Opening Ceremony
11:00—12:00Nine years of School on Wireless Networking
(PDF 2.5MB)
Sandro M. Radicella (ICTP-ARPL, Italy)
Radio for Development: ICTP-ITU School 2007
(PDF 4.1MB)
Ryszard Struzak (ITU, Switzerland, ret.)
12:00—14:00lunch break
14:00—15:00LAB: "Presentation of participants"
15:00—15:30LAB: "Introduction to the Laboratory and to the Wiki"
(PDF 1.6MB)
15:30—16:00break
16:00—18:00"Designing the Wireless Business"
(PDF 900KB)
J. Janiszewski (Poland)

Tuesday, 6 Feb. 2007: Introduction

9:00—10:00"Interference and co-existence"
(PDF 1.7MB)
R.Struzak
10:00—10:20break
10:20—12:20"Networking Basics"
(PDF 808KB)
C.Benvenuti
12:20—14:00lunch break
14:00—16:00"Networking Basics - 2nd"
(PDF 808KB)
C.Benvenuti
16:00—16:30break
16:30—17:30LAB: "Networking exercises"
19:30Get-together party (Main Building Cafeteria)

Wednesday, 7 Feb. 2007: Basics of e.m.

9:00—10:00"Radiocommunication Channel and Digital Modulation: Basics"
(PDF 2.7MB)
R.Struzak
10:00—10:20break
10:20—11:20"Radiocommunication Channel and Digital Modulation: Basics"
(PDF 2.7MB)
R.Struzak
11:20—12:20Visit to the ICTP Library
12:20—14:00lunch break
14:00—16:00LAB: "Networking"
16:00—16:30break
16:30—18:30LAB: "Networking"

Thursday, 8 Feb. 2007 WiFi hardware

9:00—10:00"WiFi Overview"
(PDF 1.2MB)
E.Pietrosemoli
10:00—10:20break
10:20—11:20"WiFi networking architecture"
(HTML)
R.Flickenger
11:20—12:20"WiFi Equipment Selection"
(PDF 1.2MB)
E.Pietrosemoli
12:20—14:00lunch break
14:00—16:00LAB: "WiFi Hardware Setup"
16:00—16:30break
16:30—18:30LAB: "WiFi Hardware Setup - 2nd"

Friday, 9 Feb. 2007: E.M. Spectrum - Wireless Networks

9:00—10:00"Spectrum Management and Regulatory Issues"
(PDF 1.2MB)
R.Struzak
10:00—10:20break
10:20—11:20"Use of Unlicensed Radio Spectrum and WiFi channel management"
(HTML)
R.Flickenger
11:20—12:20"WiFi monitoring using Linux"
(HTML)
R.Flickenger
12:20—14:00lunch break
14:00—16:00LAB: "WiFi Networks Setup"
16:00—16:30break
16:30—17:30LAB: "Weekly review and Test"

Second week (12—17 Feb. 2007):

Monday, 12 Feb. 2007: Antennas

9:00—10:00"Basic Antenna Theory"
(PDF 1.6MB)
R.Struzak
10:00—10:20break
10:20—11:20"Basic Antenna Theory"
(PDF 1.6MB)
R.Struzak
11:20—12:20"Long Reach WiFi Link"
(PDF 5.5MB)
Ermanno Pietrosemoli (ULA-EsLaRed, Venezuela)
12:20—14:00lunch break
14:00—14:30"DIY WiFi Antennas"
(HTML)
R.Flickenger
14:30—16:00LAB: "Antenna Building"
16:00—16:30break
16:30—18:30LAB: "Measurements on Antennas"

Tuesday, 13 Feb. 2007: Long distance links

9:00—10:00"Radiopropagation basics"
(PDF 3.4MB)
R.Struzak
10:00—10:20break
10:20—11:20"Link Budget calculation"
(HTML)
M.Zennaro
11:20—12:20"Software for Wireless Link Design: Radio Mobile"
(PDF 1.5MB)
E. Pietrosemoli (ULA-EsLaRed, Venezuela)
12:20—14:00lunch break
14:00—16:00LAB: "Simulation of long distance links with software"
16:00—16:30break
16:30—18:30LAB: "Planning and preparation of outdoor activities"

Wednesday, 14 Feb. 2007: Design and setup of a "Wireless Site"

9:00—10:00"Site Survey and Antenna Mounting Considerations"
(PDF 3.6MB)
E.Pietrosemoli
10:00—10:20break
10:20—11:20"Powering Issues"
(PDF 2.1B)
E.Pietrosemoli
11:20—12:20"Low-power devices"
(PDF 500KB)
S.Okay (Inveneo, USA)
12:20—14:00lunch break
14:00—16:30LAB: "Planning Field Activities"
16:00—16:30break
16:30—17:30LAB: "Planning Field Activities - 2nd"

Thursday, 15 Feb. 2007: Field activites

9:00—12:30"Long distance links implementation"
(outdoor activity)
12:30—14:00lunch break
14:00—16:00LAB: "Review of the morning activities"
16:00—16:30break
16:30—18:30LAB: "Report of the morning activities"

Friday, 16 Feb. 2007: Security

9:00—10:00"Mesh Networking"
(HTML)
R.Flickenger
10:00—10:20break
10:20—12:20"WiFi Security"
(HTML)
R.Flickenger
12:20—14:00lunch break
14:00—16:00LAB: "Exercises on WiFi Security and Mesh"
16:00—16:30break
16:30—17:30LAB: "Weekly review"

Third week (19—24 Feb. 2007):

Monday, 19 Feb. 2007: Other Topics

9:00—10:00"Telecommunications Impact on Developing Countries"
(PDF 552KB)
W.Luther (NASA)
10:00—10:20break
10:20—12:20"Introduction to WiMax"
(PDF 1.8MB)
E.Pietrosemoli
12:20—14:00lunch break
10:20—12:20"Environmental Monitoring in the Venice Lagoon"
(PDF 5.3MB)
G.Cecconi
16:00—16:30break
16:30—17:30"Introduction to VoIP"
(PDF 1.2MB; extras: Asterisk_Call_Handling.pdf, Asterisk_Flow.pdf, Asterisk_PA.pdf)
S.Okay

Tuesday, 20 Feb. 2007: Embedded Wireless Sensors

9:00—10:00"Case Studies in Embedded Sensor Applications"
(first PDF 88KB and second PDF 2.3MB)
B.Raman (Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur)
10:00—10:20break
10:20—12:20"An Introduction to (a) 802.15.4, (b) TinyOS"
(first PDF 292KB and second PDF 536KB)
B.Raman
12:20—14:00lunch break
14:00—16:00LAB: "TinyOS Exercise-1: Data Transfer"
(PDF 120KB and other files)
B.Raman
16:00—16:30break
16:30—17:30LAB: "TinyOS Exercise-1: Data Transfer - 2nd"
(PDF 120KB and other files)
B.Raman

Wednesday, 21 Feb. 2007: Wireless Sensor Networks

9:00—10:00""MAC, Routing, Synchronization issues"
(PDF 268KB and additional documentation in PDF 1.4MB)
B.Raman
10:00—10:20break
10:20—11:20"Wireless measurement studies in sensor networks"
(PDF 1.4MB)
B.Raman
11:20—12:20"Sensor networks: myth versus reality"
(PDF 144KB)
B.Raman
12:20—14:00lunch break
14:00—16:00LAB: "TinyOS Exercise-2: Time Synchronization"
(PDF 120KB and other files)
B.Raman
16:00—16:30break
16:30—17:30LAB: "TinyOS Exercise-2: Time Synchronization - 2nd"
(PDF 120KB and other files)
B.Raman

Thursday, 22 Feb. 2007: Economic Planning

9:00—11:00Free time for administrative matters
11:00—12:00Public Lecture: "Future of Telecommuncations"
(PDF 420KB)
W.Luther
12:20—14:00lunch break
14:00—15:00"Entrepreneurship and ICT for Development'"
(PDF 772KB)
S.Okay
15:00—16:00"Economic Planning'"
(PDF 128KB and additional files)
G.Repici
16:00—16:30break
16:00—17:00"Economic Planning"
(PDF 152KB and additional files)
G.Repici

Friday, 23 Feb. 2007: Closing

9:00—10:00"HAPs"
(PDF 1.7MB)
R.Struzak
10:00—10:20break
10:20—11:00"Public Policies for Development"
(PDF 16KB)
W.Luther
11:00—12:00"Deploying WiMax"
A.Borsetti
12:00—14:00lunch break
14:00—17:00Presentations of Case studies and closing Ceremony.