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Description An ICTP meeting in presence

Access to the Internet is still limited in rural and remote environments. This limits the amount of scientific data we can obtain from these areas and affects the populations living there. In this workshop we will bring together researchers and practitioners in order to gain experience and insight into the challenges that such environments pose for the network and the users.

Topics:
  • Optical communications
  • Delay tolerant networking
  • Low-power devices and protocols
  • Sustainable communication networks
  • Connecting the unconnected
  • Non terrestrial networks

Grants: A limited number of grants are available to support the attendance of selected participants, with priority given to participants from developing countries. There is no registration fee.

Material

Workshop on Communication in Extreme Environments for Science and Sustainable Development | (smr 3893)
Go to day
  • Monday, 20 November 2023
    • 08:30 - 09:15 
      REGISTRATION: Upon arrival, Visitors not staying in the ICTP Guest Houses, are kindly requested to complete registration formalities at the Adriatico Guest House (Lower Level). The Registration Desk will be open from 8.30 to 9.00.
      • 08:30 Registration formalities 30'
      • 09:00 Workshop Opening 15'
        Speaker: Marco ZENNARO (ICTP, Italy)
    • 09:15 - 17:30 Connecting the Unconnected
      • 09:15 6G solutions to connect the unconnected 45'
        Speaker: Mohamed-Slim ALOUINI (KAUST, Saudi Arabia)
        Material: Slides
      • 10:00 Coffee Break 30'
      • 10:30 Key enabling technologies, applications and open research topics in 6G networks 1h0'
        Speaker: Gunes KARABULUT-KURT (Polytechnique Montréal, Canada)
        Material: Slides
      • 11:30 Satellite Connectivity: 6G Wireless and Distributed Intelligence 1h0'
        Speaker: Petar POPOVSKI (Aalborg University, Denmark)
        Material: Slides
      • 12:30 Lunch Break 1h30'
      • 14:00 The role of capacity building in connecting the unconnected, the experience with KIC 45'
        Speaker: Sandor Andras MARKON (Kobe Institute of Computing, Graduate School of Information Technology, Japan)
        Material: Slides
      • 14:45 Brasil 6G: How 6G can close the connectivity gap in remote and rural areas 45'
        Speaker: Luciano LEONEL MENDES (INATEL, Brazil)
        Material: Slides
      • 15:30 Coffee Break 30'
      • 16:00 Case Studies Presentations 1h30' 
        Hybrid LoRa Network for Underserved Community Internet (LUCI)  
ROSDIADEE BIN NORDIN (University Kebangsaan, Malaysia) and ABDULLAH NOR FADZILAH (Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment, Malaysia)  

Enhancing Internet Accessibility and Social Inclusivity in Isolated and Marginalized Communities in the Philippines Using Satellite Technology 	
Rogel Mari SESE (Ateneo de Davao, Philippines)

AMPRNet Sweden, an extra lifeline
Bjorn PEHRSON, KTH, Sweden
        Material: Slides
  • Tuesday, 21 November 2023
    • 09:00 - 17:00 Connecting the Unconnected
      • 09:00 NTN as enabler for holistic 6G architectures 1h0'
        Speaker: Tomaso DECOLA (DLR, Germany)
        Material: Slides
      • 10:00 Group Photo 5'
      • 10:05 Coffee Break 25'
      • 10:30 Roadmap to free space optics for bridging the digital divide 1h0'
        Speaker: Mitchell Arij COX (University of the Witwatersrand, School of Physics, South Africa)
        Material: Slides
      • 11:30 Underground Communications: technologies and open research 1h0'
        Speaker: Anna FÖRSTER (University of Bremen, Germany)
        Material: Slides
      • 12:30 Lunch Break 1h0'
      • 14:00 Building Hydrometeorological Networks for Irrigation Scheduling, Snowpack Monitoring and Flood Early Warning: Experiences from Pakistan 45'
        Speaker: Muhammad ABUBAKR (Lahore University of Management Sciences, Pakistan)
        Material: Slides
      • 14:45 Schistosomiasis prevention undermined by water point forecasting 45'
        Speaker: Cheikh Ahmadou Bamba GUEYE (University Cheikh Anta Diop, Senegal)
        Material: Slides
      • 15:30 Coffee Break 30'
      • 16:00 Case Studies Presentations 1h0' 
        An Ad Hoc Delay Tolerant Network Model with High Transmission Success Rate 	
Fatoumata Awa Yandé DIOUF (Polytechnic School of Dakar, Senegal) 

WiFoO: Bridging the Digital Divide Using Low-cost WiFi Based Free Space Optical Technology 
Mikaeel DINDAR (University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa) 

Spectrum Efficient GFDM Based on FTN Signaling for eRAC Scenarios  
Mariana MELLO (National Institute of Telecommunications, Brazil)
    • 19:00 - 20:30
      • 19:00 Welcome Reception 1h30' ( Adriatico Guest House Cafeteria ) 
        All participants are cordially invited to a Welcome reception
  • Wednesday, 22 November 2023
    • 09:00 - 17:00 DTN day
      • 09:00 Introduction to DTN: How and why DTN was developed 1h0'
        Speaker: Samo GRASIC (IPNSIG, Sweden)
        Material: Slides
      • 10:00 Coffee Break 30'
      • 10:30 Intro to DTN: DTN Architecture. Terrestrial application of DTN for reindeer tracking in Sweden 2h0'
        Speaker: Samo GRASIC (IPNSIG, Sweden)
        Material: Slides
      • 12:30 Lunch Break 1h30'
      • 14:00 DTN Lab: How to build and configure your own DTN node 1h30'
        Speaker: Samo GRASIC (IPNSIG, Sweden)
      • 15:30 Coffee Break 30'
      • 16:00 DTN Lab: Connecting and testing the Lab DTN network using simple applications 1h0'
        Speaker: Samo GRASIC (IPNSIG, Sweden)
  • Thursday, 23 November 2023
    • 09:00 - 17:00 LoRa day
      • 09:00 Intro to LoRa 1h0'
        Speaker: Pietro MANZONI (Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain)
        Material: Slides
      • 10:00 Coffee Break 30'
      • 10:30 Planning long distance wireless links 1h0'
        Speaker: Ermanno PIETROSEMOLI (ICTP, Italy)
        Material: Slides
      • 11:30 Extreme LoRa Applications (LoRa in the Antarctic, Wolves project) 1h0'
        Speaker: Anna FÖRSTER (University of Bremen, Germany)
        Material: Slides
      • 12:30 Lunch Break 1h30'
      • 14:00 LoRa mesh Lab 1h30'
        Speaker: Sebastian Theodor BUETTRICH (ITU, Denmark)
        Material: Slides
      • 15:30 Coffee Break 30'
      • 16:00 Case Studies Presentations 1h0' 
        Spectrum policy and reforms in India for sustainable telecom connectivity in Rural area
Anjana JAIN  (Shri Govindram Seksaria Institute of Technology and Science, India) 

A 400 Gbps hybrid multimode fiber-free space optics transmission based on dual-polarized OAM beams and PAM-4 signals for extreme environments 
MEHTAB SINGH (Chandigarh University, India) 

Rural Internet and Communication Projects: Inveneo's Methodology 
Robert Mc Culloch MARSH (Inveneo Inc., USA) 

Connecting small scale companies in South Sweden - experiences and case studies 
Fredrik AHLGREN (Linnaeus University, Sweden)

ICTs 4 Disaster Risk Management: Using IoT/LoRaWAN technologies for climate monitoring and early warning in mountainous areas
Talant SULTANOV (Kyrgyz Internet Society, Kyrgyzstan)
        Material: Slides
  • Friday, 24 November 2023
    • 09:00 - 15:00 Connecting the Unconnected
      • 09:00 Trends in satellite communications and the role of free-space optical communications 1h0'
        Speaker: Morio TOYOSHIMA (NICT, Japan)
        Material: Slides
      • 10:00 Coffee Break 30'
      • 10:30 DTN and LoRa mesh Lab 2h0'
      • 12:30 Lunch Break 1h30'
      • 14:00 Closing Ceremony 1h0'