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ICTP-ITU-URSI School on Wireless Networking for Scientific Applications in Developing Countries, including Environmental Monitoring | (smr 1827)
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  • Monday, 5 February 2007
    • 09:00 - 11:00 Registration and Administrative Matters
      Location: ARPL Laboratory - Galileo Guest House, Lobby Level
      • 09:00 Registration and Administrative Matters 2h0'
    • 11:00 - 11:30 Nine years of School on Wireless Networking
      Location: ARPL Laboratory - Galileo Guest House, Lobby Level
      • 11:00 Nine years of School on Wireless Networking 30'
        Speaker: Sandro M. Radicella (ICTP-ARPL, Italy)
    • 11:30 - 12:00 Radio for Development: ICTP-ITU School 2007
      Location: ARPL Laboratory - Galileo Guest House, Lobby Level
      • 11:30 Radio for Development: ICTP-ITU School 2007 30'
        Speaker: Ryszard Struzak (ITU, Switzerland, ret.)
    • 12:00 - 14:00 Lunch Break
      Location: ARPL Laboratory - Galileo Guest House, Lobby Level
      • 12:00 Lunch Break 2h0'
    • 14:00 - 15:00 LAB: Presentation of Participants
      Location: ARPL Laboratory - Galileo Guest House, Lobby Level
      • 14:00 LAB: Presentation of Participants 1h0'
    • 15:00 - 15:30 LAB: Introduction to the Laboratory and to the Wiki
      Location: ARPL Laboratory - Galileo Guest House, Lobby Level
      • 15:00 LAB: Introduction to the Laboratory and to the Wiki 30'
    • 15:30 - 16:00 Break
      Location: ARPL Laboratory - Galileo Guest House, Lobby Level
      • 15:30 Break 30'
    • 16:00 - 18:00 Designing the Wireless Business
      Location: ARPL Laboratory - Galileo Guest House, Lobby Level
      • 16:00 Designing the Wireless Business 2h0'
        Speaker: J. Janiszewski (Wroclaw University of Technology, Poland)
    • 18:00 - 18:30 LAB: Introduction to the ICTP Computer System
      Location: ARPL Laboratory - Galileo Guest House, Lobby Level
      • 18:00 LAB: Introduction to the ICTP Computer System 30'
        Speaker: Johannes Grassberger (ICTP-SCS, Italy)
  • Tuesday, 6 February 2007
    • 09:00 - 10:00 Interference and Co-existence
      Location: ARPL Laboratory - Galileo Guest House, Lobby Level
      • 09:00 Interference and Co-existence 1h0'
        Speaker: R. Struzak
    • 10:00 - 10:20 Coffee Break
      Location: ARPL Laboratory - Galileo Guest House, Lobby Level
      • 10:00 Coffee Break 20'
    • 10:20 - 12:20 Networking Basics
      Location: ARPL Laboratory - Galileo Guest House, Lobby Level
      • 10:20 Networking Basics 2h0'
        Speaker: C. Benvenuti (Cesena, Italy)
    • 12:20 - 14:00 Lunch Break
      Location: ARPL Laboratory - Galileo Guest House, Lobby Level
      • 12:20 Lunch Break 1h40'
    • 14:00 - 16:00 Networking Basics - Part 2
      Location: ARPL Laboratory - Galileo Guest House, Lobby Level
      • 14:00 Networking Basics - Part 2 2h0'
        Speaker: C. Benvenuti
    • 16:00 - 16:30 Break
      Location: ARPL Laboratory - Galileo Guest House, Lobby Level
      • 16:00 Break 30'
    • 16:30 - 17:30 LAB: Networking Exercises
      Location: ARPL Laboratory - Galileo Guest House, Lobby Level
      • 16:30 LAB: Networking Exercises 1h0'
    • 19:00 - 21:00 Get-together Buffet
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Cafeteria
      • 19:00 Get-together Buffet 2h0'
  • Wednesday, 7 February 2007
    • 09:00 - 10:00 Radiocommunication Channel and Digital Modulation: Basics
      Location: ARPL Laboratory - Galileo Guest House, Lobby Level
      • 09:00 Radiocommunication Channel and Digital Modulation: Basics 1h0'
        Speaker: R. Struzak
    • 10:00 - 10:20 Coffee Break
      Location: ARPL Laboratory - Galileo Guest House, Lobby Level
      • 10:00 Coffee Break 20'
    • 10:20 - 11:20 Radiocommunication Channel and Digital Modulation: Basics
      Location: ARPL Laboratory - Galileo Guest House, Lobby Level
      • 10:20 Radiocommunication Channel and Digital Modulation: Basics 1h0'
        Speaker: R. Struzak
    • 11:20 - 12:20 Central European Initiative (CEI) Meeting
      Location: ARPL Laboratory - Galileo Guest House, Lobby Level
      • 11:20 Central European Initiative (CEI) Meeting 1h0'
    • 12:20 - 14:00 Lunch Break
      Location: ARPL Laboratory - Galileo Guest House, Lobby Level
      • 12:20 Lunch Break 1h40'
    • 14:00 - 14:30 dB Calculations
      Location: ARPL Laboratory - Galileo Guest House, Lobby Level
      • 14:00 dB Calculations 30'
        Speaker: M. Zennaro
    • 14:30 - 16:00 LAB: E.M. Measurements
      Location: ARPL Laboratory - Galileo Guest House, Lobby Level
      • 14:30 LAB: E.M. Measurements 1h30'
    • 16:00 - 16:30 Break
      Location: ARPL Laboratory - Galileo Guest House, Lobby Level
      • 16:00 Break 30'
    • 16:30 - 18:30 LAB: E.M. Measurements - part 2
      Location: ARPL Laboratory - Galileo Guest House, Lobby Level
      • 16:30 LAB: E.M. Measurements - part 2 2h0'
  • Thursday, 8 February 2007
    • 09:00 - 10:00 WiFi Overview
      Location: ARPL Laboratory - Galileo Guest House, Lobby Level
      • 09:00 WiFi Overview 1h0'
        Speaker: E. Pietrosemoli (Centro Profesional Masini, Merida, Venezuela)
    • 10:00 - 10:20 Coffee Break
      Location: ARPL Laboratory - Galileo Guest House, Lobby Level
      • 10:00 Coffee Break 20'
    • 10:20 - 11:20 WiFi Networking Architecture
      Location: ARPL Laboratory - Galileo Guest House, Lobby Level
      • 10:20 WiFi Networking Architecture 1h0'
        Speaker: R. Flickenger
    • 11:20 - 12:20 WiFi Equipment Selection
      Location: ARPL Laboratory - Galileo Guest House, Lobby Level
      • 11:20 WiFi Equipment Selection 1h0'
        Speaker: E. Pietrosemoli
    • 12:20 - 14:00 Lunch Break
      Location: ARPL Laboratory - Galileo Guest House, Lobby Level
      • 12:20 Lunch Break 1h40'
    • 14:00 - 16:00 LAB: WiFi Hardware Setup
      Location: ARPL Laboratory - Galileo Guest House, Lobby Level
      • 14:00 LAB: WiFi Hardware Setup 2h0'
    • 16:00 - 16:30 Break
      Location: ARPL Laboratory - Galileo Guest House, Lobby Level
      • 16:00 Break 30'
    • 16:30 - 18:30 LAB: WiFi Hardware Setup - Part 2
      Location: ARPL Laboratory - Galileo Guest House, Lobby Level
      • 16:30 LAB: WiFi Hardware Setup - Part 2 2h0'
  • Friday, 9 February 2007
    • 09:00 - 10:00 Spectrum Management and Regulatory Issues
      Location: ARPL Laboratory - Galileo Guest House, Lobby Level
      • 09:00 Spectrum Management and Regulatory Issues 1h0'
        Speaker: R. Struzak
    • 10:00 - 10:20 Coffee Break
      Location: ARPL Laboratory - Galileo Guest House, Lobby Level
      • 10:00 Coffee Break 20'
    • 10:20 - 11:20 Use of Unlicensed Radio Spectrum and WiFi Channel Management
      Location: ARPL Laboratory - Galileo Guest House, Lobby Level
      • 10:20 Use of Unlicensed Radio Spectrum and WiFi Channel Management 1h0'
        Speaker: R. Flickenger
    • 11:20 - 12:20 WiFi Monitoring using Linux
      Location: ARPL Laboratory - Galileo Guest House, Lobby Level
      • 11:20 WiFi Monitoring using Linux 1h0'
        Speaker: R. Flickenger
    • 12:20 - 14:00 Lunch Break
      Location: ARPL Laboratory - Galileo Guest House, Lobby Level
      • 12:20 Lunch Break 1h40'
    • 14:00 - 16:00 LAB: WiFi Networks Setup
      Location: ARPL Laboratory - Galileo Guest House, Lobby Level
      • 14:00 LAB: WiFi Networks Setup 2h0'
    • 16:00 - 16:30 Break
      Location: ARPL Laboratory - Galileo Guest House, Lobby Level
      • 16:00 Break 30'
    • 16:30 - 17:30 LAB: Weekly Review and Test
      Location: ARPL Laboratory - Galileo Guest House, Lobby Level
      • 16:30 LAB: Weekly Review and Test 1h0'
  • Monday, 12 February 2007
    • 09:00 - 10:00 Basic Antenna Theory
      Location: ARPL Laboratory - Galileo Guest House, Lobby Level
      • 09:00 Basic Antenna Theory 1h0'
    • 10:00 - 10:20 Coffee Break
      Location: ARPL Laboratory - Galileo Guest House, Lobby Level
      • 10:00 Coffee Break 20'
    • 10:20 - 11:20 Basic Antenna Theory
      Location: ARPL Laboratory - Galileo Guest House, Lobby Level
      • 10:20 Basic Antenna Theory 1h0'
        Speaker: R. Struzak
    • 11:20 - 12:20 Antennas for WiFi
      Location: ARPL Laboratory - Galileo Guest House, Lobby Level
      • 11:20 Antennas for WiFi 1h0'
        Speaker: E. Pietrosemoli
    • 12:20 - 14:00 Lunch Break
      Location: ARPL Laboratory - Galileo Guest House, Lobby Level
      • 12:20 Lunch Break 1h40'
    • 14:00 - 14:30 DIY WiFi Antennas
      Location: ARPL Laboratory - Galileo Guest House, Lobby Level
      • 14:00 DIY WiFi Antennas 30'
        Speaker: R. Flickenger
    • 14:30 - 16:00 LAB: Antenna Building
      Location: ARPL Laboratory - Galileo Guest House, Lobby Level
      • 14:30 LAB: Antenna Building 1h30'
    • 16:00 - 16:30 Break
      Location: ARPL Laboratory - Galileo Guest House, Lobby Level
      • 16:00 Break 30'
    • 16:30 - 18:30 LAB: Measurements on Antennas
      Location: ARPL Laboratory - Galileo Guest House, Lobby Level
      • 16:30 LAB: Measurements on Antennas 2h0'
  • Tuesday, 13 February 2007
    • 09:00 - 10:00 Radiopropagation basics
      Location: ARPL Laboratory - Galileo Guest House, Lobby Level
      • 09:00 Radiopropagation basics 1h0'
        Speaker: R. Struzak
    • 10:00 - 10:20 Coffee Break
      Location: ARPL Laboratory - Galileo Guest House, Lobby Level
      • 10:00 Coffee Break 20'
    • 10:20 - 11:20 Link Budget Calculation
      Location: ARPL Laboratory - Galileo Guest House, Lobby Level
      • 10:20 Link Budget Calculation 1h0'
        Speaker: M. Zennaro
    • 11:20 - 12:20 Software for Wireless Link Design: Radio Mobile
      Location: ARPL Laboratory - Galileo Guest House, Lobby Level
      • 11:20 Software for Wireless Link Design: Radio Mobile 1h0'
        Speaker: E. Pietrosemoli
    • 12:20 - 14:00 Lunch Break
      Location: ARPL Laboratory - Galileo Guest House, Lobby Level
      • 12:20 Lunch Break 1h40'
    • 14:00 - 16:00 LAB: Simulation of Long Distance Links with Software
      Location: ARPL Laboratory - Galileo Guest House, Lobby Level
      • 14:00 LAB: Simulation of Long Distance Links with Software 2h0'
    • 16:00 - 16:30 Break
      Location: ARPL Laboratory - Galileo Guest House, Lobby Level
      • 16:00 Break 30'
    • 16:30 - 18:30 Planning and Preparation of Outdoor Activities
      Location: ARPL Laboratory - Galileo Guest House, Lobby Level
      • 16:30 Planning and Preparation of Outdoor Activities 2h0'
  • Wednesday, 14 February 2007
    • 09:00 - 10:00 Site Survey and Antenna Mounting Considerations
      Location: ARPL Laboratory - Galileo Guest House, Lobby Level
      • 09:00 Site Survey and Antenna Mounting Considerations 1h0'
        Speaker: E. Pietrosemoli
    • 10:00 - 10:20 Coffee Break
      Location: ARPL Laboratory - Galileo Guest House, Lobby Level
      • 10:00 Coffee Break 20'
    • 10:20 - 11:20 Powering Issues
      Location: ARPL Laboratory - Galileo Guest House, Lobby Level
      • 10:20 Powering Issues 1h0'
        Speaker: E. Pietrosemoli
    • 11:20 - 12:20 Low-Power Devices
      Location: ARPL Laboratory - Galileo Guest House, Lobby Level
      • 11:20 Low-Power Devices 1h0'
        Speaker: S. Okay (Inveneo, USA)
    • 12:20 - 14:00 Lunch Break
      Location: ARPL Laboratory - Galileo Guest House, Lobby Level
      • 12:20 Lunch Break 1h40'
    • 14:00 - 16:30 LAB: Planning Field Activities
      Location: ARPL Laboratory - Galileo Guest House, Lobby Level
      • 14:00 LAB: Planning Field Activities 2h30'
    • 16:30 - 17:00 Break
      Location: ARPL Laboratory - Galileo Guest House, Lobby Level
      • 16:30 Break 30'
    • 17:00 - 18:00 LAB: Planning Field Activities - Part 2
      Location: ARPL Laboratory - Galileo Guest House, Lobby Level
      • 17:00 LAB: Planning Field Activities - Part 2 1h0'
  • Thursday, 15 February 2007
    • 09:00 - 12:00 Long Distance Links Implementation (outdoor activity)
      Location: ARPL Laboratory - Galileo Guest House, Lobby Level
      • 09:00 Long Distance Links Implementation (outdoor activity) 3h0'
    • 12:00 - 14:00 Lunch Break
      Location: ARPL Laboratory - Galileo Guest House, Lobby Level
      • 12:00 Lunch Break 2h0'
    • 14:00 - 16:00 LAB: Review of the morning activities
      Location: ARPL Laboratory - Galileo Guest House, Lobby Level
      • 14:00 LAB: Review of the morning activities 2h0'
    • 16:00 - 16:30 Break
      Location: ARPL Laboratory - Galileo Guest House, Lobby Level
      • 16:00 Break 30'
    • 16:30 - 18:30 LAB: Report of the morning activities
      Location: ARPL Laboratory - Galileo Guest House, Lobby Level
      • 16:30 LAB: Report of the morning activities 2h0'
    • 19:30 - 21:30 Dinner at the Adriatico Guesthouse
      Location: Adriatico Guest House Cafeteria
      • 19:30 Dinner at the Adriatico Guesthouse 2h0'
  • Friday, 16 February 2007
    • 09:00 - 10:00 Mesh Networking
      Location: ARPL Laboratory - Galileo Guest House, Lobby Level
      • 09:00 Mesh Networking 1h0'
        Speaker: S. Buettrich
    • 10:00 - 10:20 Coffee Break
      Location: ARPL Laboratory - Galileo Guest House, Lobby Level
      • 10:00 Coffee Break 20'
    • 10:20 - 12:20 WiFi Security
      Location: ARPL Laboratory - Galileo Guest House, Lobby Level
      • 10:20 WiFi Security 2h0'
        Speaker: R. Flickenger
    • 12:20 - 14:00 Lunch Break
      Location: ARPL Laboratory - Galileo Guest House, Lobby Level
      • 12:20 Lunch Break 1h40'
    • 14:00 - 16:00 LAB: Exercises on WiFi Security and Mesh
      Location: ARPL Laboratory - Galileo Guest House, Lobby Level
      • 14:00 LAB: Exercises on WiFi Security and Mesh 2h0'
    • 16:00 - 16:30 Break
      Location: ARPL Laboratory - Galileo Guest House, Lobby Level
      • 16:00 Break 30'
    • 16:30 - 17:30 LAB: Weekly review and test
      Location: ARPL Laboratory - Galileo Guest House, Lobby Level
      • 16:30 LAB: Weekly review and test 1h0'
  • Monday, 19 February 2007
    • 09:00 - 10:00 Telecommunications Impact on Developing Countries
      • 09:00 Telecommunications Impact on Developing Countries 1h0'
        Speaker: W. Luther (NASA)
    • 10:00 - 10:20 Coffee Break
      • 10:00 Coffee Break 20'
    • 10:20 - 12:20 Introduction to WiMax
      • 10:20 Introduction to WiMax 2h0'
        Speaker: E. Pietrosemoli
    • 12:20 - 14:00 Lunch break
      • 12:20 Lunch break 1h40'
    • 14:00 - 16:00 Environmental Monitoring in the Venice Lagoon
      • 14:00 Environmental Monitoring in the Venice Lagoon 2h0'
        Speaker: G. Cecconi (Consorzio Venezia Nuova, Venice, Italy)
    • 16:00 - 16:30 Break
      • 16:00 Break 30'
    • 16:30 - 17:30 Introduction to VoIP
      • 16:30 Introduction to VoIP 1h0'
        Speaker: S. Okay (Roadknight Mobility Labs, USA)
  • Tuesday, 20 February 2007
    • 09:00 - 10:00 Case Studies in Embedded Sensor Applications
      • 09:00 Case Studies in Embedded Sensor Applications 1h0'
        Speaker: B. Raman (Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India)
    • 10:00 - 10:20 Coffee Break
      • 10:00 Coffee Break 20'
    • 10:20 - 12:20 An Introduction to (a) 802.15.4, (b) TinyOS
      • 10:20 An Introduction to (a) 802.15.4, (b) TinyOS 2h0'
        Speaker: B. Raman
    • 12:20 - 14:00 Lunch Break
      • 12:20 Lunch Break 1h40'
    • 14:00 - 16:00 LAB: TinyOS Exercise-1: Data Transfer
      • 14:00 LAB: TinyOS Exercise-1: Data Transfer 2h0'
        Speaker: B. Raman
    • 16:00 - 16:30 Break
      • 16:00 Break 30'
    • 16:30 - 17:30 LAB: TinyOS Exercise-1: Data Transfer (part 2)
      • 16:30 LAB: TinyOS Exercise-1: Data Transfer (part 2) 1h0'
        Speaker: B. Raman
  • Wednesday, 21 February 2007
    • 09:00 - 10:00 MAC, Routing, Synchronization issues
      • 09:00 MAC, Routing, Synchronization issues 1h0'
        Speaker: B. Raman
    • 10:00 - 10:20 Coffee Break
      • 10:00 Coffee Break 20'
    • 10:20 - 11:20 Wireless Measurement Studies in Sensor Networks
      • 10:20 Wireless Measurement Studies in Sensor Networks 1h0'
        Speaker: B. Raman
    • 11:20 - 12:20 Sensor Networks: Myth Versus Reality
      • 11:20 Sensor Networks: Myth Versus Reality 1h0'
        Speaker: B. Raman
    • 12:20 - 14:00 Lunch Break
      • 12:20 Lunch Break 1h40'
    • 14:00 - 16:00 LAB: TinyOS Exercise-2: Time Synchronization
      • 14:00 LAB: TinyOS Exercise-2: Time Synchronization 2h0'
        Speaker: B. Raman
    • 16:00 - 16:30 Break
      • 16:00 Break 30'
    • 16:30 - 17:30 LAB: TinyOS Exercise-2: Time Synchronization - part 2
      • 16:30 LAB: TinyOS Exercise-2: Time Synchronization - part 2 1h0'
        Speaker: B. Raman
  • Thursday, 22 February 2007
    • 09:00 - 11:00 Free time for administrative matters
      • 09:00 Free time for administrative matters 2h0'
    • 11:00 - 12:00 Future of Telecommunications
      • 11:00 Future of Telecommunications 1h0'
        Speaker: W. Luther
    • 12:00 - 14:00 Lunch Break
      • 12:00 Lunch Break 2h0'
    • 14:00 - 15:00 Entrepreneurship and ICT for Development
      • 14:00 Entrepreneurship and ICT for Development 1h0'
        Speaker: S. Okay
    • 15:00 - 16:00 Economic Planning
      • 15:00 Economic Planning 1h0'
        Speaker: G. Repici
    • 16:00 - 16:30 Break
      • 16:00 Break 30'
    • 16:30 - 17:30 Economic Planning
      • 16:30 Economic Planning 1h0'
  • Friday, 23 February 2007
    • 09:00 - 10:00 HAPs
      • 09:00 HAPs 1h0'
        Speaker: R. Struzak
    • 10:00 - 10:20 Coffee Break
      • 10:00 Coffee Break 20'
    • 10:20 - 11:00 Public Policies for Development
      • 10:20 Public Policies for Development 40'
        Speaker: W. Luther
    • 11:00 - 12:00 Deploying WiMax
      • 11:00 Deploying WiMax 1h0'
        Speaker: A. Borsetti
    • 12:00 - 14:00 Lunch Break
      • 12:00 Lunch Break 2h0'
    • 14:00 - 17:00 Presentations of Case Studies and Closing Ceremony
      • 14:00 Presentations of Case Studies and Closing Ceremony 3h0'
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