Research, Training, Deployment:
the ICTP experience
Marco Zennaro, PhDTelecommunication/ICT4D LabThe Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics
What is the ICTP
The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics was founded in 1964, by the late Nobel Laureate Abdus Salam
ICTP is administered by UNESCO and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
The Centre is located in Trieste, Italy
What is the ICTP
ICTP is an institution that is run by scientists for scientists to support the best science possible, with special attention to the needs of scientists from Developing Countries
"Scientific thought is the common heritage of mankind"
Visiting scientists
More than 120'000 visits from 184 countries, 20% of visitors are women
Last 15 years
1993 to 1996 - Activities cosponsored by ITU/BDT
1997 - ICTP-URSI-ITU/BDT Workshop on the use of Radio for digital communications in Developing Countries
1998 - 1st School on the use of Radio for digital communications in Developing Countries (its 16th yearly edition in 2013 with financial support of ITU/BDT)
More than 50 activities,
+2000 people!
1995 vs 2010
400$ 3 Mbps
77$ 150Mbps
Activities in Trieste
Activities in Malawi
Activity in Micronesia
EsLaRed
Started in 1998 at ICTP
One event per year in Latin America, more than 15 countries hosted
This year in Nicaragua
More than 200 participants per year
WNDW.net
A free book on “Wireless Networking in the Developing World”
Written by wireless geeks in less than 3 months
More than 3M downloads!
Available also in Spanish, French, Arabic, Portuguese, Indonesian
http://www.wndw.net
ICTP model
Research
Training
Deployment
Malawi
TVWS propagation
• Lower free space loss • Better diffraction efficiency • Lower building attenuation
Propagation advantage
QuantifyingTVWS
• How many TVWS are there?
• In cities? In rural areas? • Do they change in time?
• ...in developing countries • ...with low cost tools • ...driven by academia
ASCII-32
ASCII-32
Nicaragua
Nicaragua
Malawi model
1. Measure TVWS 2. Regulate 3. Deploy 4. Analyze
Malawi
Deployment
TVWS training in 2014
March 3-14, 2014 Trieste, Italy 25 scholarships
Thank you!