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!