Lecturer : I am now able to carry out more effective outdoor discussion and

activities using SONbuddy.

Student : SONbuddy allows me to communicate with my peers

even in the bus stand!

Student : Camping Activities are much more

fun with SONbuddy !

Student : I am able to get help with my homework and

assignments anytime with people around me.

Student : I always know where my classmates are

with Buddy Alerts!

Student : I love Internet Sharing services! Now I can get my whole study group connected with just one internet point!

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Effective Class Discussions

Fun Outdoor Activities

Student Group

Collaborations

Notification of nearby friends

A closer student community

Always Connected

Students can enjoy the choice of communication whether it is

ad hoc mode or infrastructure mode

Students can share files like Group Projects, Presentations, etc. thus working together on the

group project anywhere.

Hi Mary , Send me the file for the physics project.

Ok. I am sending to you now!

Students can Instant Message among themselves or to lecturers to clear their doubts immediately to understand the lecture better.

What does he mean by VoFi?

He meant voice over

Wi-Fi.VoFi is the latest breakthrough for the Wi-Fi world

Students can share internet resources with their

friends during workgroup collaborations.

Internet

Let’s save time by exchanging

research results

OK , I’ll work on researching

VoFI

Then I’ll do my part on

researching WIFI

Lecturers can have class anywhere but still be able to share lecture notes with the students

Hello Students. Please retrieve

today’s Lecture Notes from my shared folder

Sir, the Lecture notes you just

gave a very good.Done.

Other Benefits to the Lecturers/College

• Most of the communication level will be confined to the campus area and certain level of control can be asserted

• Lectures also can share notes among themselves directly on ad hoc basis especially when they need immediate answers during lecture period;

• The College can reduce some congestion on their infrastructure bandwidth when the students / lecturers go on ad hoc mode;

• The College can reduce future spending on Access Points when most students can be connected on ad hoc and multi hop basis within the campus area.

Network Congestion

Multiple Floors Communication

Limited WIFI Range

Only one internet connection

Security issues

Maintenance Challenges

Classroom

Hostels

Discussion Halls

Library

University Server

Heavy traffic during peak hours .

Bandwidth Consumption is high due to the large amount of files being transferred.

Network maintenance is costly for the university.

Network Congestion

Canteen

Usage of SONbuddy as an alternative networkIt’s taking me so long to download the file! You’ve got it on your

SONbuddy folder?

Yeah! The line here is

better . Download it

from me!

For Students:

Better than Diskettes/External Drives

Faster than downloading online

There is no need to get to a university hotspot location

Solve the problem of limited storage for email. For the institution:

Take the load of the intranet server

Cut cost on maintenance fees

Hey Guys! Check out the Animation I’ve done. It’s a huge file so I’m putting

it into my SONbuddy

Good JOB! Any tips on how we can do this? Hey , I’ll call you using VOIP .

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Floor 1

Floor 2

Floor 3

Floor 4

Before SONbuddyWith SONbuddy

SONbuddy Multihop

Able to communicate with people on different floors.

VOIP and Instant Messaging

Useful in non line of sight situations

File Exchange

Able to exchange files on different floors without going through the internet.

SONbuddy Ad Hoc Mode

Eliminate the use of access points for communication.

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Beyond WIFI reach

No Connection when distance is further than 100m

With SONbuddy

Multihop feature can extend WIFI reach

1. Unauthorized Users

2. Hackers even with WEP Key Protection

3. Contaminated Files

4. No Privacy

SONbuddy Solutions

Authenticate and encrypt all user data

Authenticate users and encrypt all discovery messages

Form a Private Network

Black List Malicious users

Auto scan files after download

1. Needs coordinated approach to deploying wireless across campus

2. Network needs constant maintenance which incurs additional cost to the institution.

3. Wireless networks are susceptible to security threats and requires close monitoring from system administrators

4. The institution requires a constant support from experienced network engineers to troubleshoot wireless network problems

With SONbuddy , the institution will save a bundle in maintenance cost and support.