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Empowering Bohechio: eDevelopment Technologies to Interconnect

Explore the pilot project in Bohechio, Dominican Republic, where eDevelopment technologies were used to empower the community through a Village Area Network deployment. The project involved setting up equipment, testing network coverage, and utilizing immediate applications like IP telephony, with future plans for mobile VoIP and radio applications. Discover the results of the deployment, see what's next for the project, view pictures, and engage in a Q&A session.

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Empowering Bohechio: eDevelopment Technologies to Interconnect

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  1. eDevelopment Technologies to empower, enrich and interconnect Michael L. BestLeandro BurnesMarco EscobedoHani Shakeel Pilot Project - Bohechio Village Area Network March of 2001

  2. Agenda • Bohechio, Dominican Republic • Village Area Network • Equipment • Network Coverage • Results of Deployment • Immediate Applications • Future Applications • What’s Next • Pictures • Q & A

  3. Bohechio, Dominican Republic • Located in the center of the • Dominican Republic. • Population is approximately • 10,000 people. • Main economic activities are • agriculture and livestock. • Prior to Wireless Village Area • Network, only 5 telephone lines.

  4. Village Area Network • Omni-directional antennas placed at Base Station. • Point to Point link to Lincos. • 256 kps VSAT connection at Lincos Container. • Point to Point Link between Lincos and Base Station.

  5. Equipment • 4 - Omni-directional 19dbi antenna • 2 - PtP 24dbi antenna • 8 - 11mbps Gold PC Cards • 1 PCI Adapter • 1 COR and 1 ROR • (1 COR can support 16 RORs on one Channel, • and 3 collocated channels are possible.) • Orinoco Client and AP manager software • 1 UPS • 1- 5dbi antenna and 1 Yagi 14dbi antenna for tests

  6. Results of Deployment • Tests conducted with: • 5dbi and 14dbi Antennas • Orinoco Client Manager - Link Test Software

  7. 11 11 9 8 4 3 6 1 2 5 7 10 Results of Deployment • Coverage: • PC Cards ~2dbi Antenna • 5dbi Antenna • 14dbi Yagi Antenna

  8. Network Coverage • 1st Wireless Village Network • Roughly 3500 feet • LOS • Fixed vs. Mobile

  9. Immediate Applications • Lincos, School, Clinic and Municipal Building

  10. Immediate Applications • IP Telephony

  11. Future Applications • Mobile VoIP and Radio Bohechio

  12. What’s Next • School Connectivity - April 2001 • Telecenters • Better and cheaper antennas - wearable? • Expand mobility based applications

  13. Pictures

  14. Question and Answer • Contact Information: • Edevelopment Group • The Media Laboratory • Massachusetts Institute of Technology • Room E15-309 • 20 Ames Street • Cambridge, MA 02139 USA • http://edevelopment.media.mit.edu/

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