DEF has established wireless network centre at Barbatpura, located in the outskirt of Guna district to connect rural communities to the internet and provided training to setup wireless mesh network within 15 kms from the centre with the support of one relay station and five none.
Technical Consultation
Focus: WiFi Mesh Networking: Technologies & Prospects
Date: 6-8 August 2012
Venue: Sanskriti Foundation, New Delhi
About the Technical Consultation
On 6-8 August 2012, Digital Empowerment Foundation and Ford Foundation organized the two-day technical consultation on the ‘WiFi Mesh Networking: Technologies & Prospects’ at Sanskriti Foundation, New Delhi.
The workshop aimed to understand how unlicensed wireless band/free spectrum can be used to connect isolated areas and communities of the country. The workshop was an effort to understand the scope and opportunities of unlicensed wireless band/free spectrum provided by the government.
The objective of the workshop was to understand theoretical and practical understanding of wireless environment in India especially driven through the unlicensed band facilities as provisioned by the government. The workshop is an effort to explore and understand the cost-effective technologies to propagate the wireless network networks far and wide across the country for ensuring equality of access, digital equity and media access.
Objectives
- Understand the definition of unlicensed band/free spectrum
- Understand the scope and opportunities of unlicensed band / free spectrum
- Discuss the importance of free spectrum for public good & advocacy towards it
- Sharing of existing practices/case studies in wireless network deployment and operations in India and other developing countries
- Deliberate on the need, availability & challenges of appropriate wireless technologies to bridge access and connectivity divides