[IP] Re: Long-Distance Wi-Fi

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

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From: Charles Pinneo [pinneo@sbcglobal.net]
Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2008 12:17 PM
To: David Farber; Dewayne Hendricks
Subject: Re: [IP] Long-Distance Wi-Fi

Dave,

There is a very good video explaining how RCP (Rural Connectivity
Platform) works at the following link:

<http://blogs.intel.com/research/2008/03/rural_connectivity_platform_be.php
 >

Headline: "Intel (r) Rural Connectivity Platform becomes a reality."

"The demo that was presented at the Berkeley Lab open house had two
antennas transmitting video via WIFI connection. One of the antennas
was on top of the Space Sciences Laboratory (SSL) at the UC Berkeley
campus which is about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) away from the lab in downtown
Berkeley."

Charlie Pinneo
pinneo@sbcglobal.net

On Mar 19, 2008, at 4:37 AM, David Farber wrote:

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> Begin forwarded message:
> From: dewayne@warpspeed.com (Dewayne Hendricks)
> Date: March 18, 2008 10:08:25 AM EDT
> To: Dewayne-Net Technology List <xyzzy@warpspeed.com>
> Subject: [Dewayne-Net] Long-Distance Wi-Fi
>
> [Note:  This item comes from friend Mike Cheponis.  DLH]
>
> Tuesday, March 18, 2008
> Long-Distance Wi-Fi
> Intel has found a way to stretch a Wi-Fi signal from one antenna to
> another located more than 60 miles away.
> By Kate Greene
> <http://www.technologyreview.com/Infotech/20432/?nlid=945&a=f>
>
> Intel has announced plans to sell a specialized Wi-Fi platform later
> this year that can send data from a city to outlying rural areas
> tens of miles away, connecting sparsely populated villages to the
> Internet. The wireless technology, called the rural connectivity
> platform (RCP), will be helpful to computer-equipped students in
> poor countries, says Jeff Galinovsky, a senior platform manager at
> Intel. And the data rates are high enough--up to about 6.5 megabits
> per second--that the connection could be used for video conferencing
> and telemedicine, he says.
>
> The RCP, which essentially consists of a processor, radios,
> specialized software, and an antenna, is an appealing way to connect
> remote areas that otherwise would go without the Internet, says
> Galinovsky. Wireless satellite connections are expensive, he points
> out. And it's impractical to wire up some villages in Asian and
> African countries. "You can't lay cable," he says. "It's difficult,
> expensive, and someone is going to pull it up out of the ground to
> sell it."
>
> Already, Intel has installed and tested the hardware in India,
> Panama, Vietnam, and South Africa. Later this year, the company will
> sell the device in India, with a target price below $500. The point-
> to-point technology will require two nodes, which could provide
> "full back-end infrastructure" for less than $1,000, Galinovsky says.
>
> [snip]
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