GTR PUCP

ICT R&D in a Developing Country:GTR-PUCP Experience. CESAR CORDOVA BERNUY

Rural Telecommunications Group

Founded in 1998, GTR-PUCP is a group of professors, professionals, current and graduated

students and researchers dedicated to the development and promotion of the rural

telecommunications in Latin America.

We are an organization formed and supported on the Faculty of Sciences and Engineering of PUCP into the field of Telecommunications.

We are a multidisciplinary team committed to the research, development, application, analysis, evaluation of impact and promotion of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), which contribute to the improvement of the standard of living of marginal communities, which have none or limited access to communication media, with emphasis in those located in the rural environment.

Our goal is to become one of the leaders in development of appropriate and innovative low-cost technological solutions in

the field of rural telecommunications and to be recognized national and internationally as a reference in the areas of

Information and Communications Technologies for human development.

It

was

an

initiative

of

GBT-UPM, joined

PUCP and formed

a researching

laboratory

on

low

cost

rural telecommunications.

There

was

a technological

transference

from

GTB- UPM to

GTR-PUCP

At

the

begining

GTR-PUCP was

supported

by:

-

Hispanic

American

Health

Link (EHAS)

-

Politechnical

University

of

Madrid (UPM)

-

NGO Engineering

Without

Borders

(ISF)

-

Pontifical Catholic University of Peru (PUCP)

At

the

begi

ning

Now

we

are partners

on

EHAS Foundation.

We've replicated the experience and also we've done technological transference to other institutions like:

-

National

University

San Antonio Abab

of

Cusco (UNSAAC) –

Peru

-

National

University

of

Ica

(UNICA) -

Peru

-

Private

Technical

University

of

Loja (UTPL) - Ecuador

-

NGO ITDG through CEDECAP in Cajamarca

- Peru

Our

purpose

is

to

develop

technical

expertise

in different

zones

of

intervention

in different

levels.

We

make

training and

workshops

on

wireless technologies.

Now

Research and development of appropriate telecommunications technologies for the rural areas.

Execution of social responsibility projects in the university;

Exercising and strengthening of academic teaching, inside and outside of our university.

Technical training for universities, social organizations, enterprises, workers and final users of ICT.

Developed by EHAS partners andmainly based on radiocommunicationand free software

WiFiEmbeded

systemLinux Voyage

•No line of sight

•Hundreds km

•Easy implementation

•Depends on the ionosphere condition

•Low speed system 2400bps

•Line of sight with some obstacules

•Few Hundreds km

•Easy implementation

•Low speed system 9600 bps

Repeater

Don Juan, Cusco

Peru

2008

Router (Alix

board with Linux Voyage GTR operating system), photovoltaic system, Internet access, voIP

Repeater

San Rafael

Napo river, Peru

ROUTER VOYAGE GTR•Wireless

router

outdoor•For

long distance

•Low

energy

consumption, under

10 W (can be fed

with

a solar panel of 50 Wp)

• Low

cost.

•Support

802.11abg (1, 2 ó

3 wireless

interfaces)

•Asterisk

(VoIP

server) incorporated

•Interface

web for

easy

basic configuration

•SNMP

•Dinamic

routing

(OSPF)

•Security

(WPA2-PSK)

•QoS

WiF

isys

tem

Network configuration and voIP test

GTR-PUCP develops its work in areas located in rural zones with difficult

access and with no energy sources but the natural ones.

Then, we have developed our own solutions in order to use our

technologies with the available power sources.

Solar panels

mounted

near

the

top

of

the

tower.

Angoteros, Napo river Peru

Solar panels

built

into

the

roof.

Don Juan repeater, Cusco

Peru

Solar panels and

Bateries

Loboyacu health post, Pastaza River

New

lines

ofR

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• 802.11n under test• Wimax technologies• Remote surveillance systems for

telecommunication infrastructure.• Fentocells and Low cost GSM mobile telephony:Open software solutions: Open BTS + GNUradio +

Asterisk, over USRP Hardware

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GTR-PUCP works in two programs related to millennium developments goals.

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EHAS program on e-health-

Willay

program on e-government

GTR-PUCP is founder and member of the Hispanic- American Health Network (EHAS for its initials in

Spanish) consortium, conformed by more than 10 universities and institutions in America and Europe.

We develop projects which involve ICT in health and social development in general.

The main objetive

is to employ appropiated telemedicine systems for rural primary health care

(low cost and adapted to local needs)

GTR-PUCP and the NGO ISF ApD

in 2006 founded the WILLAY program. Its objective: Improving the local democratic governability

of public entities such

as municipal governments, education, health and inclusion of minorities from the rural zones of Peru.

The word “Willay”

comes from the family language of quechua, and means “communicate”. That is the original purpose of the program.Associates: ISF, UNSAAC, SP-ITDG and GTR-PUCP

We work with government institutions and beneficiaries to raise awareness about the use of ICTs

We involve beneficiaries in the process of designing, implementing, care, maintenance and repair systems for sustainability.

There is a continuous work on organizational There is a continuous work on organizational changeschanges

ThereThere are local are local contributionscontributions fromfrom thethe provinceprovince governmentgovernment, , thethe local local councilscouncils andand thethe communitiescommunities

Training Training activitiesactivities in in thethe use use andand maintenancemaintenance ofof ICTICT’’ss

The objective of this project was to improve the health conditions of the Peruvian population from the Amazon rainforest in Loreto, providing electric energy, data and voice communication to the chosen health centers in the province of Alto Amazonas.

AECI

processes in 6 health establishments in Peru (North of the Province of Alto Amazonas) and 6 in Colombia (Indigenous Reserve of Guambia).

In total, 69 EHAS stations were installed in the provinces of Alto Amazonas

and Datem

del Marañon.

Project which involved the installation of EHAS Stations, offering remote training services and improvement of health

The objective of this project is to demonstrate that primary health assistance services in rural zones of Latin America are possible through the development of adequate ICT.

Three pilot projects were implemented in Peru, Colombia and Cuba, as a result we had a decreasing number in emergency evacuations and the improvement of the patient references system and the epidemiologic surveillance system.

Pilot project which aimed to evaluate the institutional and technical viability of telemedicine services such as stethoscophy, cardiology and dermatology in the Cuzco

network,

which was implemented through the EHAS-@LIS Project.

Location of health posts and repeaters in the Cuzco network

Aplicación: Radiomobile

Project of epidemiologic surveillance of malaria in borderline zones of the Andean region, approved by The World Found through the subproject “Data and voice communication networks in health centers of the border zone Peru-Ecuador”

(RECOVODA), which consists in the establishment of data and voice telecommunication networks for 29 stations in Peru and 12 in Ecuador in the rural zones and frontiers.

2008 - 2009

Maternal-child health improvement

08

Napo’s Network ~ 445 kmProbably the chain multihop 802.11 based longest network of the world

16 towers

Heights of the towers are between 45 to 90 meters

The distances are between 16 and 49 km

The banwith from Iquitos to Cabo Pantoja is 2 to 3 Mbps

Use of embeded routers with linux

voIP, internet acces, …

Napo’s Network ~ 445 kmProbably the chain multihop 802.11 based longest network of the world

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2008 and 2010

•Training in wireless technologies

•On February 2008 more than 40 partipants

Bolivia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Colombia, Mexico, Chile, Argentina, Republica Dominicana, Spain, Uruguay, Peru. Developed in Cuzco-Peru

-This year a new training

-Financed by UPM

Latin American Wireless Network Meeting For Rural Areas

•Implementation of Acomayo Network I and II. •It’s parallel to Health’s Network .in Cuzco•Internet, telephony and other services to local institutions: municipalities, education, health and police.•Redundance link and OSPF

2007 -2008 Acomayo I

2009-2012 Acomayo II

Centers Network•Three centers in different regions of Peru

•Training and dissemination in ICTs for technicians and workers of public institutions

•Demostration centers in rural telecommunication

2009 - 2011

SP-ITDG-CEDECAP

UNSAAC-CEDITER

PUCP-GTR

MORE INFORMATIONhttp://gtr.telecom.pucp.edu.pe

http://www.ehas.org

http://www.willay.org.pe

Cesar [email protected]