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Copyright 2006 Stichting Wireless Leiden
Wireless Leiden:
Cooperation between volunteers
and authoritiesKedke conference 2006
Rudi van DrunenWireless Leiden Foundationhttp://www.wirelessleiden.nl
Copyright 2006 Stichting Wireless Leiden
Agenda
•How come ?
•Setup
•Volunteers
•Authorities
•Applications
•Conclusion
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How come ?
•Two radio amateurs bought cards on E-Bay and built a network spanning 6 Km (2001)
•A computer enthousiast (“hacker”) saw the write-up on the Net
• Similar activities in the USA
•They got together and.....
•Wireless Leiden was Born
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Setup
•Not “just” a bunch of Open Access Pts
•Full broadband network
•No internet service provider
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Setup
•Town of Leiden (NL) + surroundings
• Area: 300 Km^2
• approx. 120 Nodes
• > 250 interlinks
• > 2000 unique users
• Open Source
• Foundation
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Leiden (NL)
Leiden
other wirelesscommunities
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• Network Development
• 2002 -- 2006
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Current
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Node
•FreeBSD (OpenSource) system
• Old PC
• Wireless cards
•1..3 node connections
• Directional Antenna
•1 Accesspoint
• Omni Antenna
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Volunteers
•Local University students
•Local Small technical businesses
•Radio Amateurs
•Professionals
• Working at Internet related companies
• Working at Cell Providers
• Politicians
• Lawyer
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Volunteers
•All Projects are Volunteer work
• No “official” management / involvement
• No Paid jobs @Wireless Leiden
• Difficult to manage volunteer force
• Time
• Commitment
• Social activities
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Sponsoring• All Wireless Leiden Projects are sponsored:
• Money (1200 Euro per node)
• Locations (high, strategic buildings)
• Equipment (PC’s, antennas etc)
• Knowledge (input from high-tech companies / University)
• Sponsors are
• Local businesses
• Large industries (eg. Shell)
• Computer related industry (eg. Dell)
• Local Municipality
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Authorities•Local : Municipality of Leiden
• Politics
• (Local) Regulations
• Buildings / sites
• Win-Win situation
• Connecting Schools (each other / Internet / museum / library)
• Connecting Municipality to the inhabitants
• Streaming of town-hall meetings / information / E-forms
• Connecting government sites, Supporting Events (Rembrandt year)
• Cheap / Flexible (cf. to a fiber network)
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Authorities
•Centralized Government
• Regulatory bodies
• Radio frequency and power
• Telecom regulations
• Justice (data tapping)
• Money
• Financial affairs
• Innovation support
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Authorities
•European Government
• Regulatory bodies
• Electronics regulations
• Telecom regulations
• Money
• Innovation support
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Spin-Off
• (new) Economic Activity in the region
• Small High-tech companies
• Wireless Leiden founded a “Wireless Knowledge Cluster”
• 10 small start-up high-tech companies that are active in Wireless / Networking
• ESTEC Space Research Center
• (Inter)National “marketing” of Leiden as “Wireless Capital of the Netherlands”
•Connection to local Schools / University
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Some pics
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Users’ device
•Clients
• Wireless card
• USB device
• Ethernet Device (wandy)
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Applications•Free Internet Access
•Peer To Peer file sharing
•Virtual Private Networks (between company offices)
•Video / Audio streams
•Web cams
• Interactive teaching
• Internet phone service
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Conclusions•Simple setup
• cheap, easy
•Volunteer effort
• Open Community, fun, social aspects, culture
•Government
• Takes some adaptation to work with. Win-Win situation
•Great developments
• Concept (office technology used outside@large)
• Spinoffs, Software, Technology, Applications
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Questions / Resources
Rudi van Drunen
E-mail: [email protected]
http://www.wirelessleiden.nl
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Sponsors
• http://www.wirelessleiden.nl/sponsors/