ppt - AADL - Aakash Application Development Lab

Village Communication Network Leveraging on Fibre to the Village Researcher: Vishal Sevani Faculty: Bhaskaran Raman, Abhay Karandikar TCOE IITB Researcher: Jyoti Purohit Faculty: Ashok Jhunjhunwala TCOE IITM

Motivation: Rural Broadband Scenario Tablet (Aakaash) House Fibre optic access close to village: ~5km

Community centre Tablet (Aakaash) School

Village: 2-3km diameter

Need: cost effective last mile connectivity Applications: rural education, healthcare, IT services

Solution Choices • Running cables High cost

• WiMAX, LTE High cost Requirement of tall tower High power consumption

• Wi-Fi based network License free band Low equipment cost Low power consumption: