1. PoleCom PoleCom Communication in the Polar Regions

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4. PoleCom Poor satellite coverage

5. PoleCom Scientists and Researchers

6. PoleCom Swedish Polar Research Secretariat (SPRS)

7. PoleCom Promotion and Coordination of Swedish Polar Research

8. PoleCom Swedish Polar Research Secretariat (SPRS) Promotion and Coordination of Swedish Polar Research Research in Several Areas – Medicine – Geology – Chemistry – Atmospheric Studies – and more

9. PoleCom Ericsson Response Program

10. PoleCom Initiative to Enhance Disaster Response – Global – Communication – Tsunami of 2004

11. PoleCom Research Satellite communication system – Iridium:Truly Global – Inmarsat:GAN BGAN and more… – Globalstar, Argos Orbcomm and more…

12. PoleCom Research Alternative and Future technologies – HF radio:economical – WiMAX:upcoming - 802.16-2004fixed antenna - 802.16efull portability

13. PoleCom Research Typical Scenarios –Antarctic:Base Stations – Inmarsat B, HF – New BGAN, WiMax –Arctic:Icebreaker – WLAN, Servers

14. PoleCom Testing Local Connectivity – PDAs – Laptops – Server – Wireless router Global Connectivity – Satellite Phone – PDA

15. PoleCom Testing Local Connectivity

16. PoleCom Testing Global Connectivity with Contact 3.0:

17. PoleCom Testing Local and Global Connectivity

18. PoleCom Survey Designed to get feedback on: – Communication technologies – Services – Applications To find out: – Satisfaction – Desire – Informative comments

19. PoleCom Online Survey System Including: – Online questionnaire - http://csd.ssvl.kth.se/~csd2005-team10/q/ – Administration interface - Statistical functions Results – Over 70 replies – Valuable free text feedback

20. PoleCom Field Course Interviews Beringa 2005: – Preparation course for Arctic expedition this summer – Interviewed scientists and recorded on video

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22. PoleCom Future Work Thesis Work at SPRS – Inmarsat BGAN – WiMax – Remote Monitoring Systems

23. PoleCom Future Work Inmarsat BGAN – Available from the end of 2005 – Bitrate: 432kbit/s – Pilot-test by Ericsson Response

24. PoleCom Future Work WiMax – New Technology – Scenarios in Polar Regions – Range: 50km – Bitrate: 100Mbit/s

25. PoleCom Future Work Remote Monitoring Systems – High Demand – Useful in the Winter – Iridium, Inmarsat, Orbcomm, Globalstar, Argos

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27. PoleCom PoleCom Team Daniel Häggström Sean Xiang Ma Xi Yang Subramanyam Dileep Kumar Kalijavadu Zhe Wang Yad Azad