1. eDevelopment Michael L. Best Leandro Burnes Marco Escobedo Hani Shakeel Technologies to empower, enrich and interconnect Pilot Project - Bohechio Village Area Network March of 2001

2. Agenda Bohechio, Dominican Republic Village Area Network Equipment Network Coverage Results of Deployment Immediate Applications Future Applications What’s Next Pictures Q & A

3. Bohechio, Dominican Republic Located in the center of the Dominican Republic. Population is approximately 10,000 people. Main economic activities are agriculture and livestock. Prior to Wireless Village Area Network, only 5 telephone lines.

4. Village Area Network 256 kps VSAT connection at Lincos Container. Point to Point Link between Lincos and Base Station. Omni-directional antennas placed at Base Station. Point to Point link to Lincos.

5. Equipment 4 - Omni-directional 19dbi antenna 2 - PtP 24dbi antenna 8 - 11mbps Gold PC Cards 1 PCI Adapter 1 COR and 1 ROR (1 COR can support 16 RORs on one Channel, and 3 collocated channels are possible.) Orinoco Client and AP manager software 1 UPS 1- 5dbi antenna and 1 Yagi 14dbi antenna for tests

6. Results of Deployment Tests conducted with: 5dbi and 14dbi Antennas Orinoco Client Manager - Link Test Software

7. Results of Deployment 2 1 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Coverage: PC Cards ~2dbi Antenna 5dbi Antenna 14dbi Yagi Antenna

8. Network Coverage 1st Wireless Village Network Roughly 3500 feet LOS Fixed vs. Mobile

9. Immediate Applications Lincos, School, Clinic and Municipal Building

10. Immediate Applications IP Telephony

11. Future Applications Mobile VoIP and Radio Bohechio

12. What’s Next School Connectivity - April 2001 Telecenters Better and cheaper antennas - wearable? Expand mobility based applications

13. Pictures

14. Question and Answer Contact Information: Edevelopment Group The Media Laboratory Massachusetts Institute of Technology Room E15-309 20 Ames Street Cambridge, MA 02139 USA http://edevelopment.media.mit.edu/