TY - GEN
T1 - Education and e-health for developing countries using NVIS communications
AU - Porte, Joaquim
AU - Maso, Josep
AU - Pijoan, Joan Lluis
AU - Miret, Marta
AU - Badia, David
AU - Jayasinghe, Jeevani
N1 - Funding Information:
This work has been funded by the Spanish Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad and the European Regional Development Fund (FEDER), by means of the grant CTM2015-68902-R (MINECO/FEDER)
Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 IEEE.
PY - 2019/1/29
Y1 - 2019/1/29
N2 - In this paper we present a new communications solution for remote villages in developing countries. The system is based in the Near Vertical Ionospheric Skywave (NVIS) technique, able to achieve coverage areas up to 250 Km without line of sight. It is a low-cost, low-power system that can be easily installed and put into operation. The radio system communicates with a smartphone, where a messaging app is running, so text and low resolution images can be sent without the need of any mobile operator. The system has been tested between one of the Andean communities of the Sacred Valley of Incas in Peru and Urubamba, the nearest city.
AB - In this paper we present a new communications solution for remote villages in developing countries. The system is based in the Near Vertical Ionospheric Skywave (NVIS) technique, able to achieve coverage areas up to 250 Km without line of sight. It is a low-cost, low-power system that can be easily installed and put into operation. The radio system communicates with a smartphone, where a messaging app is running, so text and low resolution images can be sent without the need of any mobile operator. The system has been tested between one of the Andean communities of the Sacred Valley of Incas in Peru and Urubamba, the nearest city.
KW - Developing countries
KW - HF
KW - NVIS
KW - e-health
KW - education
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85063497655&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/R10-HTC.2018.8629842
DO - 10.1109/R10-HTC.2018.8629842
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85063497655
T3 - IEEE Region 10 Humanitarian Technology Conference, R10-HTC
BT - 2018 IEEE Region 10 Humanitarian Technology Conference
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 6th IEEE Region 10 Humanitarian Technology Conference, R10-HTC 2018
Y2 - 6 December 2018 through 8 December 2018
ER -