@inproceedings{11255039df764243ac7c37e2cd62c751,
title = "Education and e-health for developing countries using NVIS communications",
abstract = "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.",
keywords = "Developing countries, HF, NVIS, e-health, education",
author = "Joaquim Porte and Josep Maso and Pijoan, {Joan Lluis} and Marta Miret and David Badia and Jeevani Jayasinghe",
note = "Funding Information: This work has been funded by the Spanish Ministerio de Econom{\'i}a y Competitividad and the European Regional Development Fund (FEDER), by means of the grant CTM2015-68902-R (MINECO/FEDER) Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2018 IEEE.; 6th IEEE Region 10 Humanitarian Technology Conference, R10-HTC 2018 ; Conference date: 06-12-2018 Through 08-12-2018",
year = "2019",
month = jan,
day = "29",
doi = "10.1109/R10-HTC.2018.8629842",
language = "English",
series = "IEEE Region 10 Humanitarian Technology Conference, R10-HTC",
publisher = "Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.",
booktitle = "2018 IEEE Region 10 Humanitarian Technology Conference",
address = "United States",
}
