Lecturer : I am now able to carry out more effective outdoor discussion and activities using SONbuddy. Student : SONbuddy allows me to communicate with my peers even in the bus stand! Student : Camping Activities are much more fun with SONbuddy ! Student : I am able to get help with my homework and assignments anytime with people around me. Student : I always know where my classmates are with Buddy Alerts! Student : I love Internet Sharing services! Now I can get my whole study group connected with just one internet point! THE SONBUDDY CAMPUS COMMUNITY Effective Class Discussions Fun Outdoor Activities Student Group Collaborations Notification of nearby friends A closer student community Always Connected

Students can enjoy the choice of communication whether it is ad hoc mode or infrastructure mode

Students can share files like Group Projects, Presentations, etc. thus working together on the group project anywhere. Hi Mary, Send me the file for the physics project. Ok. I am sending to you now!

Students can Instant Message among themselves or to lecturers to clear their doubts immediately to understand the lecture better. What does he mean by VoFi? He meant voice over Wi- Fi. VoFi is the latest breakthrough for the Wi-Fi world

Students can share internet resources with their friends during workgroup collaborations. Internet Let’s save time by exchanging research results OK, I’ll work on researching VoFI Then I’ll do my part on researching WIFI

Lecturers can have class anywhere but still be able to share lecture notes with the students Hello Students. Please retrieve today’s Lecture Notes from my shared folder Sir, the Lecture notes you just gave a very good. Done.

Other Benefits to the Lecturers/College Most of the communication level will be confined to the campus area and certain level of control can be asserted Lectures also can share notes among themselves directly on ad hoc basis especially when they need immediate answers during lecture period; The College can reduce some congestion on their infrastructure bandwidth when the students / lecturers go on ad hoc mode; The College can reduce future spending on Access Points when most students can be connected on ad hoc and multi hop basis within the campus area.

NNetwork Congestion MMultiple Floors Communication LLimited WIFI Range OOnly one internet connection SSecurity issues MMaintenance Challenges

Classroom Hostels Discussion Halls Library University Server  Heavy traffic during peak hours.  Bandwidth Consumption is high due to the large amount of files being transferred.  Network maintenance is costly for the university. Network Congestion Canteen

Usage of SONbuddy as an alternative network It’s taking me so long to download the file! You’ve got it on your SONbuddy folder? Yeah! The line here is better. Download it from me! For Students: Better than Diskettes/External Drives Faster than downloading online There is no need to get to a university hotspot location Solve the problem of limited storage for . For the institution: Take the load of the intranet server Cut cost on maintenance fees Hey Guys! Check out the Animation I’ve done. It’s a huge file so I’m putting it into my SONbuddy Good JOB! Any tips on how we can do this? Hey, I’ll call you using VOIP.

AP Floor 1 Floor 2 Floor 3 Floor 4 Before SONbuddyWith SONbuddy SONbuddy Multihop Able to communicate with people on different floors. VOIP and Instant Messaging Useful in non line of sight situations File Exchange Able to exchange files on different floors without going through the internet. SONbuddy Ad Hoc Mode Eliminate the use of access points for communication.

A X Beyond WIFI reach No Connection when distance is further than 100m With SONbuddy Multihop feature can extend WIFI reach

1.Unauthorized Users 2.Hackers even with WEP Key Protection 3.Contaminated Files 4.No Privacy SONbuddy Solutions Authenticate and encrypt all user data Authenticate users and encrypt all discovery messages Form a Private Network Black List Malicious users Auto scan files after download

1.Needs coordinated approach to deploying wireless across campus 2.Network needs constant maintenance which incurs additional cost to the institution. 3.Wireless networks are susceptible to security threats and requires close monitoring from system administrators 4.The institution requires a constant support from experienced network engineers to troubleshoot wireless network problems With SONbuddy, the institution will save a bundle in maintenance cost and support.