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1 Copyright 2006 Stichting Wireless Leiden Wireless Leiden: Cooperation between volunteers and authorities Kedke conference 2006 Rudi van Drunen Wireless Leiden Foundation http://www.wirelessleiden.nl

2 Copyright 2006 Stichting Wireless Leiden Agenda How come ? Setup Volunteers Authorities Applications Conclusion

3 Copyright 2006 Stichting Wireless Leiden How come ? Two radio amateurs bought cards on E-Bay and built a network spanning 6 Km (2001) A computer enthousiast (“hacker”) saw the write-up on the Net Similar activities in the USA They got together and..... Wireless Leiden was Born

4 Copyright 2006 Stichting Wireless Leiden Setup Not “just” a bunch of Open Access Pts Full broadband network No internet service provider

5 Copyright 2006 Stichting Wireless Leiden Setup Town of Leiden (NL) + surroundings Area: 300 Km^2 approx. 120 Nodes > 250 interlinks > 2000 unique users Open Source Foundation

6 Copyright 2006 Stichting Wireless Leiden Leiden (NL) Leiden other wireless communities

7 Copyright 2006 Stichting Wireless Leiden Network Development 2002 -- 2006

8 Copyright 2006 Stichting Wireless Leiden Current

9 Copyright 2006 Stichting Wireless Leiden Node FreeBSD (OpenSource) system Old PC Wireless cards 1..3 node connections Directional Antenna 1 Accesspoint Omni Antenna

10 Copyright 2006 Stichting Wireless Leiden Volunteers Local University students Local Small technical businesses Radio Amateurs Professionals Working at Internet related companies Working at Cell Providers Politicians Lawyer

11 Copyright 2006 Stichting Wireless Leiden Volunteers All Projects are Volunteer work No “official” management / involvement No Paid jobs @Wireless Leiden Difficult to manage volunteer force Time Commitment Social activities

12 Copyright 2006 Stichting Wireless Leiden Sponsoring All Wireless Leiden Projects are sponsored: Money (1200 Euro per node) Locations (high, strategic buildings) Equipment (PC’s, antennas etc) Knowledge (input from high-tech companies / University) Sponsors are Local businesses Large industries (eg. Shell) Computer related industry (eg. Dell) Local Municipality

13 Copyright 2006 Stichting Wireless Leiden Authorities Local : Municipality of Leiden Politics (Local) Regulations Buildings / sites Win-Win situation Connecting Schools (each other / Internet / museum / library) Connecting Municipality to the inhabitants Streaming of town-hall meetings / information / E-forms Connecting government sites, Supporting Events (Rembrandt year) Cheap / Flexible (cf. to a fiber network)

14 Copyright 2006 Stichting Wireless Leiden Authorities Centralized Government Regulatory bodies Radio frequency and power Telecom regulations Justice (data tapping) Money Financial affairs Innovation support

15 Copyright 2006 Stichting Wireless Leiden Authorities European Government Regulatory bodies Electronics regulations Telecom regulations Money Innovation support

16 Copyright 2006 Stichting Wireless Leiden Spin-Off (new) Economic Activity in the region Small High-tech companies Wireless Leiden founded a “Wireless Knowledge Cluster” 10 small start-up high-tech companies that are active in Wireless / Networking ESTEC Space Research Center (Inter)National “marketing” of Leiden as “Wireless Capital of the Netherlands” Connection to local Schools / University

17 Copyright 2006 Stichting Wireless Leiden Some pics

18 Copyright 2006 Stichting Wireless Leiden Users’ device Clients Wireless card USB device Ethernet Device (wandy)

19 Copyright 2006 Stichting Wireless Leiden Applications Free Internet Access Peer To Peer file sharing Virtual Private Networks (between company offices) Video / Audio streams Web cams Interactive teaching Internet phone service

20 Copyright 2006 Stichting Wireless Leiden Conclusions Simple setup cheap, easy Volunteer effort Open Community, fun, social aspects, culture Government Takes some adaptation to work with. Win-Win situation Great developments Concept (office technology used outside@large) Spinoffs, Software, Technology, Applications

21 Copyright 2006 Stichting Wireless Leiden Questions / Resources Rudi van Drunen E-mail: Rudi@WirelessLeiden.nlRudi@WirelessLeiden.nl http://www.wirelessleiden.nl

22 Copyright 2006 Stichting Wireless Leiden Sponsors http://www.wirelessleiden.nl/sponsors/

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