Subject: [gaia] ITNAC 2017 - Melbourne Australia, November 22-24 - Workshop Schedules for ARC and SDN

From: William Liu <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2017 21:49:41 +0000

FYI - just in case GAIAiers might be interested on the ARC workshop below...;-)

Cheers Will from Auckland
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CALL FOR PAPERS: ITNAC 2017
Technically co-sponsored by IEEE, IEEE Computer Society, TCSIM and Indexed by Ei COMPENDEX
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The 27th IEEE International Telecommunication Networks and Application Conference - ITNAC 2017
November 22-24, 2017 in Melbourne, Australia
http://www.itnac.org.au
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Paper Submission Now Open: https://edas.info/N23248
Full paper submission deadline: August 31, 2017
Student Travel Grant: AUD$600 per approved application
Workshops: http://www.itnac.org.au/2017/workshops.html
(1) Amateur Radio Communications, Hardware & Software, and Computer Networks in Education
(2) Software Defined Networking Workshop

Amateur Radio Communications, Hardware & Software, and Computer Networks in Education
Thursday 23 November 2017
Location: RMIT University, Room 10.10.29 (Building 10, level 10, Room 29)
Maximum number of participants: 24

Abstract: Following rapid growth in research on wireless communications and networks in recent years, more and more radio amateurs want to exchange information on their positions by participating in the Automatic Packet Reporting System (APRS). APRS was invented with an intention to help "mobile" (i.e. 'driving') and/or "portable" (i.e. 'walking') amateur radio operators to recognize each-other in unfamiliar environments, such as while travelling to foreign countries or while having activities in dangerous areas like deserts, jungles, high mountains, etc. There are many more aspects where participation in APRS might be of help to an individual or local community, such as in looking for a particular person or service after a natural disaster, or for locating the place of an amateur radio society's meeting. In its nature, APRS is a connectionless variant of so-called packet-radio communication mode that offers 2-way connected regime between two or more participants, enabling them to exchange textual information & binary content, to send and receive urgent radio emails, and more. In this session we are going to discuss about both approaches, as well as to introduce some related instruments that can be used at home, work, and study.

Speaker: Miroslav Skoric, member of IEEE Austria Section & NIAR India

Session 1: 09.00 - 10.00am - Introduction to the amateur radio (basic principles, main ideas and goals)
- Increasing the popularity of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) by the amateur radio activity
- How to find and join an amateur radio group? (a local 'ham club', a national union, etc.)
- Computer-driven radio communications (focused on 'packet-radio')
- Direct link between two correspondents
- Splitting information to smaller 'packets'
- Indirect link over a repeater (incl. 3D simulation)
- Security and privacy in the amateur radio digital networks

Morning Tea: 10.00 - 10.30

Session 2: 10.30 - 12.00, Opportunities of amateur packet-radio satellites (PACSATs)
- Equipment requirements (special antennas and positioning devices)
- Protocols ('broadcast' and 'ftpl0')
- Signal flow at a ground station (description of a complete setup)
Exchanging e-mail using an amateur radio BBS system
Description of recent APRS experiments in Poland (June 2017)
- Railway travel (equipment setup)
- 'Point-to-point' experience (signals received along the road)
- Comments on overall result (positive and negative aspects)
Hardware for the amateur computer-related communications
- Computers (PC XT, AT, i386, i486, Pentium, non-PC, etc.)
- Radio stations (types, output capabilities, power supply, etc.) - practical demo
- Antennas - personal low-cost experience
- Radio modems (several examples related to overall types, data throughput, connectivity etc.)
- GPS receivers
- Implementation of sound-cards and various interfaces - practical demo from a 'kitchen table'

Lunch: 12.00 - 13.00

Session 3: 13.00 - 14.30 - Software solutions - Server side (DOS, Windows, Linux systems) - several examples
- Client side (OS-included software, other software) - several examples
- APRS software - several examples
- Installing 'factory-made' software, or compiling it by yourself? - advantages of Linux & opensource solutions
- Repeaters' programs

Afternoon Tea: 14.30 - 15.00

Session 4: 15.00 - 16.30 - Foreign experience
- Universities on the West (examples on what they have been doing in the amateur radio data modes)
- Humanitarian role of the radio amateur communications: examples on disasters such as hurricanes in the USA - where the amateurs voluntarily helped to the local community to save human lives, etc
- Winlink 2000 - a global emergency email service (how to join it - examples)
- APRS as "The amateur radio Internet of Things before it became modern"
Networking opportunities
- AMUNET - Amateur University Network (local area, MAN etc)
- Widening the network (surrounding countries, global connections)
- Adaptation to Wi-Fi (802.11) technology
- Scientific expeditions to remote and developing areas
- Connecting with scientists at the International Space Station, ship crews, etc.
- Interconnections to/from the TCP/IP world ('gatewaying' with the Internet)
- Academic future: International summer (winter) school on the amateur radio

Workshop ends at 16:30

Software Defined Networking Workshop
Friday 24 November 2017
Location: RMIT University, Room 10.10.29 (Building 10, level 10, Room 29)
Maximum number of participants: 24

Session 1: 09:00 - 10:00
Introduction to SDN
- Current SDN Development & Implementation
- Innovations in SDN
- SDN implementation in Enterprises
- Lab Walk through

Morning Tea: 10.00 - 10.30

Session 2: 10.30 - 12.00
SDN and Mininet Lab
- Installing Mininet
- Basic Mininet commands
- Connecting Mininet with SDN Controllers
- SDN Topologies with Mininet
- Advance SDN Topologies in Mininet

Lunch: 12.00 - 13.00

Session 3: 13.00 - 14.30
SDN with HP SDN enabled Switches
- Lab Topologies
- Creating OpenFlow Instance in HP Switch
- Connecting HP Switch with OpenDaylight Controllers
- Creating Flow Table Entry via OpenDaylight GUI
- Test the Lab

Afternoon Tea: 14.30 - 15.00

Session 4: 15.00 - 16.30
Multi-Domain Communication with SDN
- Communication between different domain
- BGP protocols in SDN
- Setting up the network domain with SDN using Vandervecken VM (Lab Demo)

Workshop ends at 16:30