Diapositiva 1

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Iperbole Wireless Civic Network Daniele
Tarozzi Communication and Relationships with
Citizens Department Bologna Municipality Promoti
ng Innovation in the Knowledge Economy Tuesday
25th November 2008 City Hotel, Derry, Northern
Ireland
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Bologna, Italy
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Iperbole free Civic Network

• Started 9th January 1995
• Promoted and financed
• by Bologna Municipality
• A telematic bridge between
• the virtual community
• and the city
• A link between citizens and
• no profit system
• A kind of lab for
• collective intelligence at local level

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Progressively transforming our Civic Network into
a...
Iperbole Wireless Civic Network Bologna
Municipality www.comune.bologna.it/wireless conta
ct daniele.tarozzi_at_comune.bologna.it 39 051
2193864
Wireless Civic Network
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The Iperbole Wireless free Civic network

• Hot Spot WiFi Iperbole/URP
• Iperbole Wireless - Historical centre, now
  including the two
• libraries of Archiginnasio and Sala Borsa
• Iperbole Wireless - Manifattura delle Arti
• Iperbole Wireless - Guglielmo Marconi Foundation
• Iperbole Wireless - New offices of the
  Municipality

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Hot Spot WiFi Iperbole/URP
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• Hot Spot WiFi Iperbole/URP
• Started on January 06
• The Municipality of Bologna set up a public
  wireless access point at the Iperbole Service
  Front Office to experiment the Wi-Fi technology
  and offer an innovative Internet access to the
  users.
• The service is provided for free to the end
  users and guarantees the simultaneous coverage of
  almost 30 laptops into a range of about 150
  metres nearby the Iperbole-Internet Service Front
  Office, located in Palazzo dAccursio City Hall.

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• Hot Spot WiFi Iperbole/URP - The service
• Public Free HotSpot 2 Access Points
• Broadband free access for tourists and visitors
  at the Iperbole/URP, Central Front Office at the
  City Hall of the Municipality of Bologna
• Supports IEEE 802.11b/g, up to 54 Mbps.
• 3 hours x day x user that has subscribed the
  service
• Since January 06 60 users x day, 8.141 total
  users registered to the service

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Iperbole WirelessHistorical Centre
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The Iperbole Wireless - historical
centre www.comune.bologna.it/wireless/EN/centrosto
rico/home.php

• Starting from June 2006 the Municipality of
  Bologna has implemented a Wi-Fi Mesh Network
  covering part of the historical city centre
• The service is free of charge for the end users
• It guarantees a 7/24 coverage of almost 220
  mobile positions in an area of the old city center

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The service

• Supports IEEE 802.11b/g (Wi-Fi) standard devices
• Maximum band available is 256 Kb/s
• Users are able to access Wi-Fi within the
  covered zone. They can also roam freely between
  one node of the network to another, still
  remaining connected.
• The purchase and configuration of the technical
  stuff necessary for access to the service is in
  charge of the user.
• In accordance with the public aims of the
  service, the system includes filters for contents
  and images opposed to the project philosophy

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Users

• Iperbole Civic Network users (Iperboliani).
  They can take part in the Iperbole Wireless
  experimentation with the same access codes as for
  the Iperbole services
• Residents in Bologna, not yet subscribed to the
  Iperbole Free Civic Network
• Students and administrative staff of the
  University of Bologna

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Goals of the experimental phase

• To supply a city network wireless solution with
  high capacity, reliability, low cost and
  user/client based
• To test the reliability of the network
• To set up and test sustainability models
  (business models) that will focus on
  technological solutions, specific contents,
  possible partnerships, cofinancing channels,
  sponsors, etc.

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The infrastructure

• Wi-Fi Mesh Network (multipoint-multipoint) with
  multiple antenna Access Points and F.O. backbone
• Limitations
• Shared Internet bandwidth
• Web content filtering
• Credits
• Technological infrastructure supplied by HI-TEL
  Italia S.p.A (www.hitel.it)
• Internet broadband connection guaranteed by
  Acantho S.p.A (www.acantho.com)
• Pilot phase realised with the support of
  Laboratori Guglielmo Marconi S.p.A. (www.labs.it)

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Coverage
sala borsa library
University area
Main square
Shopping area
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Coverage

• The wireless coverage of the historic centre also
  includes
• - The Sala Borsa Library
• One of the biggest and newest libraries of
  Bologna. It is located in the City Hall complex.
  In addition to the various books sections, it
  includes a large multimedial area
• The Archiginnasio Library
• A famous historical library. It houses precious
  incunabula and many original sixteenth-century
  editions

Shopping area
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Iperbole Wireless historical centre
www.comune.bologna.it/wireless/EN/centrostorico/ho
me.php Some figures (31 October 2008)
Iperbole users
6.601 Monthly logins
6.749 Total accesses since the beginning
of the service 128.281 (June
2006)
Hot Spot Iperbole/Palazzo d'Accursio -Some
figures (31 October 2008)
Total accounts released since the beginning of
the service 8.141 (January
2006) Accounts released (monthly average)
239 Monthly connection
hours 7.818
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Iperbole WirelessManifattura delle Arti
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Iperbole Wireless - Manifattura delle arti
www.comune.bologna.it/wireless/EN/manifattura/hom
e.php

• Free access to the Internet in the Manifattura
  delle Arti area
• Currently covered areas via Azzo Gardino, Parco
  XI Settembre, the Cineteca court and library

• Infrastructure and bandwith provided by Telecom
  Italia
• Access 24 hours a day, everyday, except a
  half-an-hour interruption due to infrastructure
  maintenance

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Iperbole WirelessNew entries ...
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Iperbole Wireless Guglielmo Marconi Foundation
(FGM) http//www.comune.bologna.it/wireless/EN/fo
ndazione-marconi/home.php

• The Guglielmo Marconi Foundation (FGM) has the
  main goal to promote and foster research
  activities related to radio-communications and
  initiatives aiming at perpetuate the memory and
  knowledge of Marconis work

• FGM created a "hot spot" access, whose range
  extends both inside and outside the Foundation
  building, in order to allow visitors to use the
  Internet and to receive any kind of information
  about the FGM Museum

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Iperbole Wireless Guglielmo Marconi Foundation
(FGM) http//www.comune.bologna.it/wireless/EN/fo
ndazione-marconi/home.php
Users

• Users already subscribed to the Iperbole Civic
  Network and users from the Bologna University
  (students, teachers, technical-administrative
  staff) can enter the service directly by using
  their credentials
• OR ...
• By simply sending an SMS, users will receive a
  temporary password which will enable them to
  enter the service for a limited amount of time

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Iperbole Wireless in the new building hosting the
Bologna Municipality offices

• On September 2008 most of the offices of the
  Bologna Municipality moved in a new building,
  right outside the Historical City Centre of town
• The Iperbole Wireless connection can be used by
  all people standing in the waiting rooms and
  offices of this new building
• USERS same rules as for FGM

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The Web portal www.comune.bologna.it/wireless
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The Web portal www.comune.bologna.it/wireless

• A new website for Iperbole Wireless accessible
  by the subscribers / users of the service -
  integrates a selection of the information and
  services released by
• the Municipality of Bologna (www.comune.bologna
  .it)
• the University of Bologna - Alma Mater Studiorum
  (www.unibo.it)
• Contents are selected from both portals
  according to agreed principles
• A workgroup consisting of technicians, graphic
  designers and editors from the staffs of both
  institutions has been implemented

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Iperbole Wireless - Constraints

• No anonymous browsing is allowed (National
  legislation)
• Pay attention to avoid State Aid (EU
  regulation)
• ETSI power limit of 100 mW for Wi-Fi Networks
• Medioeval historical city center

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Iperbole Wireless - Sustainability

• Need to define and experiment a mixed model
• Public as a driving force
• Advertisers involved to provide a basic service,
  free for the users
• Users to pay for advanced applications and
  services

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Iperbole Wireless and the PIKE project - Next
common steps

• Exchange of best practice with the Wireless
  City Project of Derry City Council
• Work together on the sustainability of services
  and communication models
• Involve other cities, at least to define common
  guidelines and portability conditions in
  different contexts
• Extend the debate to the whole Internet users
  community