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United for Smart Sustainable Cities
Connecting cities and communities with the Sustainable Development Goals

Architecture of the network

Figure 10-2 Architecture of the network

ƒ IPLC (International Private Leased circuit) – 4/8 Mbps;

ƒ Internet connectivity: 2 Mbps initially, scalable up to 4 Mbps for offline access to tele-education
lectures;
ƒ space segment: half transponder initially, one and a half transponder later;

ƒ customization of tele-education and tele-medicine application software in French, Arabic &
Portuguese;
ƒ digital library and content generation support two conferences;

ƒ special lectures from an expert guest faculty from various fields from the TCIL studio in New Delhi.
Innovation involved

This programme involves virtual classroom learning in a point-to-multipoint mode. One professor based in
one of the leading universities of India is able to interact in real time with students in 48 countries
simultaneously. These students can ask their questions and get their doubts clarified on a real-time basis. All
the lectures are recorded so that the students can access them at their leisure.
From a healthcare perspective and unique to this programme is that doctors in 48 hospitals across Africa can
be helped with capacity building in terms of special cases and continued medical education.
The programme also provides an opportunity for the heads of 48 African nation states to interact with one
another with the aid of an audio-visual medium, in a completely secure environment.

Role of ICT in enabling this project
A major portion of this project involves the use of ICTs in a big way, including state of the art education and
healthcare software. Included are:
ƒ satellite hub station
ƒ VSATs in 169 locations in Africa
ƒ data centre and studio setup in TCIL HQ

ƒ data centre at the satellite hub station
ƒ ICT equipment
- computer hardware

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