The DARK NET Dark Man’s Internet

The DARK NETDark Man’s Internet R. Rashmi S. K. Revathy R. Rathiga guidance of Prof. A. S. Raja • Cape Institute of Technology • TamilNadu • India – 627 114 1

The Dark Net • Motivation “The future of India is intrinsically connected with the future of its villages” - Mahatma Gandhi • India’s Total Population as on July 2009 est is 118 Crores • Ref: World Factbook (ISSN 15538133) • India’s Rural Population is 72.2 % • Ref: World Factbook (ISSN 15538133) • India’s Internet Users as on Dec 2009 is 4.1% • Ref: www.internetworldstats.com Presentation for the TechTop National Innovation Contest 2010

The Dark Net • Motivation • In that 4.1 %, 63 % of Internet usage is happening in home and cyber cafe and 72.2 % of our Indian homes are in rural • Bringing Internet to rural home is the best way to increase Internet usage in India and to make India as the developed country. Ref: www.track.in Presentation for the TechTop National Innovation Contest 2010

The Dark Net • Motivation • Communication companies – highly hesitant to provide internet to rural areas! • high infra-structure costs • less population density • limited ability of people residing in these areas to pay for internet • How to give Internet facility to the dark people (rural people) of our country in a much cheaper cost ? • The answer is ‘ THE DARK NET’ which is Dark man’s Internet Presentation for the TechTop National Innovation Contest 2010

Business Model Base of the pyramid (BOP) model • The BOP business model views 4 billion people who earn less than • 75000 Rs a year as a business opportunity • By providing an innovative, low-cost, and easy-to- use • telecommunication alternative, we hope to address the communication • needs of the BOP market. Presentation for the TechTop National Innovation Contest 2010

Business Model • Article from THE HINDU dated 30-07-10 • All round Internet Connectivity by mid 2011 • Geographic Information Survey done by IT Department • BSNL asked to provide connectivity • Rural India’s Scope • “Rural India was fast becoming the target platform for the IT industry” • Mr. Sanyal , Senior Director, Dept of IT Presentation for the TechTop National Innovation Contest 2010

The Dark Net • Dark Net Technology • We connect rural and remote populations cheaply to the Internet through an innovative technology • A new hybrid technology where we combine traditional communication and physical transportation infrastructures for the first time • Uplift the dark side of India Presentation for the TechTop National Innovation Contest 2010

Technical Background Behind Dark Net Fig : Technical background of Dark net Presentation for the TechTop National Innovation Contest 2010

Technical Model of Dark Net - Model I Internet Access Point Mobile Access Point Standard Wi-Fi Device (Client) Long Range High Frequency Bridge Signal Standard Wi-Fi Signal Client Software Presentation for the TechTop National Innovation Contest 2010

Technical Model of Dark Net - Model II Internet Access Mobile Access Standard Wi-Fi Client Software Cache Server Software Point Point Device (Client) Presentation for the TechTop National Innovation Contest 2010

Work Breakdown Structure of Dark Net Presentation for the TechTop National Innovation Contest 2010

Components used in Dark Net Hardware Components used in Dark Net • Components in Internet Access point • Dual power outdoor wireless Access point • 12 dBi omni directional Antennas • Components in Mobile Access point • High power wireless Bridge • Outdoor wireless Access point • 12 dBi omni directional Antennas • Cache Storage Machine • Client side components • Laptop or PC • standard Wi-Fi device. Presentation for the TechTop National Innovation Contest 2010

Components used in Dark Net Software Components used in Dark Net • Linux OS • Opera Source Tarball • Customisation tools (vim,gedit) • Erlang server scripting (cache) Presentation for the TechTop National Innovation Contest 2010

Sample code used in Dark Net Cache server code in Erlang • %% application resource file for Darknet Cache Database Server{application, so_db_server, [{description, "DarkNet Cache Database Server"}, {vsn, "0.4"}, {modules, [so_db_server_app, so_db_server_sup, so_db_server] }, {registered, [so_db_server_sup, so_db_server]}, {applications, [kernel, stdlib, ssl, epgsql]}, {mod, {so_db_server_app, []}}, {start_phases, []}]} Presentation for the TechTop National Innovation Contest 2010

Testing phase of Dark Net server software Simultaneous Users HTTP return code Status • Response Time (Transaction and Requests & connection establishment) 17 Presentation for the TechTop National Innovation Contest 2010

Testing phase of Dark Net server software Throughput (Transactions and Requests) • Server OS monitoring (CPU % and free memory) 18 Presentation for the TechTop National Innovation Contest 2010

Project Schedule Presentation for the TechTop National Innovation Contest 2010

Practical Analysis – Some Observations Graph between vehicle distance and Wi-Fi signal strength Presentation for the TechTop National Innovation Contest 2010

Practical Analysis – Some Observations Graph between Number of users and Bandwidth consumption Presentation for the TechTop National Innovation Contest 2010

Cost Effectiveness (Dark Net even cheaper than a Chocolate) • One Time Setup • Wireless Access points with Antenna = 25000 x 2 = Rs. 50,000 • Cache server with UPS = Rs. 1,25,000 • Total = Rs 1,75,000 • Recurring Cost (per year) • Broadband @ Internet Access point = Rs. 1,00,000 • Power = Rs. 50,000 • Total = Rs. 1,50,000 • User Cost (per day) • Cost = 82 paise /day • Assuming 500 users with 2 Mbps broadband distribution with maximum 50 users (10%) connecting in a similar time

Applications • Get connected to the digital world, get daily news, mails etc. • People in rural community like farmers, weavers etc – get good • income by selling their crops, handicrafts etc with Internet • information. • If a villager is facing a problem in his village, he could even just • make a e-mail complaint directly to the president of India! Presentation for the TechTop National Innovation Contest 2010

Challenges and Lessons Learnt • Challenges • Infrastructure, transportation, and weather- related barriers • Developing locally relevant applications to generate demand for DarkNet • End-users having limited literacy • Lessons Learnt • Achieving scale is crucial in a lower margin market • Building a strong ecosystem of partnerships Presentation for the TechTop National Innovation Contest 2010

Conclusion • Our product is targeted mainly for the lower pyramid of Indian triangle. • They are bulk in population. • Communication sector is one major sector that India lacks. • Our plan is to uplift dark side of rural India. • It has a high social impact. • Our product has lot of scope and good business model. • The idea is very innovative, simple to build, maintain ,cost effective and energy efficient

Thank You Presentation for the TechTop National Innovation Contest 2010

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Competitor Technology Comparison • DARKNET TEAM can succeed in a given region depends on many factors, including: • Frequency licensing fees • Existing infrastructure • Bandwidth and latency requirements • Total number of access points • Population density • Geographical terrain • Maintenance costs (local expertise, availability of replacement parts, etc.)

The DARK NET Dark Man’s Internet