Development and implementation of an itinerant satellite Internet access station for the Inca Trail in Cusco-Machu Picchu - Perú

David Chavez Muñoz P.; Auccapuri Quispetupa D.; Paco Fernandez J.; Ronald Pacheco Jurado Y.; Guadalupe J.A. · Proceedings of the LACCEI international Multi-conference for Engineering, Education and Technology (2024) · DOI: 10.18687/laccei2024.1.1.802

Resumen

This paper presents the design and implementation of a portable satellite station (Ku band) for itinerant multimodal Internet access, to be used on the Inca Trail route to the citadel of Machu Picchu - Cusco - Perú.A restrictive and challenging set of requirements had to be meet or exceeded such as low energy consumption, portability, and ease of deployment, all of them achieved via a field-tested prototype based on a simple but innovative approach.

Instituciones: Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú