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This paper investigates application of a two-tier wireless network system with integrating wireless access and wireless backhaul as the evolution path of providing rural areas with Internet services. The first tier of the proposed network system is the wireless access network which provides interface to user accessing to Internet and enjoy services such as voice over IP, web browsing, and social network...
By some measures, access to electronic media in rural areas of the United States is on par with the rest of the nation. Statewide data for Montana regarding high-speed Internet penetration is comparable to the national penetration level, and Montana's citizens have other means of information access including wireless hot spots, schools and libraries equipped with Internet and municipal websites. However,...
In this paper we provide an overview of current broadband and future generation services and their possible deployment in rural areas on the African continent. We discuss the challenges for deployment. In general Broadband access and the future generation network in rural areas should be increased through any technology, including wireless, wire line and optical. To be economically viable, rural areas...
Due to lack of inexpensive infrastructure rural communities suffer from inadequate Internet access, which is gradually widening the digital division between town and countryside, resulting in degrading both social communication and business advancements. In order to examine the feasibility of constructing a community mesh network using partial off-the-shelf hardware and software components, our research...
The adoption of community wireless has become a growing trend in both metropolitan and rural areas around the world. However, understanding the usage motivations and the unintended effects that those technologies have on communities is limited particularly for rural users. The purpose of this study is to explore the benefits and usage of an asynchronous wireless Internet system in a rural village...
ICT plays an indispensable role in the overall development of rural areas, especially in developing economies. There is an urgent need to bring the rural areas into the mainstream by providing them last mile connectivity, especially during natural disasters and calamities, when other modes of communications are severely hampered. This paper describes a low cost innovative solution for providing internet...
Inadequate Internet access is widening the digital divide between town and countryside, degrading both social communication and business advancements in rural areas. Wireless mesh networking can provide an excellent framework for delivering broadband services to such areas. With this in mind, Lancaster University deployed a WMN in the rural village of Wray over a three-year period, providing the community...
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