Type of Resource:
Conference paper

Year of Publication:
2014

Indicators:
- Challenges
- Solutions or Strategies


Themes:
- Internet Access, Affordability And Use

Author(s): Michael Rademacher, Mathias Kretschmer, and Karl Jonas

Challenges: lack of affordable broadband Internet connectivity in rural areas, especially in emerging regions, is seen as a major barrier for access to knowledge, education or government services. Solutions: cost-effective low-power IEEE802.11n (MIMO) hardware together with a single cross-polarized antenna can be a viable solution to the problem. we are in the process of extending existing fiber-based infrastructures in rural Africa with our Wireless Back-Haul (WiBACK) architecture.

URL
https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-08368-1_1

Region of Study:
Africa,

Country of Study:
Africa,

Study Quality
High