NDLI: Wireless Network Architecture for Digital Inclusion in Rural Environments

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Grampin, E. Baliosian, J. Visca, J. Giachino, M. Vidal, L.
Copyright Year	2007
Description	Author affiliation: Univ. de la Republica, Montevideo (Grampin, E.)
Abstract	Rural environments of developing countries usually lack of the appropriate communications infrastructure, accentuating the geographical isolation of rural communities. A cost-efficient and service-oriented deployment of Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs) helps to reduce the so-called "digital divide", improving the productivity and quality of life of those communities. Mobile communications have settled down a foundation for the development of new and rich network applications which are particularly attractive as digital inclusion tools for rural environments, where they can be deployed with comparative simplicity and reduced cost. In this paper we propose the Rural Ambient Network (RAN), an architecture for wireless networks specially designed for digital inclusion enabling global optimization of resource utilization using the Community Cost metric. This architecture uses a policy-based management framework for the integration of heterogeneous technologies in a common network control space. We also present a RAN prototype which uses mesh networking as a key technology; several scenarios involving policy-based decision-making have been tested on this infrastructure. Our early results show that RAN augments the native routing capabilities of the underlying technologies.
Starting Page	20
Ending Page	26
File Size	4742269
Page Count	7
File Format	PDF
ISBN	9781424413751
DOI	10.1109/GIIS.2007.4404162
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2007-07-02
Publisher Place	Morocco
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Productivity Costs Mobile communication Information and Communication Technologies for Digital Inclusion Radio access networks Design optimization Wireless networks Space technology Wireless mesh networks Ambient networks Communications technology Wireless Ad-hoc Networking Policy-based Network Management
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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