• DocumentCode
    1501210
  • Title

    Wireless for Communities: Empowering Communities through Wireless Connectivity

  • Author

    Singh, Rajnesh D.

  • Author_Institution
    The Internet Society
  • Volume
    16
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    2012
  • Firstpage
    77
  • Lastpage
    79
  • Abstract
    Wireless technologies can provide cost-effective Internet connectivity to dispersed communities located in challenging terrain. The Internet Society, in partnership with the Digital Empowerment Foundation and the Nepal Wireless Networking Project, has helped establish a mesh-type Wi-Fi networking to provide basic connectivity to remote Chanderi, India.
  • Keywords
    Internet; wireless LAN; Chanderi; India; Internet Society; Nepal wireless networking project; challenging terrain; community empowerment; cost-effective Internet connectivity; digital empowerment foundation; dispersed communities; mesh-type Wi-Fi networking; wireless connectivity; wireless technologies; Collaboration; Communities; Internet; Rural areas; Telecommunication network management; Training; Wireless networks; India; Internet; wireless;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Internet Computing, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1089-7801
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MIC.2012.58
  • Filename
    6188581
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1501210