Title :
Enabling Broadband Rural Networking
Author :
Malindi, Phumzile ; Kahn, Toriq
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Walter Sisulu Univ., East London
Abstract :
In the recent years, provision of ICT to rural communities has become of paramount importance to both national and international organizations in order to bridge the digital divide. This paper discusses ways of providing broadband communication in rural areas where the communication infrastructure is either underdeveloped or nonexistent. It looks at both fixed wireless and wired technologies. It also looks at the possibility of hybrid wireless-wireless and wired-wireless systems.
Keywords :
broadband networks; internetworking; broadband communication; broadband rural networking; communication infrastructure; fixed wireless technologies; hybrid wireless-wireless system; international organizations; wired technologies; wired-wireless systems; Africa; Bridges; Broadband communication; Communications technology; Costs; Economics; Fuel economy; Government; Information technology; Urban areas; Broadband; HAP; PBL; Satellite; WiFi; WiMAX; rural areas; wireless technologies; wireline technologies;
Conference_Titel :
Broadband Communications, Information Technology & Biomedical Applications, 2008 Third International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Gauteng
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3281-3
Electronic_ISBN :
978-0-7695-3453-4
DOI :
10.1109/BROADCOM.2008.10
