• DocumentCode
    750408
  • Title

    WLAN over GSM for IP access in African rural areas

  • Author

    Chatelain, D. ; van Wyk, Barend Jacobus

  • Author_Institution
    French South African Inst. in Electron., Tshwane Univ. of Technol., Pretoria
  • Volume
    43
  • Issue
    5
  • fYear
    2007
  • Firstpage
    61
  • Lastpage
    62
  • Abstract
    It is shown that basic but affordable Internet Protocol (IP) connectivity can be provided to African rural communities by using spare capacity on Global System for Mobile telephony (GSM) networks to carry wireless local area network (WLAN) traffic. Since the main problem with WLAN in Africa is not the last mile but rather finding a way to connect a wireless access point to an existing backbone network, a solution to provide WLAN (WiFi or WiMax) over GSM is proposed
  • Keywords
    IP networks; cellular radio; wireless LAN; African rural areas; African rural communities; GSM networks; Internet protocol access; WLAN; mobile telephony; spare capacity; wireless access point; wireless local area network;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:20073088
  • Filename
    4137486
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=750408