Paper Info
Title
SolarMesh - Deployment Aspects for Wireless Mesh Networks in Developing Countries.
Abstract
This paper presents the latest research activities within the project " SolarMesh - Energy-Efficient, Autonomous, Wide-Area Wireless Voice and Data Network". The project is specifically dedicated to develop reliable wireless communications infrastructure for rural areas in developing countries, such as in sub-Saharan Africa. Wireless mesh networks based on IEEE 802.11 Wireless LAN technology combined with intelligent functions for self-configuration and self-adaptation can provide affordable ICT infrastructure for access and backhaul operation while at the same time offering carrier-grade QoS for voice and data services. Specifically, the paper outlines how a coordinated wireless mesh network has to be dimensioned in order to fulfill user requirements in terms of bandwidth and delay. Based on comprehensive simulations, recommendations for node density, backhaul capacity, and number of gateways to fixed line backbone networks are presented.
Year
DOI
Venue
2012
10.1007/978-3-642-41178-6_11
Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering
Keywords
Field
DocType
coordinated wireless mesh networks,communications infrastructure for rural areas,network dimensioning,node density
Software deployment,Wireless,Backhaul (telecommunications),Computer science,Quality of service,Computer network,Bandwidth (signal processing),Wireless mesh network,User requirements document,Data as a service
Conference
Volume
ISSN
Citations 
119
1867-8211
1
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.39
6
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Christian Mannweiler115116.26
Pratip Chakraborty221.78
Andreas Klein310.39
Hans D. Schotten423186.45