Crossing the Digital Divide: Cost-Effective Broadband Wireless Access for Rural and Remote Areas

IEEE Communications Magazine

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 99-105

  Zhang, Mingliu ^a   Wolff, Richard S ^a,b  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Montana State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFRASTRUCTURE; INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS (ISP); MULTIPOINT DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; WIRELESS ACCESS POINTS;

BROADBAND NETWORKS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; INTERNET; PACKET SWITCHING; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TELECOMMUNICATION TRAFFIC;

WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 1342308170     PISSN: 01636804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MCOM.2003.1267107     Document Type: Review

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