VillageNet: A low-cost IEEE 802.11-based mesh network for connecting rural areas

Bell Labs Technical Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 119-131

  Dutta, Partha ^a   Jaiswal, Sharad ^a   Rastogi, Rajeev ^a  

^a LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERNET PROTOCOLS; MARKETING; RURAL AREAS; TOPOLOGY; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

CELLULAR TECHNOLOGIES; VILLAGENET; WIRELESS MESH NETWORKS;

MESH GENERATION;

EID: 34548533089     PISSN: 10897089     EISSN: 15387305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bltj.20240     Document Type: Article

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