A survey on methods for broadband Internet access on trains

IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 171-185

  Fokum, Daniel T ^a   Frost, Victor S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Architecture; Broadband Internet; FAMOUS; Trains

Indexed keywords

ACCESS NETWORK; AGGREGATION NETWORK; BASIC CONCEPTS; BROADBAND DEPLOYMENT; BROADBAND INTERNET; BROADBAND INTERNET ACCESS; CURRENT TRENDS; GLOBAL INTERNET; IEEE 802.11S; INTERNET ACCESS; SERVICE PROVIDER;

LOCOMOTIVES; NETWORK ARCHITECTURE; RAILROAD CARS; STANDARDS; SURVEYS;

INTERNET;

EID: 77955058783     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1553877X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/SURV.2010.021110.00060     Document Type: Article

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