Wireless community networks: An alternative approach for nomadic broadband network access

IEEE Communications Magazine

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 206-213

  Frangoudis, Pantelis A ^a   Polyzos, George C ^a   Kemerlis, Vasileios P ^b  

^a ATHENS UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Greece)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE APPROACH; BROADBAND ACCESS; BROADBAND INTERNET ACCESS; BROADBAND NETWORK ACCESS; BROADBAND SERVICE; CELLULAR SERVICES; COMMUNITY NETWORKS; LOW COSTS; METROPOLITAN AREA; NEW BUSINESS MODELS; PEER TO PEER; UNLICENSED SPECTRUM; URBAN AREAS; WIRELESS CONNECTIVITIES; WIRELESS COVERAGE; WIRELESS LAN; WIRELESS METROPOLITAN NETWORKS; WIRELESS NETWORK ACCESS; WIRELESS TECHNOLOGIES;

BROADBAND NETWORKS; LOCAL AREA NETWORKS; PEER TO PEER NETWORKS; WI-FI; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

WIRELESS NETWORKS;

EID: 79955877195     PISSN: 01636804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MCOM.2011.5762819     Document Type: Article

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