VillageCell: Cost effective cellular connectivity in rural areas

ACM International Conference Proceeding Series

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 180-189

  Anand, Abhinav ^a   Pejovic, Veljko ^a   Johnson, David L ^a   Belding, Elizabeth M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cellular communication; Low cost communication; Mobile telephony; OpenBTS; Rural area networks

Indexed keywords

ATTRACTIVE SOLUTIONS; CALL QUALITY; CELLULAR CONNECTIVITY; COST EFFECTIVE; COVERAGE GAPS; DEVELOPING WORLD; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL BENEFITS; HIGH-END CELL PHONES; MOBILE TELEPHONY; NETWORK COVERAGE; NETWORK LOAD; OPEN-SOURCE SOLUTIONS; OPENBTS; POPULATION DENSITIES; REMOTE AREAS; REMOTE REGIONS; SOFTWARE-DEFINED RADIOS; SYSTEM CAPACITY;

CELLULAR RADIO SYSTEMS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; GLOBAL SYSTEM FOR MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; POPULATION STATISTICS; TELEPHONE SETS;

RURAL AREAS;

EID: 84859010190     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/2160673.2160698     Document Type: Conference Paper

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