Expanding rural cellular networks with virtual coverage

Proceedings of the 10th USENIX Symposium on Networked Systems Design and Implementation, NSDI 2013

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 283-296

  Heimerl, Kurtis ^a   Ali, Kashif ^a   Blumenstock, Joshua ^b   Gawalt, Brian ^a   Brewer, Eric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; GEARS; GLOBAL SYSTEM FOR MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; TELEPHONE SETS; WIRELESS NETWORKS;

ALTERNATIVE SYSTEMS; CELLULAR NETWORK; ECONOMIC VIABILITY; GSM BASE STATIONS; MOBILE OPERATORS; POWER INFRASTRUCTURES; RURAL CONNECTIVITY; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

RURAL AREAS;

EID: 85076706791     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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