A survey of rural Wireless Mesh Network (WMN) deployments

Ayomide Ajayi; Utz Roedig; Christopher Edwards; Nicholas Race

doi:10.1109/APWiMob.2014.6920271

A survey of rural Wireless Mesh Network (WMN) deployments

Ayomide Ajayi
, Utz Roedig
, Christopher Edwards
, Nicholas Race

Lancaster University

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Abstract

Wireless Mesh Networks (WMNs) has remained an alternative to providing telecommunication services in many rural parts of industrialized and developing countries. However, the suitability of existing rural mesh technologies in industrialized countries and how it fits emerging remote areas in developing countries is in doubt. While the architectures are similar; subtle technical differences impact mesh performances of rural deployments in developing countries. In this paper, the research focus describes generic rural settings via the taxonomy of the domains' characteristic. The authors present a survey of a few IEEE 802.11-based rural WMNs deployments in real-life scenarios over a decade between 2003 and 2013. In particular, the study offers an evaluation and critical analysis of a few design components of these deployments. Finally, it identifies a plethora of common patterns, technical variations, challenges and unique features as well as some future directions to improve the reliability and resilience of WMN deployments in rural Africa.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings, APWiMob 2014
Subtitle of host publication	IEEE Asia Pacific Conference on Wireless and Mobile 2014
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	119-125
Number of pages	7
ISBN (Electronic)	9781479937110
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/APWiMob.2014.6920271
Publication status	Published - 10 Oct 2014
Externally published	Yes
Event	2014 International Conference on IEEE Asia Pacific Conference on Wireless and Mobile, APWiMob 2014 - Bali, Indonesia Duration: 28 Aug 2014 → 30 Aug 2014

Publication series

Name	Proceedings, APWiMob 2014: IEEE Asia Pacific Conference on Wireless and Mobile 2014

Conference

Conference	2014 International Conference on IEEE Asia Pacific Conference on Wireless and Mobile, APWiMob 2014
Country/Territory	Indonesia
City	Bali
Period	28/08/14 → 30/08/14

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 1 No Poverty
SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure

Keywords

broadband services
IEEE 802.11
low bandwidth
rural settings
rural WMN deployment
VSAT backhaul

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Ajayi, A., Roedig, U., Edwards, C., & Race, N. (2014). A survey of rural Wireless Mesh Network (WMN) deployments. In Proceedings, APWiMob 2014: IEEE Asia Pacific Conference on Wireless and Mobile 2014 (pp. 119-125). Article 6920271 (Proceedings, APWiMob 2014: IEEE Asia Pacific Conference on Wireless and Mobile 2014). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/APWiMob.2014.6920271

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Ajayi, A, Roedig, U, Edwards, C & Race, N 2014, A survey of rural Wireless Mesh Network (WMN) deployments. in Proceedings, APWiMob 2014: IEEE Asia Pacific Conference on Wireless and Mobile 2014., 6920271, Proceedings, APWiMob 2014: IEEE Asia Pacific Conference on Wireless and Mobile 2014, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., pp. 119-125, 2014 International Conference on IEEE Asia Pacific Conference on Wireless and Mobile, APWiMob 2014, Bali, Indonesia, 28/08/14. https://doi.org/10.1109/APWiMob.2014.6920271

A survey of rural Wireless Mesh Network (WMN) deployments. / Ajayi, Ayomide; Roedig, Utz; Edwards, Christopher et al.
Proceedings, APWiMob 2014: IEEE Asia Pacific Conference on Wireless and Mobile 2014. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2014. p. 119-125 6920271 (Proceedings, APWiMob 2014: IEEE Asia Pacific Conference on Wireless and Mobile 2014).

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A survey of rural Wireless Mesh Network (WMN) deployments

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