Networking Technologies in Developing Regions; Emergency Networks and Dependable Infrastructures
Karthikeyan Natesan, Ganesan Munusamy · Journal of Industrial and Intelligent Information · 2014
Abstract—Rural areas especially those of the developing countries provide challenging environment to implement communication infrastructure for data and Internet based services. The main challenges are the high cost of network implementation and lack of customer base, as rural areas are characterized by low income, highly scattered and low population density. Four main technology needs are connectivity, low-cost devices, appropriate user interfaces (UI) and power. Although wireless has broad use in urban areas, most rural areas are without coverage. The low population density in rural areas (even in the US) limits the ability to deploy base stations profitably.The wireless networking technologies such as WiFi, CDMA450 and 802.16(WiMAX) provides the most economic and attractive options. This paper analyze these networking technologies for rural with dependable infrastructures. Index Terms—wireless technology, access network, WiFi, CDMA450, IEEE 802.16(WiMAX)