Providing connectivity to around half of the world population living in rural or underprivileged
areas is a tremendous challenge, but, at the same time, a unique opportunity. Access to the …

Predicting the performance of ad hoc networking protocols for mesh networks has typically
been performed by making use of software based simulation tools. Experimental study and …

Providing connectivity to around half of the World population living in rural or
underprivileged areas is a tremendous challenge, but also a unique opportunity. In this …

In this paper, we investigate the wireless network deployment problem, which seeks the best
deployment of a given limited number of wireless routers. We find that many goals for …

Current metrics for evaluating Internet adoption capture the percentage of people with
physical access to the Internet and provide a coarse understanding of actual usage. The …

Many rural and remote communities around the world see themselves on the wrong side of
the digital divide. In particular, there is evidence to suggest that there is a growing digital …

There have been a number of rural wireless networks providing Internet access over the last
decade but little is known about how the Internet is being used, how these networks perform …

Providing connectivity to under-serviced rural areas comes with a unique set of challenges
such as the high cost of installing equipment, lack of reliable power, skill shortages and high …

As the interest in Wireless Mesh Networks (WMN), as an infrastructureless wireless network,
grows, security issues, especially intrusion detection, become of paramount importance. The …

LinkNet operates a rural internet network in Macha, Zambia, Africa. Macha is a small and
resource-limited rural village. LinkNet is based upon a holistic and respectful vision aimed at …