• DocumentCode
    1008278
  • Title

    User-provided networks: consumer as provider

  • Author

    Sofia, Rute ; Mendes, Paulo

  • Author_Institution
    INESC, Porto
  • Volume
    46
  • Issue
    12
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    12/1/2008 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    86
  • Lastpage
    91
  • Abstract
    This article describes and characterizes an emerging type of user-centric wireless network model, here named a user-provided network, where the end user is at the same time a consumer and a provider of Internet access. A discussion of challenges these new models face is also provided.
  • Keywords
    user interface management systems; wireless LAN; user-provided networks; Acceleration; Availability; Biological system modeling; Context modeling; Embryo; Evolution (biology); Humans; IP networks; Peer to peer computing; Web and internet services;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Communications Magazine, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0163-6804
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MCOM.2008.4689212
  • Filename
    4689212
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1008278