Title :
Wireless trunked access through cellular radio and satellite systems for rural communications
Author :
Westerveld, Rudi
Author_Institution :
Telecommun. & Traffic-Control Syst. Group, Delft Univ. of Technol., Netherlands
Abstract :
The paper describes some access methods for rural telecommunication using radio links as trunk lines. A comparison is made between different radio techniques including cellular radio and satellite. A design is described for a village network connected to the outside world through fixed cellular radio links. Some economical and technical aspects are analyzed
Keywords :
cellular radio; access methods; cellular radio; radio links; rural communications; satellite systems; village network; wireless trunked access; Artificial satellites; Costs; Land mobile radio cellular systems; Mobile communication; Portable media players; Satellite broadcasting; Switches; Telecommunication traffic; Telephony; Time division multiple access;
Conference_Titel :
Personal Wireless Communications, 1994., IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Bangalore
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-1996-6
DOI :
10.1109/ICPWC.1994.567912