Asynch-NET: Footstep for Always-On e-Services in the Rural Areas of Developing Countries: Case Study-Tanzania

Author

Greyson, Kenedy ; Kissaka, Mussa ; Haule, Damian ; Ndume, Vitalis

Author_Institution

Coll. of Eng. & Technol., Dar es Salaam Univ.

fYear

2006

fDate

10-12 July 2006

Firstpage

5

Lastpage

6

Abstract

The asynchronous network (Asynch-NET) provided by mobile access point (MAP) in the community of rural areas of developing countries has proved success in many regions of the developing countries. This asynchronous network is the footstep for e-services implementation in the communities with low-income and low population density. Basically, the cost of implementing a conventional "always-on" link in the rural areas of developing countries is very high that does not attract investors to put effort on. The paper presents a technique that is applied to the Asynch-NET framework so as to provide "the always-on" e-services at the similar operating cost of Asynch-NET

Keywords

information services; mobile computing; telecommunication computing; Asynch-NET; Tanzania; always-on e-services; asynchronous network; developing countries; mobile access point; Agricultural products; Computer aided software engineering; Conferences; Costs; Councils; Directional antennas; Educational institutions; Educational technology; Transportation; Urban areas; Asynch-NET; MAP; WiFi. Always-on;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Technology for Education in Developing Countries, 2006. Fourth IEEE International Workshop on

Conference_Location

Iringa

Print_ISBN

0-7695-2633-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/TEDC.2006.3

Filename

1648395