Title :
Wi-Fi community area networks enable a connected community
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., New Mexico Univ., Albuquerque, NM, USA
fDate :
31 May-2 June 2004
Abstract :
We propose a community area network (CAN), which is an all-wireless network connecting a community or a metropolitan area. This is a multihop network consisting of many Wi-Fi supernodes, each of them serving a number of resident homes and/or mobile users. Users in the covered area are able to communicate with each other through the Wi-Fi network while connecting to the Internet. This provides an independent community network that connects every household to local government and organizations.
Keywords :
Internet; metropolitan area networks; mobile radio; wireless LAN; Internet; Wi-Fi community area networks; all-wireless network; connected community; distributed system; independent community network; local government; metropolitan area; mobile users; multihop network; resident homes; Bandwidth; Cities and towns; Computer networks; Educational institutions; Educational technology; Internet; Joining processes; Transmitting antennas; USA Councils; Videoconference;
Conference_Titel :
Emerging Technologies: Frontiers of Mobile and Wireless Communication, 2004. Proceedings of the IEEE 6th Circuits and Systems Symposium on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7938-1
DOI :
10.1109/CASSET.2004.1321977
