Title :
WLAN over GSM for IP access in African rural areas
Author :
Chatelain, D. ; van Wyk, Barend Jacobus
Author_Institution :
French South African Inst. in Electron., Tshwane Univ. of Technol., Pretoria
Abstract :
It is shown that basic but affordable Internet Protocol (IP) connectivity can be provided to African rural communities by using spare capacity on Global System for Mobile telephony (GSM) networks to carry wireless local area network (WLAN) traffic. Since the main problem with WLAN in Africa is not the last mile but rather finding a way to connect a wireless access point to an existing backbone network, a solution to provide WLAN (WiFi or WiMax) over GSM is proposed
Keywords :
IP networks; cellular radio; wireless LAN; African rural areas; African rural communities; GSM networks; Internet protocol access; WLAN; mobile telephony; spare capacity; wireless access point; wireless local area network;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:20073088
