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Open source cellular technologies for cost effective cellular connectivity in rural areas

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dc.creator Anthony, Faustine
dc.creator Gabriel, Maria
dc.creator Shao, Bertha
dc.date 2021-05-27T06:55:42Z
dc.date 2021-05-27T06:55:42Z
dc.date 2016
dc.date.accessioned 2022-10-20T13:47:45Z
dc.date.available 2022-10-20T13:47:45Z
dc.identifier Anthony, F., Gabriel, M., & Shao, B. (2016). Open source cellular technologies for cost effective cellular connectivity in rural areas. International Journal of Computer Applications, 146(15).
dc.identifier URL: https://www.ijcaonline.org/archives/volume146/number15/anthony-2016-ijca-910894.pdf
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12661/3237
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12661/3237
dc.description Abstract. Full text available at https://www.ijcaonline.org/archives/volume146/number15/anthony-2016-ijca-910894.pdf
dc.description Cellular coverage is often a challenge in low population density and low income rural areas of the developing world like Tanzania. This is because big Telecom companies defer from deploying their expensive infrastructure in these areas fearing operations cost. It is proposed that the use of cellular open source technology as the basis for a new rural cellular network can go a long way in meeting this challenge by providing coverage in rural areas whilst simultaneously bringing down the cost of communication. This paper provides survey of recent open source cellular technologies. It further presents a prototype based on Open BTS for cellular connectivity in developing countries. In lab performance test for the proposed pro-to type confirm the feasibility of deploying cellular network based on open source technologies as an alternative to conventional mobile operator networks in a bid to solve the challenge.
dc.language en
dc.publisher Foundation of Computer Science
dc.subject Open source
dc.subject Cellular technologies
dc.subject Tanzania
dc.subject Open BTS
dc.subject Cellular
dc.subject SDR
dc.subject GSM
dc.subject Open source technology
dc.subject Cellular network
dc.subject Cellular connectivity
dc.title Open source cellular technologies for cost effective cellular connectivity in rural areas
dc.type Article


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