Connecting africa using the TV white spaces: from research to real world deployments
Resource type
Conference Paper
Authors/contributors
- Roberts, Sidney (Author)
- Garnett, Paul (Author)
- Chandra, Ranveer (Author)
Title
Connecting africa using the TV white spaces: from research to real world deployments
Abstract
More than 4 billion people are not connected to the Internet. This is either because there is no infrastructure or because Internet access is not affordable. This digital divide is extreme in Africa. At Microsoft, we have been investigating various technologies to bridge this divide. In this paper we describe our research around the TV White Spaces, and how we have leveraged it, and worked with our partners to connect communities in Kenya, Tanzania, Ghana, Botswana, Namibia and South Africa.
Date
4/2015
Proceedings Title
The 21st IEEE International Workshop on Local and Metropolitan Area Networks
Conference Name
2015 IEEE International Workshop on Local and Metropolitan Area Networks (LANMAN)
Place
Beijing, China
Publisher
IEEE
Pages
1-6
Language
en
ISBN
978-1-4673-6762-2
Short Title
Connecting africa using the TV white spaces
Accessed
25/09/2020, 13:17
Library Catalogue
DOI.org (Crossref)
Citation
Roberts, S., Garnett, P., & Chandra, R. (2015). Connecting africa using the TV white spaces: from research to real world deployments. The 21st IEEE International Workshop on Local and Metropolitan Area Networks, 1–6. https://doi.org/10.1109/LANMAN.2015.7114729
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