Converged Infrastructure for Emerging Regions - A Research Agenda

Nicolas Chevrollier; Juha Zidbeck; Ntsibane Ntlatlapa; Burak Simsek; Achim Marikar

E-Infrastructures and E-Services on Developing Countries. First International ICST Conference, AFRICOM 2009, Maputo, Mozambique, December 3-4, 2009. Proceedings

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Converged Infrastructure for Emerging Regions - A Research Agenda

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@INPROCEEDINGS{10.1007/978-3-642-12701-4_13,
    author={Nicolas Chevrollier and Juha Zidbeck and Ntsibane Ntlatlapa and Burak Simsek and Achim Marikar},
    title={Converged Infrastructure for Emerging Regions - A Research Agenda},
    proceedings={E-Infrastructures and E-Services on Developing Countries. First International ICST Conference, AFRICOM 2009, Maputo, Mozambique, December 3-4, 2009. Proceedings},
    proceedings_a={AFRICOMM},
    year={2012},
    month={5},
    keywords={AMC beamforming antennas cross-layer network monitoring cognitive self-configuration and self-management converged infrastructure},
    doi={10.1007/978-3-642-12701-4_13}
}

Nicolas Chevrollier
Juha Zidbeck
Ntsibane Ntlatlapa
Burak Simsek
Achim Marikar
Year: 2012
Converged Infrastructure for Emerging Regions - A Research Agenda
AFRICOMM
Springer
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-12701-4_13

Nicolas Chevrollier^,*, Juha Zidbeck^,*, Ntsibane Ntlatlapa^,*, Burak Simsek^,*, Achim Marikar^,*

*Contact email: nicolas.chevrollier@tno.nl, juha.zidbeck@vtt.fi, nntlatlapa@csir.co.za, burak.simsek@fokus.fraunhofer.de, achim.marikar@fokus.fraunhofer.de

Abstract

In remote parts of Africa, the lack of energy supply, of wired infrastructure, of trained personnel and the limitation in OPEX and CAPEX impose stringent requirements on the network building blocks that support the communication infrastructure. Consequently, in this promising but untapped market, the research aims at designing and implementing energy-efficient, robust, reliable and affordable wide heterogeneous wireless mesh networks to connect geographically very large areas in a challenged environment. This paper proposes a solution that is aimed at enhancing the usability of Internet services in the harsh target environment and especially how the end-users experience the reliability of these services.

Keywords: AMC beamforming antennas cross-layer network monitoring cognitive self-configuration and self-management converged infrastructure

Published: 2012-05-28

: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-12701-4_13