Research Article
Is Addis Ababa Wi-Fi Ready?
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.1007/978-3-319-95153-9_1, author={Asrat Beyene and Jordi Serra and Yalemzewd Shiferaw}, title={Is Addis Ababa Wi-Fi Ready?}, proceedings={Information and Communication Technology for Development for Africa. First International Conference, ICT4DA 2017, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia, September 25--27, 2017, Proceedings}, proceedings_a={ICT4DA}, year={2018}, month={7}, keywords={Wireless networks Performance evaluation Urban areas Heterogeneous networks}, doi={10.1007/978-3-319-95153-9_1} }- Asrat Beyene
Jordi Serra
Yalemzewd Shiferaw
Year: 2018
Is Addis Ababa Wi-Fi Ready?
ICT4DA
Springer
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-95153-9_1
Abstract
As we are heading towards future ubiquitous networks, heterogeneity is one key aspect we need to deal with. Interworking between Cellular and WLAN holds a major part in these future networks. Among other potential benefits it gives the opportunity to offload traffic from the former to the latter. To successfully accomplish that, we need to thoroughly study the availability, capacity and performance of both networks. To quantify the possibility of mobile traffic offloading, this work-in-progress presents the availability, capacity and performance investigation of Wi-Fi Access Points in the city of Addis Ababa. Analysis of the scanned data, collected by travelling through the highly populated business areas of the city, reveals the potential of existing Wi-Fi coverage and capability for many application domains.
