Information and Communication Technology for Development for Africa. First International Conference, ICT4DA 2017, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia, September 25–27, 2017, Proceedings

Research Article

Is Addis Ababa Wi-Fi Ready?

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  • @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
Asrat Beyene1,*, Jordi Serra2,*, Yalemzewd Shiferaw3,*
  • 1: Addis Ababa Science and Technology University
  • 2: Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
  • 3: Addis Ababa University
*Contact email: asrat.mulatu@aastu.edu.et, jordi.casademont@entel.upc.edu, yalemzewdn@yahoo.com

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.