Research Article
BoulSat Project: Low-Cost Wireless Metropolitan Network Implementation in Burkina Faso
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.1007/978-3-642-12701-4_9, author={Samuele Catusian and Federico Longobardi and Francesco Panicucci and Raphael Bartalesi and Libertario Demi and Antonio Cuomo and Silvano Orlandi}, title={BoulSat Project: Low-Cost Wireless Metropolitan Network Implementation in Burkina Faso}, 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={poor-wlan digital divide telecommunications infrastructures wireless networks wi-fi/hyperlan technology transfer}, doi={10.1007/978-3-642-12701-4_9} }- Samuele Catusian
Federico Longobardi
Francesco Panicucci
Raphael Bartalesi
Libertario Demi
Antonio Cuomo
Silvano Orlandi
Year: 2012
BoulSat Project: Low-Cost Wireless Metropolitan Network Implementation in Burkina Faso
AFRICOMM
Springer
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-12701-4_9
Abstract
The BoulSat Project involves the realization of a bidirectional VSAT (satellite connection system) and the study of ”poor” a Wireless Metropolitan Area Network (WMAN) to extend the Internet connectivity to the public institutions in the town area. Low-cost or waste materials have been used to build components where possible, thus to make possible for the local technicians with no specific and theoretical skills to build their network components by hand. This pilot scheme has been applied in Boulsa, in the Sahel region at the north of Burkina Faso. Besides the Boulsa case study, the whole work analyses a typical situation, due to the wide range of problems which have been handled, of remote communities in the South of the World. The aim is to characterize a standard of intervention, suitable for Developing Countries, to set up low-cost wireless telecommunication infrastructures.