1st International IEEE Workshop on WIreless Systems: Advanced Research and Development

Research Article

VoIP-based Intra-village Teleconnectivity: An Architecture and Case Study

  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.1109/COMSWA.2007.382462,
        author={ Janak Chandarana and K. Sravana Kuma and Srinath Perur and Raghuraman Rangarajan and  Sameer Sahasrabuddh and Sridhar Iyer},
        title={VoIP-based Intra-village Teleconnectivity: An Architecture and Case Study},
        proceedings={1st International IEEE Workshop on WIreless Systems: Advanced Research and Development},
        publisher={IEEE},
        proceedings_a={WISARD},
        year={2007},
        month={7},
        keywords={Analog computers  Bridges  Cities and towns  Directional antennas  Ethernet networks  Spine  Telecommunication computing  Telecommunication traffic  Telephony  Testing},
        doi={10.1109/COMSWA.2007.382462}
    }
    
  • Janak Chandarana
    K. Sravana Kuma
    Srinath Perur
    Raghuraman Rangarajan
    Sameer Sahasrabuddh
    Sridhar Iyer
    Year: 2007
    VoIP-based Intra-village Teleconnectivity: An Architecture and Case Study
    WISARD
    IEEE
    DOI: 10.1109/COMSWA.2007.382462
Janak Chandarana1,*, K. Sravana Kuma1,*, Srinath Perur1,*, Raghuraman Rangarajan1,*, Sameer Sahasrabuddh1,*, Sridhar Iyer1,*
  • 1: KReSIT, IIT Bombay
*Contact email: janaki@it.iitb.ac.in, sravana@it.iitb.ac.in, srinath@it.iitb.ac.in, raghu@it.iitb.ac.in, sameerds@it.iitb.ac.in, sri@it.iitb.ac.in

Abstract

Several solutions exist to bridge the last-mile gap in rural telecom. These extend a point of presence from a town to kiosks in surrounding villages. In this paper, we deal with extending teleconnectivity from these kiosks to various points inside the village. Since laying additional PSTN lines is expensive, we use a single PSTN line connected to a software exchange, and VoIP calls are carried over Ethernet or WiFi. We use soft-phones on computing devices or analog phones with adapters to make or receive calls from different parts of the village. As proof -of-concept, we deploy the proposed solution in a rural test-bed and report our experience.