Last Mile Internet Access for Emerging Economies

• Main Authors: Lambrechts, Wynand (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Sinha, Saurabh (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, 77
• Subjects: Microwaves.; Optical engineering.; Energy policy.; Energy and state.; Electrical engineering.; Engineering-Data processing.; Microwaves, RF and Optical Engineering.; Energy Policy, Economics and Management.; Communications Engineering, Networks.; Data Engineering.

This book presents an investigative approach to globalization-driving technologies that efficiently deliver ubiquitous, last-mile, broadband internet access to emerging markets and rural areas. Research has shown that ubiquitous internet access boosts socio-economic growth through innovations in sci...

Table of Contents:

• Bridging the digital divide: Innovative last mile internet connectivity solutions
• Challenges of last mile internet access in developing countries
• Signal propagation and networking fundamentals required in last mile connectivity planning
• A theoretical analysis of Li-Fi: A last mile solution
• Terrestrial and millimeter-wave mobile backhaul: A last mile solution
• Successful implementations of last mile internet solutions in emerging markets.