VillageShare: Facilitating content generation and sharing in rural networks

DL Johnson, V Pejovic, EM Belding… - Proceedings of the 2nd …, 2012 - dl.acm.org
While broadband Internet connectivity has reached a significant part of the world's
population, those living in rural areas of the developing world suffer from poor Internet …

The increased bandwidth fallacy: performance and usage in rural zambia

M Zheleva, P Schmitt, M Vigil, E Belding - Proceedings of the 4th Annual …, 2013 - dl.acm.org
Broadband Internet access has become a critical part of socio-economic prosperity;
however, only 6 in 100 inhabitants have access to broadband in developing countries. This …

Understanding internet usage and network locality in a rural community wireless mesh network

A Lertsinsrubtavee, L Wang, A Sathiaseelan… - Proceedings of the 11th …, 2015 - dl.acm.org
Community networks owned and operated by local communities have recently gained
popularity as a low cost solution for Internet access. In this paper, we seek to understand the …

[PDF][PDF] Review of an African rural internet network and related academic interventions

G Van Stam, D van Greunen - The Journal of Community Informatics, 2014 - academia.edu
LinkNet operates a rural internet network in Macha, Zambia, Africa. Macha is a small and
resource-limited rural village. LinkNet is based upon a holistic and respectful vision aimed at …

Internet bandwidth upgrade: implications on performance and usage in rural zambia

M Zheleva, P Schmitt, M Vigil, E Belding - Information Technologies & …, 2015 - itidjournal.org
Broadband Internet access has become a critical part of socioeconomic prosperity; however,
only six in 100 inhabitants have access to broadband in developing countries. This limited …

Kwaabana: File sharing for rural networks

DL Johnson, EM Belding, C Mudenda - … of the 4th Annual Symposium on …, 2013 - dl.acm.org
As usage of online social networks and social media continues to experience exponential
growth, the amount of data being shared between users is increasing without bound. While …

Will They or Won't They?: Toward Effective Prediction of Watch Behavior for Time-Shifted Edge-Caching of Netflix Series Videos

S Lall, R Sivakumar - 2021 IEEE/ACM Symposium on Edge …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Internet traffic load is not uniformly distributed through the day; it is significantly higher during
peak-periods, and comparatively idle during off-peak periods. In this context, we present …

[图书][B] Adaptive and resource-efficient rural area wireless networks

V Pejovic - 2012 - search.proquest.com
Internet connectivity is an essential factor for human development. Unfortunately,
connectivity opportunities differ drastically among regions. While people in urban areas of …

[PDF][PDF] Research Article Internet Bandwidth Upgrade: Implications on Performance and Usage in Rural Zambia

Broadband Internet access has become a critical part of socioeconomic prosperity; however,
only six in 100 inhabitants have access to broadband in developing countries. This limited …

Improving content delivery in low-resource networks: a case study of the African Internet Ecosystem

AD Phokeer - 2021 - open.uct.ac.za
The Internet is one of the most successful inventions of recent times. The COVID-19
pandemic has, once again, proven the importance of the Internet to society, and this has …