Wireless Edge Network for Sustainable Rural Community Networks

Researchers from Asian Institute of Technology presented their poster in Applied Networking Research Workshop (ANRW ’18)  Montreal, Quebec, Canada, the venue of the  IETF-102 meeting , on Monday, July 16, 2018.

Adisorn Lertsinsrubtavee (Internet Education and Research Laboratory, Asian Institute of Technology), Nunthaphat Weshsuwannarugs (Internet Education and Research Laboratory, Asian Institute of Technology), Nisarat Tansakul (Internet Education and Research Laboratory, Asian Institute of Technology), Attaphongse Taparugssanagorn (School of Engineering and Technology, Asian Institute of Technology), and Kanchana Kanchanasut (Internet Education and Research Laboratory, Asian Institute of Technology).

ABSTRACT

We have introduced a cost-sharing model for remote communities to share their limited access to the commercial Internet among community members using wireless mesh networks in the north- west of Thailand to expand the edge network coverage and to reduce the Internet cost for the rural users. However, there are places within these communities which have not been able to access our network due to the line-of-sight and the distance from the rest of the communities. In this paper, we describe our attempt or work- in-progress to address these challenges by experimenting various access technologies such as TVWS and small cell LTE as well as improving the user experience with CDN.