Design and evaluation of a new MAC protocol for long-distance 802.11 mesh networks
Proceedings of the 11th annual international conference on Mobile computing and networking
The Cell Phone: An Anthropology of Communication
The Cell Phone: An Anthropology of Communication
WWTW: the world wide telecom web
Proceedings of the 2007 workshop on Networked systems for developing regions
Beyond pilots: keeping rural wireless networks alive
NSDI'08 Proceedings of the 5th USENIX Symposium on Networked Systems Design and Implementation
Tegola tiered mesh network testbed in rural Scotland
Proceedings of the 2008 ACM workshop on Wireless networks and systems for developing regions
Avaaj Otalo: a field study of an interactive voice forum for small farmers in rural India
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Internet usage and performance analysis of a rural wireless network in Macha, Zambia
Proceedings of the 4th ACM Workshop on Networked Systems for Developing Regions
Proceedings of the 4th ACM Workshop on Networked Systems for Developing Regions
Hermes: data transmission over unknown voice channels
Proceedings of the sixteenth annual international conference on Mobile computing and networking
Exploiting locality of interest in online social networks
Proceedings of the 6th International COnference
The Lwazi community communication service: design and piloting of a voice-based information service
Proceedings of the 20th international conference companion on World wide web
Traffic characterization and internet usage in rural Africa
Proceedings of the 20th international conference companion on World wide web
WiLdnet: design and implementation of high performancewifi based long distance networks
NSDI'07 Proceedings of the 4th USENIX conference on Networked systems design & implementation
The times they are a-changin': mobile payments in india
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Mobile learning with cellphones and PocketPCs
ICWL'05 Proceedings of the 4th international conference on Advances in Web-Based Learning
Experiences, challenges and lessons from rolling out a rural WiFi mesh network
Proceedings of the 3rd ACM Symposium on Computing for Development
Kwiizya: local cellular network services in remote areas
Proceeding of the 11th annual international conference on Mobile systems, applications, and services
Local, sustainable, small-scale cellular networks
Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development: Full Papers - Volume 1
Making it "pay a bit better": design challenges for micro rural enterprise
Proceedings of the 17th ACM conference on Computer supported cooperative work & social computing
An experiment in reducing cellular base station power draw with virtual coverage
Proceedings of the 4th Annual Symposium on Computing for Development
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Mobile telephony brings clear economic and social benefits to its users. As handsets have become more affordable, ownership has reached staggering numbers, even in the most remote areas of the world. However, network coverage is often lacking in low population densities and low income rural areas of the developing world, where big telecoms often defer from deploying expensive infrastructure. To solve this coverage gap, we propose VillageCell, a low-cost alternative to high-end cell phone networks. VillageCell relies on software defined radios and open-source solutions to provide free local and cheap long-distance communication for remote regions. Our architecture is simple and easy to deploy, yet robust and requires no modification to GSM handsets. Through measuring the call quality metrics and the system capacity under a realistic rural-area network load, we show that VillageCell is indeed an attractive solution for rural area voice connectivity.