2008 Proceeding- General Chair:
- Charles Perkins,
- Program Chairs:
- Elizabeth Belding,
- Ravi Jain
It is our great pleasure to welcome you to the new ACM Workshop on Wireless Networks and Systems for Developing Regions -- WiNS-DR'08. This workshop focuses on the technology required to provide communications and information access to rural regions in the developing world, and in particular technical aspects of wireless networking, systems and communication. This target environment poses unique system-wide challenges that require the development of new research approaches and innovative designs and techniques. These challenges include infrastructure issues, such as power and connectivity limitations, as well as particular user needs, including cost, literacy and language issues. Thus in addition to considering the specifics of networking protocols and architectures, the aim of the workshop is to consider the entire system by which networking and communication is provided, all the key technical stakeholders, and the overall system lifecycle from economic modeling to deployment.
Why this workshop? Wireless systems for developing regions represent an exciting but underutilized opportunity for large-scale impact on the economic livelihood and well-being of the population in these areas. In addition it is clear that the fastest growing markets for wireless technology are in these regions. The special challenges faced in these regions lead to a host of complex and interesting R&D problems that require innovation.
What is in the Program? The program committee received papers from India, Malaysia, South Africa, Sweden, Uganda, UK and the US. Each paper received multiple peer reviews from the program committee and 6 were selected for publication. In addition we invited 3 papers from respected experts in the field.
The resulting program is organized into three major sessions on Deployment Experience, the specific technical challenges of Delay Tolerant Networking, and a broader session on Policy, Platforms and Architectures.
How do I get involved further? Participate in the workshop, propose ideas to follow on the workshop or for next year, write a paper, and contact us to volunteer to help!
Proceeding Downloads
Networking in the land of northern lights: two years of experiences from DTN system deployments
The Sámi Network Connectivity (SNC) project was started to enable Internet connectivity for the Sámi population of reindeer herders in the Laponia region in northern Sweden. In this area, no infrastructure and thus, no Internet connectivity is normally ...
Tegola tiered mesh network testbed in rural Scotland
Many rural and remote communities around the world see themselves on the wrong side of the digital divide. In particular, there is evidence to suggest that there is a growing digital divide between urban and rural areas in terms of broadband Internet ...
Building rural wireless networks: lessons learnt and future directions
Providing connectivity to under-serviced rural areas comes with a unique set of challenges such as the high cost of installing equipment, lack of reliable power, skill shortages and high cost of providing Internet connectivity which is mostly satellite ...
Potential for collaborative caching and prefetching in largely-disconnected villages
In a world becoming ever more reliant on the power of information, bringing data connectivity into developing regions is becoming an important way to lift these regions out of poverty by educating and informing the population. Although many of these ...
Design principles for opportunistic communication in constrained computing environments
Constrained computing environments, such as smartphones and embedded wireless devices, are becoming increasingly prevalent. Driven by the need to minimize power usage, these devices are characterized by their low-power CPUs, limited memory, slow yet ...
A framework for multi-region delay tolerant networking
Almost all the existing work on routing in delay tolerant networks has focussed on the problem of delivery of messages inside a single region, characterized by the same network infrastructure and namespace. However, many deployment scenarios, especially ...
Issues in next generation wireless networks and services for developing regions
The paper deals with three important aspects of the deployment of next generation wireless networks and services in developing countries. A framework to support the growth of innovative and locally relevant mobile services from the different stake-...
A radio multiplexing architecture for high throughput point to multipoint wireless networks
WiFi-based point-to-multipoint systems are a cost-effective solution for providing high-bandwidth connectivity to remote rural regions. However, current point-to-multipoint deployments are hampered by several challenges. Their capacity to support a ...
Optimizing high latency links in the developing world
Long distance Wi-Fi links, satellite connections, and other low-bandwidth, high-latency, intermittent options are becoming the norm for providing connectivity in the developing world. For network administrators who must manage these connections, ...
Cited By
- Raza A, Zaki Y, Pötsch T, Chen J and Subramanian L xCache Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Development, (1-11)
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Fotue D, Melakessou F and Engel T (2010). Design of an enhanced energy conserving routing protocol based on route diversity in wireless sensor networks 2010 The 9th IFIP Annual Mediterranean Ad Hoc Networking Workshop (Med-Hoc-Net 2010), 10.1109/MEDHOCNET.2010.5546880, 978-1-4244-8436-2, (1-7)
- Proceedings of the 2008 ACM workshop on Wireless networks and systems for developing regions