Rural Comms
In Brief:
This challenge seeks to provide an innovative low-cost communications infrastructure solution for rural areas. Rural districts and remote communities do not have access to the internet and cellular telephony and its associated benefits - information, education, communication, health and economic development. “Weaverbird” is a low cost communications infrastructure solution for rural areas. Weaverbird incorporates designs from the Wi-Max world and puts them together with appropriate radio systems and network topologies. Most of the work will be progressing in
Category:
Information and communication technology; computer science; energy; engineering and material science.
Current Status:
The communication infrastructure’s basic operational design has now been completed. However, the development to date has been done with limited budget, and the work now needs to be put on a more solid footing. Science for Humanity is currently working with the seeker, Rodborough Radio, to redevelop the project proposal.
Requirements:
Science for Humanity requires volunteers with expertise in radio networks, mesh networks for broadband and in software development for radio frequency networks.
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Project Impact:
A solution to this challenge could help inhabitants of rural districts across the developing world, and in particular in
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