A Broadband Apparatus for Underserviced Remote Communities: Connecting the Unconnected

by Christoffel Kotze

Overview

This book investigates how broadband internet can be provided to remote and isolated communities through the use of satellite and other enabling technologies, in the form of a self-contained broadband apparatus. It discusses how the proposed design can help bridge the digital divide by removing one of the main hurdles to adopting technologies: infrastructure. In turn, the book explores how the lack of infrastructure, especially with regard to connectivity and electricity, can be addressed by exploiting new technological advances in a number of fields, notably the newly proposed large broadband satellite constellations. In closing, it uses concrete examples to demonstrate the potential positive impacts of a “broadband ecosystem” on economics, governance and society, and on achieving the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783030157654
Publisher:	Springer International Publishing
Publication date:	09/04/2019
Series:	Southern Space Studies
Edition description:	1st ed. 2020
Pages:	124
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Broadband access for remote un-serviced communities.- Requirements definition.- Conceptual design.- Detailed design.- Impact.- Financing the construction and operation of the BARC.- Conclusions.