Universal network of small wireless operators (UNSWo)

Abstract

The recent auctioning of wireless bandwidth in various countries indicates that the service provided by Telcos over these networks will be very expensive. A new type of architecture is currently evolving as a low cost alternative cellular wireless service by allowing the users to play the role of a wireless network operator. Some users of the current Internet may install a low cost base station based on their needs and interconnection between these base stations will form a grid of wireless Internet. This paper provides a survey on related work that either uses ad-hoc mobile networking or a combination of fixed and wireless networking. Finally we present an alternate architecture and describe new issues that arise from this new type of architecture