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A Broadband Apparatus for Underserviced Remote Communities [electronic resource] : Connecting the Unconnected / by Christoffel Kotze.

By: Kotze, Christoffel [author.].
Contributor(s): SpringerLink (Online service).
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: Southern Space Studies: Publisher: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2020Edition: 1st ed. 2020.Description: XI, 124 p. online resource.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9783030157661.Subject(s): Telecommunication | Aerospace engineering | Astronautics | Regionalism | Communications Engineering, Networks | Aerospace Technology and Astronautics | RegionalismAdditional physical formats: Printed edition:: No title; Printed edition:: No titleDDC classification: 621.382 Online resources: Click here to access online
Contents:
Broadband access for remote un-serviced communities -- Requirements definition -- Conceptual design -- Detailed design -- Impact -- Financing the construction and operation of the BARC -- Conclusions.
In: Springer Nature eBookSummary: 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.
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Broadband access for remote un-serviced communities -- Requirements definition -- Conceptual design -- Detailed design -- Impact -- Financing the construction and operation of the BARC -- Conclusions.

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.

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