Improving Rural Emergency Services with Cognitive Radio Networks in Sub-Saharan Africa

Dramane Ouattara (1) , Francine Krief (2) , Mohamed Aymen Chalouf (3) , Tegawendé F. Bissyandé (4)

1 Comet
2 LSR - COMET
3 IRISA - Institut de Recherche en Informatique et Systèmes Aléatoires
4 SnT - Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust [Luxembourg]

In this paper, we propose a new approach based on Cognitive Radio technology to address the challenges for ensuring connectivity in remote areas of Africa. Indeed, the current network coverage is concentrated around the cities with high density of population. Through the deployment of Cognitive Radio, emergency services in rural areas will benefit from low cost access networks. Cognitive Radio will be used to manage the selection/switching across different frequency UHF/VHF bands or TV White Spaces.

Domaines: Réseaux et télécommunications [cs.NI]

Dramane Ouattara, Francine Krief, Mohamed Aymen Chalouf, Tegawendé F. Bissyandé. Improving Rural Emergency Services with Cognitive Radio Networks in Sub-Saharan Africa. AFRICOMM 2013, Fifth International IEEE EAI Conference on e‐Infrastructure and e‐Services for Developing Countries, Nov 2013, Blantyre, Malawi. 10 p. ⟨hal-00998859⟩