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Local ownership, exercise of ownership and moving from passive to active entitlement: a practice-led inquiry on a rural community network
(CCIRDT, 2015)
In this paper, we aim to shed light on local ownership from a double practical and
theoretical perspective, and examine its meaning as well as the factors that are bound to
influence its development in community based ...
Evaluating energy consumption on low-end smartphones
(2015)
The relationship between battery consumption in
smartphones and the usage statistics of a phone is direct. Modern
smartphones, even low-end, are equipped with multiple wireless
technologies, e.g. GSM, 3G, WiFi and ...
Making a community network legal within the South African regulatory framework
(ACM, 2015)
Community networks often operate at the fringe of legality with respect to spectrum, network infrastructure and providing services. We have been involved with such a network in a rural community, and together with them, ...
Clustered Multi-layer Multi-protocol Wireless Mesh Networks
(Telkom, 2015)
Wireless Mesh Networks (WMNs) have emerged as an alternative option to the wired networks in areas where wired deployment is unfeasible and/or costly. They have been widely adopted in community networks as these networks ...
Beyond traditional ethics when developing assistive technology for and with deaf people in developing regions
(Springer, 2015)
There are limitations to traditional ethical approaches and procedures when engaged in assistive technology (AT) research for Deaf people in a developing region. Non-traditional issues arise as a consequence of employing ...
Towards a scalability model for wireless mesh networks
(Telkom, 2015)
Zenzeleni mesh network is a wireless ad-hoc mesh network that provides voice services using public analogue telephones to the Mankosi community in the Eastern Cape
Province. We would like to improve on the network ...
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(John Wiley & Sons, 2015)
Local access in the context of regions in the global South continues to undergo transformation due to the growing ubiquity of mobile connectivity and the recent appearance of what have been termed “inverse” telecommunication ...
Usability of an authoring tool for generalised scenario creation for signsupport
(Telkom, 2015)
This paper presents the usability testing results for an
authoring tool that generalises scenario creation for a tool called
SignSupport. SignSupport is a mobile communication tool for
Deaf people that currently runs ...