WiFiRe: rural area broadband access using the WiFi PHY and a multisector TDD MAC
Summary. WiFiRe is a broadband access system designed for rural India that adapts WiFi chipsets with a new multisector TDD MAC protocol using directional antennas. The system leverages cost-effective WiFi hardware while replacing the standard MAC layer to improve spatial reuse and capacity. The authors demonstrate that WiFiRe can deliver both voice and data services to rural areas more economically than existing broadband technologies.
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Paul, K., Varghese, A., Iyer, S., Ramamurthi, B., & Kumar, A.. (2007). WiFiRe: rural area broadband access using the WiFi PHY and a multisector TDD MAC. IEEE Communications Magazine. https://doi.org/10.1109/mcom.2007.284546
Paul, Krishna, et al. “WiFiRe: rural area broadband access using the WiFi PHY and a multisector TDD MAC.” IEEE Communications Magazine, 2007. https://doi.org/10.1109/mcom.2007.284546.
Paul, Krishna, Anitha Varghese, Sridhar Iyer, Bhaskar Ramamurthi, and Anurag Kumar. 2007. “WiFiRe: rural area broadband access using the WiFi PHY and a multisector TDD MAC.” IEEE Communications Magazine. https://doi.org/10.1109/mcom.2007.284546.
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title = {WiFiRe: rural area broadband access using the WiFi PHY and a multisector TDD MAC},
author = {Krishna Paul and Anitha Varghese and Sridhar Iyer and Bhaskar Ramamurthi and Anurag Kumar},
journal = {IEEE Communications Magazine},
year = {2007},
doi = {10.1109/mcom.2007.284546},
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TY - JOUR TI - WiFiRe: rural area broadband access using the WiFi PHY and a multisector TDD MAC AU - Krishna Paul AU - Anitha Varghese AU - Sridhar Iyer AU - Bhaskar Ramamurthi AU - Anurag Kumar JO - IEEE Communications Magazine PY - 2007 DO - 10.1109/mcom.2007.284546 UR - https://doi.org/10.1109/mcom.2007.284546 ER -
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- 10.1109/mcom.2007.284546
- Countries
- India
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- Asia
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- broadband-and-digital
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- 2026-04-28