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October 10, 2022
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Wireless solar-powered router for health isolated rural environments

Publicated to:Iet Seminar Digest. 2006 (11370): 105-112 - 2006-01-01 2006(11370), DOI: 10.1049/ic.2006.0667

Authors: Simó FJ; Osuna P; Seoane J; Martínez A

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Fundación Rafael Escolá, Fundación EHAS, Spain - Author
Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Spain - Author
Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Camino del Molino s/n, 28943 Fuenlabrada, Madrid, Spain - Author

Abstract

Isolated rural areas often lack for any terrestrial telecommunication networks, specially in developing countries, which supposes an important obstacle for offering health assistance of acceptable quality. On the other hand, low density and low concentration of population, lack of electricity in many points and accessibility problems make difficult to propose realistic solutions based on conventional technologies. This work presents the development of an autonomous solar-powered wireless node for low-cost static mesh networks. IEEE 802.11 is used for communications among nodes. The network is QoS-aware at the IP level providing reliable VoIP services, and nodes contain a software PBX so that any two nodes in the network can establish a multihop VoIP communication. © Fundación Rafael Escolá & Fundación EHAS, Spain.

Keywords

Accessibility problemsConventional technologyDeveloping countriesIeee 802.11Ieee 802.11sInternet telephonyLow concentrationsLow densityMesh networkMesh networkingMesh networksMultihopPopulation statisticsRural areasRural environmentRural telemedicineSolar-poweredStandardsTelecommunication networksTelemedicineVoice/data communication systemsVoipVoip serviceWi-fiWifiWireless nodes

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Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2025-08-03:

  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 8 (PlumX).

Leadership analysis of institutional authors

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: First Author (Simó Reigadas, Francisco Javier) and Last Author (Martínez González, Antonio).

the author responsible for correspondence tasks has been Simó Reigadas, Francisco Javier.