User-provided networks: consumer as provider

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Dec 2008Publisher:Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)Journal:IEEE Communications Magazine, volume 46, pages 86-91 (issn: 0163-6804,

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Authors: Rute C. Sofia; Paulo Mendes 0001;

doi: 10.1109/mcom.2008.4689212 , 10.5281/zenodo.35634

User-provided networks: consumer as provider

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This paper describes and characterizes an emerging type of user-centric wireless network models, here named user-provided networks, where the end-user is at the same time a consumer and a provider of Internet access. A discussion on challenges that these new models face is also discussed.

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