A Framework for Providing E-Services to the Rural Areas using Wireless Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks Al-Sakib Khan Pathan1, Humayun Kadir Islam2, Sabit Anjum Sayeed3, Farruk Ahmed2, Choong Seon Hong1 1 {
[email protected],
[email protected]}, Department of Computer Engineering, Kyung Hee University, Korea 2 {humayun, farruk}@northsouth.edu, Department of Computer Science & Engineering, North South University, Bangladesh 3
[email protected] , University of Ottawa, Canada Abstract-In recent years, the proliferation of mobile computing is essential for critical decision and policy making (especially devices has driven a revolutionary change in the computing in emergency situations), our framework ensures quick and world. The nature of ubiquitous devices makes wireless networks accurate data acquisition using wireless technologies, which the easiest solution for their interconnection. This has led to the could definitely assist the government to take necessary rapid growth of several wireless systems like wireless ad hoc strategic decisions and immediate actions. We also address the networks, wireless sensor networks etc. In this paper we have proposed a framework for rural development by providing practical/operational challenges that could hinder the various e-services to the rural areas with the help of wireless ad implementation of such a framework in the rural areas of the hoc and sensor networks. We have discussed how timely and developing countries. accurate information could be collected from the rural areas The rest of the paper is organized as follows: section II using wireless technologies. In addition to this, we have also gives an overview as well as states the major benefits of mentioned the technical and operational challenges that could wireless sensor and ad hoc networks, section III discusses hinder the implementation of such a framework in the rural various parts of our proposed framework, section IV mentions areas in the developing countries.