e-Infrastructure and e-Services for Developing Countries

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XIII

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2. Communication Infrastructure

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Throughput Performance of Interference Mitigation Techniques in Cognitive Femtocell Networks

      • Peterson Mwesiga, Julius Butime, Richard Okou

      Pages 3-12

   3. Inclusive Ubiquitous Access - A Status Report

      • Amos Nungu, Robert Olsson, Björn Pehrson, Jiawei Kang, Daniel Kifetew, Alisher Rustamov

      Pages 13-22

   4. Performance Evaluation of Scheduling Algorithms in Fixed WiMAX Network

      • Okus Paul, Karim Djouani, Anish Kurien, Thomas Olwal

      Pages 23-31

   5. Enhancing Performance in Cognitive Radio Networks

      • Roseline Nyongarwizi Akol, Solomon Muhumuza

      Pages 32-42

   6. Enabling Converged Satellite and Terrestrial Access Networks

      • Christian Niephaus, Mathias Kretschmer, Gheorghita Ghinea, Senka Hadzic

      Pages 43-52

   7. Empirical Path Loss Models for 802.11n Wireless Networks at 2.4 GHz in Rural Regions

      • Jean Louis Fendji Kedieng Ebongue, Mafai Nelson, Jean Michel Nlong

      Pages 53-63

   8. Quantifying the Effects of Circuitous Routes on the Latency of Intra-Africa Internet Traffic: A Study of Research and Education Networks

      • Josiah Chavula, Nick Feamster, Antoine Bagula, Hussein Suleman

      Pages 64-73

   9. Towards Centralized Spectrum Allocation Optimization for Multi-Channel Wireless Backhauls

      • Michael Rademacher, Senka Hadzic, Philipp Batroff, Osianoh Glenn Aliu, Mathias Kretschmer

      Pages 74-83

   10. Towards a Practical Cognitive Channel Allocation Scheme

       • Dennis George Ozhathil, Geoffrey Mark Kagarura, Dorothy Kabagaju Okello, Roseline Nyongarwizi Akol

       Pages 84-92

   11. Green Communications: Large vs Small Cell Deployment

       • Dorothy Okello, Moses Niyonshuti, Moureen Nampijja Lukoye, Edwin Mugume

       Pages 93-100

3. Health

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 101-101

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   2. Adoption and Use of Mobile Phones for Maternal Healthcare Service Delivery

      • Gorretti Byomire, Gilbert Maiga

      Pages 103-114

   3. A Model of e-Health Acceptance and Usage in Uganda: The Perspective of Online Social Networks

      • Edward Miiro, Gilbert Maiga

      Pages 115-126

   4. Field Testing a Drug Management Application at Ugandan Health Facilities

      • Julianne Sansa Otim, Celestino Obua, Grace Kamulegeya, Alex Mwotil, Perez Matsiko

      Pages 127-133

4. IoT, Cloud Computing and TVWS

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 135-135

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   2. Spectrum Resource-as-a-Service: Cloud Architecture Framework for Dynamic Spectrum Request Response Networks

      • Luzango Pangani Mfupe, Litsietsi Montsi, Fisseha Mekuria

      Pages 137-143

   3. Addressing Privacy in Cloud Computing Environment

      • Mangqoba V. Shabalala, Paul Tarwireyi, Matthew O. Adigun

      Pages 144-153

   4. Energy Efficient Data Caching in Wireless Sensor Networks: A Case of Precision Agriculture

      • Kizito Patrick Musaazi, Tonny Bulega, Stephen Mutaawe Lubega

      Pages 154-163

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed proceedings of the 6th International Conference on e-Infrastructure and e-Services for Developing Countries, AFRICOMM 2014, held in Kampala, Uganda, November 24-25, 2014. The 31 revised full papers were carefully selected from 57 submissions and cover topics such as communication infrastructure, health, IoT, cloud computing and TVWS, ICT4D applications, access to information, and ICT4D miscellaneous.

• Cognitive radios
• Developing countries
• Education
• Enterprise computing
• Health informatics
• Healthcare
• ICT for Development
• Information systems applications
• Internet of Things
• Mobile phones
• Network components
• Network performance evaluation
• Network structure
• Rural area networking
• Wireless access networks
• Wireless networks
• e-government
• e-health
• eGovernment
• eHealth

• Dar Es Salaam Institute of Technology, Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania

  Amos Nungu

• KTH/ICT/TSLab, Kista, Sweden

  Bjorn Pehrson

• Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda

  Julianne Sansa-Otim

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