Reading list for Feb 2nd – Eric Brewer and Yahel Ben-David:
- Brewer, E., Demmer, M., Ho, M., Honicky, R. J., Pal, J., Plauche, M., & Surana, S. (2006). The Challenges of Technology Research for Developing Regions. Pervasive Computing, 15-23
- Beyond pilots: keeping rural wireless networks alive
Sonesh Surana, Rabin Patra, Sergiu Nedevschi, Manuel Ramos, Lakshminarayanan Subramanian, Yahel Ben-David, Eric Brewer
NSDI ’08 Proceedings of the 5th USENIX Symposium on Networked Systems Design and Implementation
* Section 5 is perhaps overly technical for our class. - JaldiMAC: taking the distance further
Yahel Ben-David, Matthias Vallentin, Seth Fowler, Eric Brewer
NSDR ’10 Proceedings of the 4th ACM Workshop on Networked Systems for Developing Regions, 2010
* Skim – it gets overly technical beyond the Introduction section. - Enhancing rural connectivity with software defined networks
Shaddi Hasan, Yahel Ben-David, Colin Scott, Eric Brewer, Scott Shenker
ACM DEV ’13 Proceedings of the 3rd ACM Symposium on Computing for Development, 2013
* Optional reading – motivates the use of SDN philosophy in design of rural wireless networks. - Freedom Phones, Paul Preuss, Berkeley Engineer, December 2014
http://engineering.berkeley.edu/magazine/fall-2014/freedom-phones
* Optional reading – An introduction to another project by De Novo Group that could be worked-on/discussed in class. - 6. Further-Reach project site (please like our Facebook page). http://furtherreach.net/