Study of packet-based wireless access infrastructure

Focus Group 7,

considering

1. that in order to support future ICT applications in rural and remote areas, a small number of operating agencies in developing countries have expressed interest in packet-based access solutions;
2. that few packet-based access solutions designed for rural areas of developing countries are available, although a diverse range exists of wireless data products for LAN and WAN applications;

noting

ITU-T Recommendation H.323 covering the technical requirements for multimedia communications systems in those situations where the underlying transport is a Packet Based Network (PBN);

recommends ITU-D study group 1

tto study economic aspects of packet-based wireless access systems, such as local loop networks based on wireless routers, among other technologies, as part of its ongoing study of technology options for rural telecommunication infrastructure,

requests BDT

to conduct, within its relevant programmes, technical pilot projects of packet-based wireless access networks in rural areas to examine issues such as:

• provision of basic connectivity for ICT networks
• PSTN gateway interconnection
• high quality voice-over-packet-data solutions

as well as to confirm the technology's effectiveness in dealing with multimedia applications such as telemedicine, distance learning and so forth in rural areas.