ENHANCING THE AD-HOC MESH NETWORKS INFRASTRUCTURE IN RURAL AREAS: ADAPTIVE APPROACH

Rural areas all over the world continue to be poorly covered and are not considered as an achievable business case by telecommunication operators. This is due to high implementation costs compared to the profit. The growth in telecommunications, as well as new mobile technology has expanded the gap between rural and urban areas in networks' infrastructure. To solve this issue, this research uses ad-hoc mesh networks, where each node has a transmission range of one kilometer, which means it needs a third party to play the role of relay if the distance is more than one kilometer. Findings of this research suggest that if the area coverage is less than or equal to 5%, the number of relay nodes reduces by 50%, whereas if the reduction in relay nodes is 8.5% when the area coverage is more than 5%, then the second assumption is more precise and effective.