WiFied up Malaysia villages: A case study of using WiFi technology to increase internet penetration rate in Malaysia rural areas

This paper investigates application of a two-tier wireless network system with integrating wireless access and wireless backhaul as the evolution path of providing rural areas with Internet services. The first tier of the proposed network system is the wireless access network which provides interface to user accessing to Internet and enjoy services such as voice over IP, web browsing, and social network. The second tier is the backhaul network in which comprises of a number of wireless routers that carry traffic from various access networks to a gateway.