Wireless networking architecture and signaling for rapid deployment of rural communications

We put forward a self-contained wireless (cellular) networking architecture for rapid deployment of rural communications. With a distributed database for network management, a decentralized architecture for bearer traffic, and a simpler wired interface to the PSTN, the networking architecture shows potential advantages in mobility for moving customers, flexibility in network planning and upgrading, and feasibility in implementation. A modified flooding algorithm with a low system delay is introduced. The corresponding network signaling traffic load is briefly analyzed to estimate the bandwidth requirement. Some numerical results are given to demonstrate that the proposed signaling scheme is reasonable and practical for the networking architecture.