Paper:
Mapping Wireless Access Network Traffic to Multiservice Provisioning Platform
Sandisiwe N. Ncemane*, H. Anthony Chan**, and Tope R. Karem**
*South African Broadcasting Corporation
PO Box 292028, Melville 2109, Johannesburg, South Africa
**Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Cape Town
Rondebosch 7701, Cape Town, South Africa
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