5G in rural and low-income areas: Are we ready?

Chiaraviglio, Luca; Bléfari-Melazzi, Nicola; Liu, William; Gutiérrez, Jairo; Beek, Jaap van de; Birke, Robert; Chen, Lydia Y.; Idzikowski, Filip; Kilper, Daniel C.; Monti, J Paolo; Wu, Jinsong

doi:10.1109/itu-wt.2016.7805720

Cited by 37 publications

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“…The advanced performance features of 5G namely very high data rates, ultra low latency, enhanced quality of service (QoS) and quality of experience (QoE), correspond mostly to an urban setup where a complex architecture is deployed and high speed backhaul is available [111,112]. Indeed, some of the main techniques used in 5G such as cell densification, millimeter wave (mmWave) frequencies, and massive MIMO are mainly concerned with increasing the data rate and less related to providing ubiquitous coverage [31].…”

Section: A 5g Networkmentioning

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A Key 6G Challenge and Opportunity—Connecting the Base of the Pyramid: A Survey on Rural Connectivity

2020

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Providing connectivity to around half of the world population living in rural or underprivileged areas is a tremendous challenge, but also a unique opportunity. Access to the internet would provide the population living in these areas a possibility to progress on the educational, health, environment, and business levels. In this paper, a survey of technologies for providing connectivity to rural areas, and that can help address this challenge, is provided. Although access/fronthaul and backhaul techniques are discussed in the paper, it is noted that the major limitation for providing connectivity to rural and underprivileged areas is the cost of backhaul deployment. In addition, energy requirements and cost efficiency of the studied technologies are analyzed. In fact, the challenges faced for deploying an electricity network, as a prerequisite for deploying communication networks, are huge in these areas and they are granted an important share of the discussions in this paper. Furthermore, typical application scenarios in rural areas are discussed, and several country-specific use cases are surveyed. The main

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Section: A 5g Networkmentioning

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A Key 6G Challenge and Opportunity—Connecting the Base of the Pyramid: A Survey on Rural Connectivity

2020

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“…In addition, there is extensive literature [16][17][18][19][20] regarding a design of networks in rural locations, mostly for health applications using solar energy and heterogeneous wireless networks. These solutions utilize network optimization in order to provide broadband in low-resource settings.…”

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A Decision Framework for Choosing Telecommunication Technologies in Limited-Resource Settings

Brown

Mickelson

2018

Future Internet

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Abstract:Remote areas with sparse population, disaster areas in the aftermath, and refugee camps all require communication that is not forthcoming from commercial vendors. Numerous communication system options are available, but with widely varying cost and efficacy. The goal of this work is to discuss a framework in which to consider appropriate telecommunications technology. The framework approaches sustainable development as a business, under the assumption that social/technical/environmental sustainability requires economic sustainability. The framework incorporates well known and accepted business canvas as a roadmap. Information and Communication Technology (ICT) interventions are then considered in terms of their value proposition, markets, and perhaps most important for the realm of sustainable development, the key partners. To illustrate how the framework applies, we consider three case studies and then apply the resultant principles to the consideration of these ICT projects. The case studies are chosen for their diversity. Furthermore, after verifying the decision framework, recommendations are made for three ongoing intervention projects in limited-resource settings.

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“…The proposal forwarded in [2] can only take off provided it offers moneymaking incentives for the vendor; hence the Phase-I of the problem remains unresolved. The use of satellites leverages ubiquity in the area under consideration, however its connectivity requires costly user equipment which renders it unsuitable for rural case.…”

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Feasibility, architecture and cost considerations of using TVWS for rural Internet access in 5G

Khalil

Qadir

Onireti

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2017 20th Conference on Innovations in Clouds, Internet and Networks (ICIN)

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Abstract-The cellular technology is mostly an urban technology that has been unable to serve rural areas well. This is because the traditional cellular models are not economical for areas with low user density and lesser revenues. In 5G cellular networks, the coverage dilemma is likely to remain the same, thus widening the rural-urban digital divide further. It is about time to identify the root cause that has hindered the rural technology growth and analyse the possible options in 5G architecture to address this issue. We advocate that it can only be accomplished in two phases by sequentially addressing economic viability followed by performance progression. We deliberate how various works in literature focus on the later stage of this 'two-phase' problem and are not feasible to implement in the first place. We propose the concept of TV band white space (TVWS) dovetailed with 5G infrastructure for rural coverage and show that it can yield cost-effectiveness from a service provider's perspective.

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5G in rural and low-income areas: Are we ready?

Cited by 37 publications

References 29 publications

A Key 6G Challenge and Opportunity—Connecting the Base of the Pyramid: A Survey on Rural Connectivity

A Key 6G Challenge and Opportunity—Connecting the Base of the Pyramid: A Survey on Rural Connectivity

A Decision Framework for Choosing Telecommunication Technologies in Limited-Resource Settings

Feasibility, architecture and cost considerations of using TVWS for rural Internet access in 5G

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