A key 6G challenge and opportunity--connecting the remaining 4 billions: a survey on rural connectivity

E Yaacoub, MS Alouini - arXiv preprint arXiv:1906.11541, 2019 - arxiv.org
Providing connectivity to around half of the World population living in rural or
underprivileged areas is a tremendous challenge, but also a unique opportunity. In this …

A key 6G challenge and opportunity—Connecting the base of the pyramid: A survey on rural connectivity

E Yaacoub, MS Alouini - Proceedings of the IEEE, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Providing connectivity to around half of the world population living in rural or underprivileged
areas is a tremendous challenge, but, at the same time, a unique opportunity. Access to the …

A 6G white paper on connectivity for remote areas

H Saarnisaari, S Dixit, MS Alouini, A Chaoub… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2020 - arxiv.org
In many places all over the world rural and remote areas lack proper connectivity that has
led to increasing digital divide. These areas might have low population density, low …

6G for bridging the digital divide: Wireless connectivity to remote areas

A Chaoub, M Giordani, B Lall, V Bhatia… - IEEE Wireless …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In telecommunications, network service accessibility as a requirement is closely related to
equitably serving the population residing at locations that can most appropriately be …

Sharing low-cost wireless infrastructures with telecommunications operators to bring 3G services to rural communities

J Simo-Reigadas, E Municio, E Morgado, EM Castro… - Computer Networks, 2015 - Elsevier
Small rural communities around the world have worse or null access to telecommunication
services than populated urban areas. This is due to the disadvantageous relationship …

Bridging the urban-rural connectivity gap through intelligent space, air, and ground networks

F Fourati, SH Alsamhi, MS Alouini - arXiv preprint arXiv:2202.12683, 2022 - arxiv.org
Connectivity in rural areas is one of the main challenges of communication networks. To
overcome this challenge, a variety of solutions for different situations are required …

[PDF][PDF] Technology insights for rural connectivity

E Brewer - Wireless Communication and Development: A Global …, 2005 - Citeseer
We believe that wireless infrastructure can have an unprecedented positive impact on the
economic and social development of the rural areas of developing regions. We look at four …

Enhanced remote areas communications: The missing scenario for 5G and beyond 5G networks

LL Mendes, CS Moreno, MV Marquezini… - IEEE …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The next generation of mobile communication system will allow a plethora of new services
and use cases. By offering support for high throughput connections, low latency response …

[HTML][HTML] Wireless terrestrial backhaul for 6G remote access: Challenges and low power solutions

H Saarnisaari, A Chaoub, M Heikkilä… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Despite developments in communication systems over the last few decades, a digital divide
in the unconnected part of the world. The latter is characterised by large distances to internet …

A survey on rural internet connectivity in India

SKA Kumar, GV Ihita, S Chaudhari… - … Systems & NETworkS …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Rural connectivity has been a widely researched topic for several years. In India, around
50% of the population have poor or no connectivity to access digital services. Numerous …