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

Mohsin Khalil; Junaid Qadir; Oluwakayode Onireti; Muhammad Ali Imran; Shahzad Younis

doi:10.1109/ICIN.2017.7899245

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

Mohsin Khalil
, Junaid Qadir
, Oluwakayode Onireti
, Muhammad Ali Imran
, Shahzad Younis

National University of Sciences and Technology Pakistan
Information Technology University
University of Glasgow

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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.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 2017 20th Conference on Innovations in Clouds, Internet and Networks, ICIN 2017
Editors	Stefano Secci, Noel Crespi, Antonio Manzalini
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	23-30
Number of pages	8
ISBN (Electronic)	9781509036721
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ICIN.2017.7899245
State	Published - 13 Apr 2017
Externally published	Yes
Event	20th Conference on Innovations in Clouds, Internet and Networks, ICIN 2017 - Paris, France Duration: 7 Mar 2017 → 9 Mar 2017

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Conference	20th Conference on Innovations in Clouds, Internet and Networks, ICIN 2017
Country/Territory	France
City	Paris
Period	7/03/17 → 9/03/17

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Khalil, M., Qadir, J., Onireti, O., Imran, M. A., & Younis, S. (2017). Feasibility, architecture and cost considerations of using TVWS for rural Internet access in 5G. In S. Secci, N. Crespi, & A. Manzalini (Eds.), Proceedings of the 2017 20th Conference on Innovations in Clouds, Internet and Networks, ICIN 2017 (pp. 23-30). Article 7899245 (Proceedings of the 2017 20th Conference on Innovations in Clouds, Internet and Networks, ICIN 2017). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICIN.2017.7899245

Khalil, Mohsin ; Qadir, Junaid ; Onireti, Oluwakayode et al. / Feasibility, architecture and cost considerations of using TVWS for rural Internet access in 5G. Proceedings of the 2017 20th Conference on Innovations in Clouds, Internet and Networks, ICIN 2017. editor / Stefano Secci ; Noel Crespi ; Antonio Manzalini. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2017. pp. 23-30 (Proceedings of the 2017 20th Conference on Innovations in Clouds, Internet and Networks, ICIN 2017).

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Khalil, M, Qadir, J, Onireti, O, Imran, MA & Younis, S 2017, Feasibility, architecture and cost considerations of using TVWS for rural Internet access in 5G. in S Secci, N Crespi & A Manzalini (eds), Proceedings of the 2017 20th Conference on Innovations in Clouds, Internet and Networks, ICIN 2017., 7899245, Proceedings of the 2017 20th Conference on Innovations in Clouds, Internet and Networks, ICIN 2017, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., pp. 23-30, 20th Conference on Innovations in Clouds, Internet and Networks, ICIN 2017, Paris, France, 7/03/17. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICIN.2017.7899245

Feasibility, architecture and cost considerations of using TVWS for rural Internet access in 5G. / Khalil, Mohsin; Qadir, Junaid; Onireti, Oluwakayode et al.
Proceedings of the 2017 20th Conference on Innovations in Clouds, Internet and Networks, ICIN 2017. ed. / Stefano Secci; Noel Crespi; Antonio Manzalini. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2017. p. 23-30 7899245 (Proceedings of the 2017 20th Conference on Innovations in Clouds, Internet and Networks, ICIN 2017).

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Khalil M, Qadir J, Onireti O, Imran MA, Younis S. Feasibility, architecture and cost considerations of using TVWS for rural Internet access in 5G. In Secci S, Crespi N, Manzalini A, editors, Proceedings of the 2017 20th Conference on Innovations in Clouds, Internet and Networks, ICIN 2017. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2017. p. 23-30. 7899245. (Proceedings of the 2017 20th Conference on Innovations in Clouds, Internet and Networks, ICIN 2017). doi: 10.1109/ICIN.2017.7899245

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