Realizing the Frugal 5G Network

TL;DR

This paper proposes a novel Frugal 5G network architecture designed to provide broadband connectivity in rural areas of developing countries, addressing key challenges and enabling flexible deployment.

Contribution

It introduces an innovative, practical solution for realizing Frugal 5G networks, building upon previous abstract architecture work.

Findings

Identified key system requirements for Frugal 5G

Proposed a flexible, uncomplicated realization approach

Developing a testbed for implementation

Abstract

In order to make effective use of the Internet, broadband connectivity is a pre-requisite. However, in the majority of rural areas in developing countries, high-speed connectivity is unavailable. The Frugal 5G network architecture presented in this paper aims at enabling broadband in rural areas by addressing the challenges associated with it. The work presented in this paper is a development over our previous work, in which we proposed abstract network architecture for Frugal 5G. In this paper, we provide an innovative solution to realize the Frugal 5G network. We identify the key system requirements and show that the proposed solution enables an uncomplicated and flexible realization of the Frugal 5G network. We are currently building a testbed to implement the proposed changes.