A 6G White Paper on Connectivity for Remote Areas
Abstract
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 incomes, etc., making them less attractive places to invest and operate connectivity networks. 6G could be the first mobile radio generation truly aiming to close the digital divide. However, in order to do so, special requirements and challenges have to be considered since the beginning of the design process. The aim of this white paper is to discuss requirements and challenges and point out related, identified research topics that have to be solved in 6G. This white paper first provides a generic discussion, shows some facts and discusses targets set in international bodies related to rural and remote connectivity and digital divide. Then the paper digs into technical details, i.e., into a solutions space. Each technical section ends with a discussion and then highlights identified 6G challenges and research ideas as a list.
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@article{arxiv.2004.14699,
title = {A 6G White Paper on Connectivity for Remote Areas},
author = {Harri Saarnisaari and Sudhir Dixit and Mohamed-Slim Alouini and Abdelaali Chaoub and Marco Giordani and Adrian Kliks and Marja Matinmikko-Blue and Nan Zhang and Anuj Agrawal and Mats Andersson and Vimal Bhatia and Wei Cao and Yunfei Chen and Wei Feng and Marjo Heikkilä and Josep M. Jornet and Luciano Mendes and Heikki Karvonen and Brejesh Lall and Matti Latva-aho and Xiangling Li and Kalle Lähetkangas and Moshe T. Masonta and Alok Pandey and Pekka Pirinen and Khaled Rabie and Tlou M. Ramoroka and Hanna Saarela and Amit Singhal and Kaibo Tian and Justin Wang and Chenchen Zhang and Yang Zhen and Haibo Zhou},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2004.14699},
year = {2020}
}
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A 6G white paper, 17 pages