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 …

Energy efficient LoRa transmission over TV white spaces

AR Askhedkar, BS Chaudhari - International Journal of Information …, 2023 - Springer
Being one of the fast emerging Internet of Things (IoT) technologies, low power wide area
networks (LPWANs) offer power-efficient, long range and low bit rate communication for the …

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 …

HAP-enabled communications in rural areas: When diverse services meet inadequate communication infrastructures

Y Zhang, MA Kishk, MS Alouini - IEEE Open Journal of the …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The high altitude platform (HAP) network has been regarded as a cost-efficient solution for
providing network access to rural or remote areas. Apart from network connectivity, rural …

Multi-objective optimization of cognitive radio networks

RM Alonso, D Plets, M Deruyck, L Martens, GG Nieto… - Computer Networks, 2021 - Elsevier
New generation networks, based on Cognitive Radio technology, allow dynamic allocation
of the spectrum, alleviating spectrum scarcity. These networks also have a resilient potential …

Power modeling for video streaming applications on mobile devices

C Herglotz, S Coulombe, C Vazquez, A Vakili… - IEEE …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we derive an accurate power model for video streaming which we condense to
the essential components contributing the most to the overall power consumption. As a use …

IoT‐Based Management Platform for Real‐Time Spectrum and Energy Optimization of Broadcasting Networks

R Martinez Alonso, D Plets… - Wireless …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
We investigate the feasibility of Internet of Things (IoT) technology to monitor and improve
the energy efficiency and spectrum usage efficiency of broadcasting networks in the Ultra …

Dimension Conversion Approach for Indoor Three Dimensional Radio Environment Map design

P Maiti, S Banerjee - Wireless Personal Communications, 2025 - Springer
This study examines the effectiveness of employing the texture-patch transformation (TPT)
approach compared to two-dimensional (2D) and three-dimensional (3D) approaches for …

Dynamic interference optimization in cognitive radio networks for rural and suburban areas

R Martinez Alonso, D Plets, M Deruyck… - Wireless …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
In this paper, we investigate the coexistence of cognitive radio networks on TV white spaces
for rural and suburban connectivity. Although experimental models and laboratory …

Radio Environment Map of an LTE Deployment Based on Machine Learning Estimation of Signal Levels

YH Santana, D Plets, RM Alonso… - 2022 IEEE …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Accurate estimation of Propagation Path Loss is important for reliable and optimized
coverage of a service. In literature, a diversity of theoretically or experimentally based …