Oceania’s 5G Multi-Tier Fixed Wireless Access Link’s Long-Term Resilience and Feasibility Analysis

Satyanand Singh (), Joanna Rosak-Szyrocka, István Drotár () and Xavier Fernando
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Satyanand Singh: Department of Electronics, Instrumentation & Control Engineering, College of Engineering, Science & Technology, Fiji National University, Suva 744101, Fiji
Joanna Rosak-Szyrocka: Department of Production Engineering and Safety, Faculty of Management, Czestochowa University of Technology, 42-201 Częstochowa, Poland
István Drotár: Faculty of Economics, Széchenyi Istvàn University, 9026 Győr, Hungary
Xavier Fernando: Electrical, Computer, and Biomedical Engineering, Toronto Metropolitan University, Toronto, ON M4B 2K3, Canada

Future Internet, 2023, vol. 15, issue 10, 1-29

Abstract: Information and communications technologies play a vital role in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and bridging the gap between developed and developing countries. However, various socioeconomic factors adversely impact the deployment of digital infrastructure, such as 5G networks, in the countries of Oceania. The high-speed broadband fifth-generation cellular network (5G) will improve the quality of service for growing mobile users and the massive Internet of Things (IoT). It will also provide ultra-low-latency services required by smart city applications. This study investigates the planning process for a 5G radio access network incorporating sub-6 GHz macro-remote radio units (MRRUs) and mmWave micro-remote radio units (mRRUs). We carefully define an optimization problem for 5G network planning, considering the characteristics of urban macro-cells (UMa) and urban micro-cells (UMi) with appropriate channel models and link budgets. We determine the minimum number of MRRUs and mRRUs that can be installed in each area while meeting coverage and user traffic requirements. This will ensure adequate broadband low-latency network coverage with micro-cells instead of macro-cells. This study evaluates the technical feasibility analysis of combining terrestrial and airborne networks to provide 5G coverage in Oceania, with a special emphasis on Fiji.

Keywords: 5G networks; heterogeneous network planning; radio network; communication service providers; information and communication technologies; indoor hotspot; urban macro-cell; urban micro-cell; suburban macro-cell; rural macro-cell (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O3 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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