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Broadband Communication Standards and Rural India

In: Normungs- und Standardisierungsstrategien in China und Indien

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  • Pranav Jha

    (Indian Institute of Technology Bombay)

  • Abhay Karandikar

    (Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur)

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Access to (mobile) broadband still eludes a sizeable population in rural India despite extensive presence of cellular networks in the country. Apparently, a poor alignment of cellular broadband technologies with the connectivity requirements of rural-areas, especially those in countries like India, is behind this incongruity. This chapter identifies the key requirements and challenges that should be addressed by wireless broadband technologies to be suitable for deployment in rural India. It also provides details on the efforts undertaken by the Indian telecom standardization community to address these challenges. The efforts have resulted in two standards proposals, namely, the “Low Mobility Large Coverage Area Cell (LMLC)” and “Frugal 5G Networks” as enhancements to the 5th Generation (5G) wireless technology standards. The chapter provides a brief description of these proposals, their architecture and the capabilities. LMLC is already integrated with ITU’s 5G technology standards while “Frugal 5G Networks” is currently being standardized under IEEE.

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  • Pranav Jha & Abhay Karandikar, 2022. "Broadband Communication Standards and Rural India," Springer Books, in: Joachim Freimuth & Siglinde Kaiser & Monika Schädler (ed.), Normungs- und Standardisierungsstrategien in China und Indien, pages 429-445, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-658-38204-9_27
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-658-38204-9_27
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