Low Cost Wireless Internet Access for Rural Areas using Tethered Aerostats

Bilaye, P.; Gawande, V.N.; Desai, U.B.; Raina, Ashutosh; Pant, Rajkumar S.

doi:10.1109/iciinfs.2008.4798405

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“…In 2001, A. Gawale et al, aimed to develop an airship for various applications such as surveillance, disaster management and advertisement [7]. This balloon established a long distance wireless communication link to provide Internet connectivity in rural areas [8]. Telecommunication and Broadband services in remote and hilly areas has been attempted [9].…”

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Network Architectures Exploiting Multiple Tethered Balloon Constellations for Coverage Extension

2016

6th International Conference on Advances in Engineering Sciences and Applied Mathematics (ICAESAM-2016) Dec. 21-22, 2016 Kuala

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Abstract-recently, the number of radio Base Stations (BS) is increasing drastically to cover large area and that leads to increase the cost. Therefore, instead of increasing the number of BS, height of BS is required to be increased. In this paper, we propose to use Tethered Balloon for carrying BS to altitude 200-440 meter. Therefore, it is able to provide effective and efficient telecommunication facilities and service with low cost. Additionally, the multi-Tethered Balloons concept has been used to extend the coverage area especially in thinly populated and remote areas. This paper describes possible multiple Tethered Balloons constellations, and explains how it is possible to increase the capacity. In this case, the WiMAX station is allocated in Tethered Balloon payload. Then, Quality of Service (QoS) parameters are measured and simulated for multiple Tethered Balloons using Optimized Network Engineering Tool (OPNET) Modeler 14.5 for the network implementation. The performance of our proposed technology is effectively and efficiently for delivering broadband communication services for large coverage areas.

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Section: Tethered Balloon Technologymentioning

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“…Furthermore, this technology also carries the potential of mitigate the health risk due to exposure to radiation and environmental effects that are linked with terrestrial mobile BS. The following are the most importance advantages of Tethered Balloon [10,11]:…”

Section: Tethered Balloon Technologymentioning

confidence: 99%

Network Architectures Exploiting Multiple Tethered Balloon Constellations for Coverage Extension

2016

6th International Conference on Advances in Engineering Sciences and Applied Mathematics (ICAESAM-2016) Dec. 21-22, 2016 Kuala

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“…These studies include design development and field prototype testing of indoor remotely controlled airships for neural network control hardware implementation [20], aerostats as platforms for lowcost re-locatable wireless communications systems [21], [22], outdoor remotely controlled airships for product promotion [1], aerial river ferry using superheated steam-filled balloons [23], and aerostats for snow cover evaluation [24]. Figure 1 is a conceptual sketch of a low-cost re-locatable wireless communications system, from [21], in which a fixed tower is replaced by a tethered aerostat on which a communications antenna is mounted.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…A recent study [22] concluded that the total cost of this innovative solution for providing internet access to rural areas is nearly half of the tower based system, over a life cycle of three years. An additional advantage of this system is that it is easily be re-furbished and re-located, which makes it more adaptable to changes in technology and needs.…”

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Application of Lighter-Than-Air Platforms for Power Beaming, Generation and Communications

Pant

Komerath

Kar

2011

2011 International Symposium on Electronic System Design

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Abstract-Retail power beaming using millimeter waves offers a rapid way to bring electric power to areas such as rural India where the terrestrial wired grid lags the demand for communications, connectivity and other services. Synergy between infrastructure development for communications and for power allows local, regional and global power exchange. This helps to bring renewable power generation devices of all scales into a seamless grid including space-based, stratospheric, low-altitude, and surface infrastructure. This paper presents a conceptual study of how lighter-than-air platforms (LTA) including uninhabited, remoted controlled or autonomous aerostats and airships, may be used for the above purpose. The paper highlights the synergistic application of LTA systems to the delivery of power, generation of a small amount of power, and provision of low-cost communications systems in remote areas. Significant experience has already been accumulated in using LTA systems in India for various purposes. Wind patterns drive the optimum altitude for a self-propelled LTA above 21,000 m, suitable for large stratospheric platforms. Altitudes above 4000 m would enable a tethered LTA to convey millimeter wave power through a waveguide integrated into the tether, tunneling through the high-loss regions of the atmosphere. The millimeter wave power beaming application requires demonstration of the projected antenna mass and other parameters. Tethered aerostats, autonomous powered airships and very high altitude platforms all offer excellent opportunities. Initial sizing explorations show feasible solution spaces.

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“…The scheme assumes M HAP drones and N GSs, with no CSI at the HAPs. A tethered balloon with (M − 1) × (N − 1) antennas is used as a decode and forward (DF) relay with half-duplex operation: The HAPs transmit their data to the GSs first, then the tethered balloon relays the data after performing pre-coding [51].Aerostats filled with lighter than air gas are tethered to the ground and used to provide connectivity to rural areas in [52]. Although these tethered aerostats can be used to provide backhaul connectivity by communicating with each other using directive antennas, they were also used in [52] to provide fronthaul WiFi access by using high gain omnidirectional antennas.…”

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A Key 6G Challenge and Opportunity - Connecting the Remaining 4 Billions: A Survey on Rural Connectivity

Yaacoub¹,

Alouini²

2019

Preprint

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DRAFT 4) Hyper Connected: This scenario corresponds to people enjoying state-of-the-art connectivity, e.g., at least 4G and possibly 5G cellular connectivity, and/or with high speed fixed DSL or FTTH or FTTN connectivity. These subscribers typically live in urban areas, and it is extremely difficult to find them in rural areas, due to the numerous barriers discussed previously. This paper surveys the literature aiming to provide basic connectivity to the unconnected population, or aiming to increase the connectivity level of those with basic connectivity ("Under Hence, the challenges for FSO in space are less critical, and indeed significantly better performance can be achieved, especially due to the fact that the optical signal is not traversing the atmosphere. In 2008, an optical inter-satellite link achieved a data rate transmission of 5.6 Gbps for distances up to 5, 000 km in the European Data Relay satellite System (EDRS). Newer terminals can transmit at a data rate of 1.8 Gbps for distances up to 45, 000 km. The intersatellite Ka band link achieved 300 Mbps [44]. In EDRS, LEO satellites relay the data from ground stations to GEO satellites using FSO for the GEO-LEO satellite communication, and RF bands for communication with the ground stations (similarly to the satellite-satellite Ka link, the satellite-ground Ka link achieved 300 Mbps) [44]. Some of the recent satellite constellations discussed in Section II-E, e.g., Starlink, are also expected to use FSO for its inter-satellite communication [45,46,47]. D. HAPs/Drones/UAVs/BalloonsTo solve the coverage problem in large rural areas without relying on the deployment of costly wired infrastructure for backhaul, HAPs and UAVs are generally recommended [48].UAVs are proposed in [49] to provide backhaul connectivity for ground 5G base stations. A steering algorithm to allow the antennas of the UAV and the ground BS to be dynamically steered towards each other is proposed in [49], and tested via an experimental setup. In[50], a multihop network of HAPs is proposed for providing backhaul connectivity to TVWS deployments in rural areas. The HAPs communicate with each other using mmWave frequencies, and with the ground stations using FSO.An interference alignment scheme to maximize the sum-rate capacity of HAPs communicating with GSs is proposed in [51]. The scheme assumes M HAP drones and N GSs, with no CSI at the HAPs. A tethered balloon with (M − 1) × (N − 1) antennas is used as a decode and forward (DF) relay with half-duplex operation: The HAPs transmit their data to the GSs first, then the tethered balloon relays the data after performing pre-coding [51].Aerostats filled with lighter than air gas are tethered to the ground and used to provide connectivity to rural areas in [52]. Although these tethered aerostats can be used to provide backhaul connectivity by communicating with each other using directive antennas, they were also used in [52] to provide fronthaul WiFi access by using high gain omnidirectional antennas.

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Low Cost Wireless Internet Access for Rural Areas using Tethered Aerostats

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Network Architectures Exploiting Multiple Tethered Balloon Constellations for Coverage Extension

Network Architectures Exploiting Multiple Tethered Balloon Constellations for Coverage Extension

Application of Lighter-Than-Air Platforms for Power Beaming, Generation and Communications

A Key 6G Challenge and Opportunity - Connecting the Remaining 4 Billions: A Survey on Rural Connectivity

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