7 papers
Empowering Rural Areas with Multi-radio Microwave Backhaul Supported by Digital Twin for 5G IAB-based FWA
Anselme Ndikumana, Kim Khoa Nguyen, Adel Larabi +1
For digital inclusion, high-capacity Internet access should be provided to rural areas to support a range of services and applications. Due to the high operating costs of fiber-opt…
Large Language Model Assisted Intent-Based Satellite-Integrated Access and Backhaul FWA for Rural Areas
Anselme Ndikumana, Kim Khoa Nguyen, Adel Larabi +1
Rural areas exhibit low population density and highly variable connectivity needs shaped by both household usage and field operations such as planting, harvesting, and mining. Thes…
FAIR-Pruner: A Flexible Framework for Automatic Layer-Wise Pruning via Tolerance of Difference
Chenqing Lin, Mostafa Hussien, Chengyao Yu +4
Structured pruning is a standard tool for compressing deep neural networks, but its practical performance depends on how sparsity is allocated across layers. We propose FAIR-Pruner…
Energy-Efficient Multi-Radio Microwave and IAB-Based Fixed Wireless Access for Rural Areas
Anselme Ndikumana, Kim Khoa Nguyen, Adel Larabi +1
Deploying fiber optics as a last-mile solution in rural areas is not economically viable due to low population density. Nevertheless, providing high-speed internet access in these…
Renewable Energy Powered and Open RAN-based Architecture for 5G Fixed Wireless Access Provisioning in Rural Areas
Anselme Ndikumana, Kim Khoa Nguyen, Mohamed Cheriet
Due to the high costs of optical fiber deployment in Low-Density and Rural Areas (LDRAs), 5G Fixed Wireless Access (5G FWA) recently emerged as an affordable solution. A widely ado…
Digital Twin Backed Closed-Loops for Energy-Aware and Open RAN-based Fixed Wireless Access Serving Rural Areas
Anselme Ndikumana, Kim Khoa Nguyen, Mohamed Cheriet
Internet access in rural areas should be improved to support digital inclusion and 5G services. Due to the high deployment costs of fiber optics in these areas, Fixed Wireless Acce…