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Demo: Ara Pawr Wireless Living Lab for Smart and Connected Rural Communities

Taimoor UI Islam, Joshua Ofori Boateng, Md Nadim, Guo Zu, M. Shahid, Xiaolong Li, Tao Zhang, Sanjeeva Reddy, Wei Xu, Ataberk Atalar, Victor Lee, Evan Gossling, Elisabeth Permatasari, Zhaozong Meng, Sarath Babu, Mohamed S. Soliman, A. Hussain, Daji Qiao, Meng Zheng, Ozdal Boyraz, Yong Liang Guan, Amit Arora, Mohamed Selim, Arsalan Ahmad, M. B. Cohen, Hongwei Zhang · 2024

Summary. ARA is a wireless research platform designed for rural communities, featuring the first real-world implementation of long-distance wireless systems spanning over 30 km. It integrates software-defined radios and commercial equipment to enable experiments across user devices, base stations, edge computing, and cloud infrastructure. The platform supports advanced wireless research including MIMO in TV white space bands, long-range backhaul communications, and open-source 5G protocols, advancing next-generation wireless innovation for rural regions.

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Islam, T. U., Boateng, J. O., Nadim, M., Zu, G., Shahid, M., Li, X., Zhang, T., Reddy, S., Xu, W., Atalar, A., Lee, V., Gossling, E., Permatasari, E., Meng, Z., Babu, S., Soliman, M. S., Hussain, A., Qiao, D., Zheng, M., . . . Zhang, H.. (2024). Demo: Ara Pawr Wireless Living Lab for Smart and Connected Rural Communities. https://doi.org/10.1109/icnp61940.2024.10858584

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DOI
10.1109/icnp61940.2024.10858584
Countries
United States
Regions
North America
Categories
broadband-and-digital, regional-innovation-systems
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2026-04-28