An Approach for Providing Mobile Connectivity in Hard to Access Rugged Terrain

2023

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DOI 10.1109/ciees58940.2023.10378819
Data confidence 70 medium
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Abstract

People are used to have mobile coverage on their phones anytime, anywhere. The fact is, however, that there are relatively urbanized areas that present an incredible difficulty in ensuring mobile connectivity. Similar problems are also found in urban environments between different buildings that form "radio shadows", but there the problem is easily overcome with minimal investment. Another issue is a similar problem caused, not by tall buildings but by mountain ranges, where even if there is a base station built near the area, its relief significantly worsens the coverage. The paper presents a useful approach for providing mobile connectivity in hard-to-reach areas.