Proposed 5G broadband telecom network solution over TVWS and software defined radio

Abstract

This paper proposes the deployment of a fifth generation (5G) broadband telecom network using TV white spaces (TVWS), software defined radio (SDR), virtualization techniques (SDN/NFV) and cloud, as well as telecom open source software (OSS) (Open5GS) to address the major concerns of lack of infrastructure, and the high costs of network deployment in rural areas in Africa. The proposed solution will support new telecommunications services and applications.