Spectral Map-Based Tool for Backhaul Rural Network Optimization and Indirect Estimation of Demographic Behaviors

Claudia Lucía Cortés,Neil Guerrero-González,Mauricio Alejandro Montaño-Argote

doi:10.3390/app12052508

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https://doi.org/10.3390/app12052508

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Abstract

In this article, both the optimization of a backhaul network and the indirect estimation of demographic behaviors from spectral analysis are proposed. Electromagnetic spectrum in 5 GHz frequency band was scanned, and graphs generation associated with the spectral map were obtained using AirView Spectrum Analyzer software incorporated into Ubiquiti devices; these devices were installed in Ovejas and Chalán municipalities as part of a rural backhaul network located in Sucre, Colombia to bridge the digital divide in rural areas. In addition to telecommunications system working frequency optimization between Almagra and La Ceiba nodes, which was configured at 5790 MHz—spectral analysis is presented as a non-traditional information source of demographic behavior, an indirect measure of population data from rural and difficult access areas. Initially, power intensity levels measured in Almagra and La Ceiba nodes based on the spectral map are presented as a tool to continuously measure the demographic behavior relating telecommunications equipment use to population density.

Highlights

Academic Editors: Jose MachadoUse and access of information and communication technologies (ITCs) are identified worldwide as fundamental factors for the economic and social development of each country, especially for underdeveloped or emerging countries where inequalities are present in everyday life
Spectral map measurements allow first to settle the optimal working frequency between Almagra and La Ceiba nodes depending on available frequencies, and indirectly, the installed network nodes present differences in terms of population density depending on the location
Results of WiBACK Rural Backhaul Network Spectral Measurements in Ovejas and Spectral map measurements allow first to settle the optimal working frequency between Almagra and La Ceiba nodes depending on available frequencies, and indirectly, the installed network nodes present differences in terms of population density depending on the location

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Introduction

Use and access of information and communication technologies (ITCs) are identified worldwide as fundamental factors for the economic and social development of each country, especially for underdeveloped or emerging countries where inequalities are present in everyday life. For this reason, in 2015, the United Nations (UN), through the Sustainable. Despite the efforts made by different governments, there are notable deficiencies in terms of fixed broadband connections and individuals who use the Internet worldwide. Sci. 2022, 12, 2508 there are notable deficiencies in terms of fixed broadband connections and individuals who use the Internet worldwide

Global

Connectivity in Colombia

WiBACK Rural Backhaul Network

Territorial Dynamics in Ovejas and Chalán Municipalities, Sucre, Colombia

Scenario Description and Connectivity Network Configuration

Coordinates reference symbols of populations located inwhose

WiBACK Network Devices and Measurements

UBIQUITI Network Devices and Measurements

Signal levels network network monitoring

Ubiquiti

Results of WiBACK

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