2024 Submission 44

Timestamp: 2024/03/20 03:13:00 PM

SG: Technical Community

Submission: Connectivity opens new opportunities for Rural communities improving their quality of life. It is increasingly a necessity for economic development, education, and healthcare while helping the rural community’s achieve economic self-sufficiency. However, there are many challenges, opportunities, and options to providing sustainable, reliable, and affordable connectivity to rural areas. Addressing the rural connectivity problem is crucial for bridging the digital divide, ensuring that all individuals regardless of where they live will have access to the benefits of the digital age. The CR Bolo project will be used as an example of what is possible for Rural communities within the US.

Links: The CR Bolo Project: An IVR enabled hybrid connectivity enabling rural entrepreneurship environment https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xe07AXuzK4Y

IEEE P1941.1TM Recommended Practice for Internet Grades of Service in Rural Areas This standard contains recommendations for Grades of Service offerings by internet service providers in rural areas. Service scenarios include generations of cellular networks. Recommendations include access service and core network parameters, service concentration, service availability and reliability. This document recommends metrics for service performance measurements in the access segment and end-to-end, and it provides recommendations for mapping of Grades of Service to Quality of Experience by end-users for a variety of multimedia applications. https://standards.ieee.org/ieee/1941.1/10274/ Suggested speaker: Karen Mulberry

Issue Areas: Access and Digital Inclusion • Digital Markets and Competition