Big Communications: Connect the Unconnected

Chuanting Zhang; Shuping Dang; Mohamed Slim Alouini; Basem Shihada

doi:10.3389/frcmn.2022.785933

Big Communications: Connect the Unconnected

Chuanting Zhang, Shuping Dang, Mohamed Slim Alouini, Basem Shihada^*

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Abstract

In this article, we present the analysis of the digital divide to illustrate the unfair access to the benefits brought by information and communications technology (ICT) over the globe and provide our solution termed big communications (BigCom) to close the digital divide and democratize the benefits of ICT. To facilitate the implementation of BigCom, we give a complete framework of BigCom considering both technological and non-technological factors as well as a set of suggestions for content providers, mobile network operators, and governments. By implementing BigCom, we aim to connect the last 3.7 billion unconnected people living in far-flung and underdeveloped areas and achieve the goal of global and ubiquitous connectivity for everyone in the 6G era.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	785933
Journal	Frontiers in Communications and Networks
Volume	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3389/frcmn.2022.785933
State	Published - 2022

Keywords

6G
big communications
digital divide
global connectivity
telecommunication imbalance

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Computer Networks and Communications
Signal Processing

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