@ARTICLE{Biswas_Ardhendu_Shekhar_Integrated_2021, author={Biswas, Ardhendu Shekhar and Sil, Sanjib and Bera, Rabindranath and Mitra, Monojit}, volume={vol. 67}, number={No 4}, journal={International Journal of Electronics and Telecommunications}, pages={655-663}, howpublished={online}, year={2021}, publisher={Polish Academy of Sciences Committee of Electronics and Telecommunications}, abstract={The world is heading towards deployment of 5G commercially by the year 2020. But providing broadband 5G connectivity to remote rural regions is a significant challenge. Fiber connectivity has attempted to penetrate rural regions but last mile connectivity is still a problem in many rural sectors due to improper land demarcation and hostile terrain. A scheme which is based on the Integrated Access and Backhaul (IAB) concept is proposed to provide last mile 5G connectivity to satisfy the broadband needs of rural subscribers. A wireless 5G downlink environment following 3GPP NR specifications with a significantly high throughput is simulated. The last mile link is provided through a 28GHz carrier from a proposed IAB node delivering a data throughput of 4.301 Gbps for singleuser carrier aggregation and 5.733 Gbps for multi-user carrier aggregation which is quite promising for broadband service, like high-speed Internet and streaming video. The results presented in this work are observed to agree favourably with the results of other researchers in the field.}, type={Article}, title={Integrated Access and Backhaul based 5G Connectivity for Rural Indian Sectors– Ending the Digital Divide}, URL={http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/121902/PDF-MASTER/90_3201_Biswas_new.pdf}, doi={10.24425/ijet.2021.137859}, keywords={Carrier aggregation (CA), component carrier (CC), 5G, New Radio (NR), Integrated Access and Backhaul (IAB)}, }