  In order to make effective use of the Internet, broadband connectivity is a
pre-requisite. However, in the majority of rural areas in developing countries,
high-speed connectivity is unavailable. The Frugal 5G network architecture
presented in this paper aims at enabling broadband in rural areas by addressing
the challenges associated with it. The work presented in this paper is a
development over our previous work, in which we proposed abstract network
architecture for Frugal 5G. In this paper, we provide an innovative solution to
realize the Frugal 5G network. We identify the key system requirements and show
that the proposed solution enables an uncomplicated and flexible realization of
the Frugal 5G network. We are currently building a testbed to implement the
proposed changes.

Networking and Internet Architecture;Signal Processing