Deployment of 5G Experiments on Underserved Areas using the Open5GENESIS Suite

This paper shows how the Open5GENESIS suite can be used for executing 5G experiments at rural and underserved areas, integrating technologies such as edge computing and satellite backhaul. The use case considered is a smart farming application for weed detection, realized by means of Virtualized Network Functions and tailored functions. The 5GENESIS experimentation methodology is summarized, showing its flexibility for orchestrating, managing and retrieving metrics of this particular experiment. Results show that the use of edge computing in the use case considered reduces the end-to-end latency significantly.