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Starlink and Cellular Connectivity under Mobility: Drive Testing Across the Arctic Circle
Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden; Icomera AB, Sweden.
Karlstad University, Faculty of Health, Science and Technology (starting 2013), Department of Mathematics and Computer Science (from 2013). Icomera AB, Sweden.ORCID iD: 0000-0003-3461-7079
Icomera AB, Sweden.
Icomera AB, Sweden.
2024 (English)In: Proceedings of Wireless Telecommunications Symposium (WTS), 2024, p. 1-9Conference paper, Published paper (Refereed)
Abstract [en]

Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite networks such as Starlink can provide broadband connectivity in sparsely populated regions, including those located in arctic and subarctic regions. However, only satellites in a subset of inclination planes can serve these northern regions. In order to evaluate Starlink connectivity in these geographically extreme regions, we perform a drive test across the arctic circle measuring Starlink and cellular connectivity. We analyze the results with regards to Starlink throughput characteristics including the effects of the 15 second reconfiguration interval, and compare the throughput and connectivity. Starlink generally provide better throughput, with around 10x better median throughput than our comparison cellular network. However, the low tail of the distribution is less impressive with more frequent connectivity losses. Our results also show that the combination of Starlink and cellular has the potential to provide considerable gains in aggregated connection reliability and tail throughput. We additionally discuss policy implications relating to state subsidy policies designed to ensure that the whole population has access to broadband connectivity. 

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2024. p. 1-9
Keywords [en]
Arctic Circle, Arctic regions, Broadband connectivity, Cellular connectivity, Cellular network, Drive test, Low earth orbit satellites, Northern regions, Satellite network, Subarctic regions
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Telecommunications
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Computer Science
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URN: urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-103861DOI: 10.1109/wts60164.2024.10536679ISI: 001233983100006Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85189186449ISBN: 979-8-3503-1788-6 (electronic)ISBN: 979-8-3503-1789-3 (print)OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kau-103861DiVA, id: diva2:1950300
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Wireless Telecommunications Symposium (WTS), Oakland, CA, USA, April 10-12, 2024.
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Knowledge FoundationAvailable from: 2025-04-07 Created: 2025-04-07 Last updated: 2025-04-07Bibliographically approved

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