With the advent of the Internet of Things (IoT) era, the ever increasing number of devices and
emerging applications have triggered the need for ubiquitous connectivity and more efficient …

This paper presents an overview of the existing high altitude platform (HAP) systems, and
analyzes their application on different network types, such as two way (hybrid) …

As small spacecraft venture out of Earth orbit, they will encounter challenges not
experienced or addressed by the numerous low Earth orbit (LEO) CubeSat and smallsat …

Edge intelligence, a new paradigm to accelerate artificial intelligence (AI) applications by
leveraging computing resources on the network edge, can be used to improve intelligent …

The huge prospects of the internet of things (IoT) have led to an ever-growing demand for
computing power by IoT users to enable various applications. Multi-access edge computing …

Underwater data acquisition entities acquire big data that are processed aboard terrestrial
data centres. However, processing the big data aboard terrestrial computing entities …

High-altitude platform stations (HAPSs) are expected to provide ultrawide-coverage areas
and disaster-resilient networks from the stratosphere at around 20 km by installing wireless …

The recent years have seen a rise in the incorporation and integration of new smart
connected devices and platforms such as Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) to the …

Technology advances have enabled unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) to stay afloat in the
stratosphere for several months as base station platforms with the communication payload …

In this article we presented an overview of UASs for civil applications focusing on the
communication component. We identified several available communication technologies for …