Aerospace integrated networks innovation for empowering 6G: A survey and future challenges

D Zhou, M Sheng, J Li, Z Han - IEEE Communications Surveys …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The ever-increasing demand for ubiquitous and differentiated services at anytime and
anywhere emphasizes the necessity of aerospace integrated networks (AINs) which consist …

Integrated satellite-terrestrial networks toward 6G: Architectures, applications, and challenges

X Zhu, C Jiang - IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
With the increasing global communication demands and the development of Internet of
Things (IoT), extending the connectivity to rural and remote areas has become imperative for …

Secrecy-energy efficient hybrid beamforming for satellite-terrestrial integrated networks

Z Lin, M Lin, B Champagne, WP Zhu… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we investigate secrecy-energy efficient hybrid beamforming (BF) schemes for a
satellite-terrestrial integrated network, wherein a multibeam satellite system shares the …

5G embraces satellites for 6G ubiquitous IoT: Basic models for integrated satellite terrestrial networks

X Fang, W Feng, T Wei, Y Chen, N Ge… - IEEE Internet of Things …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Terrestrial communication networks mainly focus on users in urban areas but have poor
coverage performance in harsh environments, such as mountains, deserts, and oceans …

Energy-efficient multiaccess edge computing for terrestrial-satellite Internet of Things

Z Song, Y Hao, Y Liu, X Sun - IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The recent advances in low earth orbit (LEO) satellites enable the satellites to provide task
processing capability for remote Internet-of-Things (IoT) mobile devices (IMDs) without …

Performance analysis of the hybrid satellite-terrestrial relay network with opportunistic scheduling over generalized fading channels

Z Zhao, G Xu, N Zhang, Q Zhang - IEEE Transactions on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A hybrid satellite-terrestrial relay network (HSTRN) has been envisioned as a promising
communication architecture for future wireless communications, which can prominently …

Load-balanced virtual network embedding based on deep reinforcement learning for 6G regional satellite networks

R Zhu, G Li, Y Zhang, Z Fang… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Regional satellite networks are capable of supporting denser coverage and more reliable
communications in the target area and hence have been viewed as an essential part of the …

Multi-agent deep reinforcement learning based transmission latency minimization for delay-sensitive cognitive satellite-uav networks

S Guo, X Zhao - IEEE Transactions on Communications, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
With the ubiquitous deployment of a massive number of Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices, the
satellite-aerial networks are becoming a promising candidate to provide flexible and …

Content service oriented resource allocation for space–air–ground integrated 6G networks: A three-sided cyclic matching approach

P Qin, M Wang, X Zhao, S Geng - IEEE Internet of Things …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Since the existing terrestrial fifth generation (5G) network has limited coverage, it is difficult
to meet the growing demand for seamless network connection. Meanwhile, current network …

RIS-assisted covert transmission in satellite–terrestrial communication systems

D Song, Z Yang, G Pan, S Wang… - IEEE Internet of Things …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
With the development of the sixth-generation wireless communication technology, the
difficulty of covert communication in the satellite communications system (SCS) is further …