The increasing popularity of Internet of Everything and small-cell devices has enormously
accelerated traffic loads. Consequently, increased bandwidth and high data rate …

In this paper, we investigate security and energy efficiency of multicast communication in
cognitive satellite terrestrial networks. To achieve high spectrum efficiency and low …

In this letter, we consider a two-way relay cognitive satellite terrestrial network (CSTN) in the
presence of a friendly jammer and an eavesdropper (Eve). In this system, we investigate the …

During the last decade, wireless data services have had an incredible impact on people's
lives in ways we could never have imagined. The number of mobile devices has increased …

Abstract Satellite-Terrestrial integrated Networks (STNs) have been advocated by both
academia and industry as a promising network paradigm to achieve service continuity and …

Software-defined satellite-terrestrial integrated networks (SDSTNs) are seen as a promising
paradigm for achieving high resource flexibility and global communication coverage …

To provide seamless communication service, the integrated satellite-terrestrial network
(ISTN) has attracted lots of interest, where the promising dynamic spectrum sharing …

Optical wireless communication, or free space optics, is a promising solution for backhauls
in sixth‐generation mobile systems. However, the susceptibility of optical links to weather …

Lightweight and deployable phased arrays are important in Small-Satellite (Small-Sat)
constellation systems to reduce price and increase link distance. This article proposes a Ka …

The integrated satellite-terrestrial communication network (ISTCN) has become an important
research direction for future sixth-generation mobile networks to meet the communication …