Due to the unprecedented advances in satellite fabrication and deployment, innovative
communications and networking technologies, ambitious space projects and programs, and …

Low-Earth orbit (LEO) satellites can play an important role in providing seamless coverage
for the Internet of Things (IoT). In satellite-based IoT (SIoT) networks, IoT devices can …

The space industry experiences a rise in low-Earth-orbit satellite mega-constellations to
achieve universal connectivity. At the same time, cloud firms (such as Google, Microsoft, and …

随着人类活动范围从大陆向海洋, 太空的不断扩展, 世界各国纷纷开始布局全球无缝覆盖,
连接无处不在的天地一体化信息网络建设. 天地一体化信息网络是天基网络与地面网络的深度 …

A hybrid multibeamforming receiver for low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite communication in the
Ku-band is designed and tested. The proposed receiver is implemented with eight channels …

Satellites enable the provision of global 5G coverage utilizing a customized protocol stack
for direct access of 5G devices. This paper reports the results of a field trial based on an …

Integrated terrestrial-satellite networks (ITSNs) play an essential role in providing global and
ubiquitous connectivity for next generation networks. Spectral efficiency of ITSNs depends …

A hybrid satellite–terrestrial relay network is a simple and flexible solution that can be used
to improve the performance of land mobile satellite systems, where the communication links …

We study the performance exhibited by the transport protocols, Transport Control Protocol
(TCP) and QUIC, over realistic satellite networks. We propose a novel methodology, which …

In this paper, we address issues associated with the effective management of handover
events in satellite-enabled 5G network infrastructures. Namely, we devise a strategy for …