More than ever, there is a need for a wholly connected era, particularly for the connectivity of
Internet of Things (IoT) devices dispersed across a large geographic region, including all …

Recent satellite constellations are being deployed to serve massive numbers of wireless
devices, especially targeting those located in rural and offshore settings. Accordingly …

Due to the advantages of large area coverage, low capital cost and fast deployment,
unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are believed to play a key role in the emerging Internet of …

Recently, stochastic geometry has been applied to provide tractable performance analysis
for low earth orbit (LEO) satellite networks. However, existing works mainly focus on …

This letter studies the performance of a low-earth-orbit (LEO) satellite communication system
where the locations of the LEO satellites are modeled as a binomial point process (BPP) on …

Low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite plays an indispensable role in the equal access network
because of its low latency, large capacity, and seamless global coverage. For such an …

This article presents a star-of-star topology for Internet of Things (IoT) networks using mega
low-Earth-orbit constellations. The proposed topology enables IoT users to broadcast their …

Internet of Things (IoT) has become an essential part of the coming 5th generation (5G). As a
powerful supplementation, satellite systems can extend terrestrial IoT network to a full-time …

While leading companies will soon have launched their low Earth orbit (LEO) constellations
with different orbital characteristics, eg, altitude and inclination, the analytical understanding …

As emerging massive constellations are intended to provide seamless connectivity for
remote areas using hundreds of small low Earth orbit (LEO) satellites, new methodologies …