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 …

Hybrid satellite–terrestrial networks toward 6G: key technologies and open issues

SBR Tirmizi, Y Chen, S Lakshminarayana, W Feng… - Sensors, 2022 - mdpi.com
Future wireless networks will be required to provide more wireless services at higher data
rates and with global coverage. However, existing homogeneous wireless networks, such as …

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 …

On the secrecy performance of NOMA-based integrated satellite multiple-terrestrial relay networks with hardware impairments

K Guo, K An, F Zhou, TA Tsiftsis… - IEEE Transactions …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Integrated satellite terrestrial networks and non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) have
been confirmed to be promising and effective approaches to achieve substantial …

A unified framework for HS-UAV NOMA networks: Performance analysis and location optimization

X Li, Q Wang, H Peng, H Zhang, DT Do… - IEEE …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we propose a unified framework for hybrid satellite/unmanned aerial vehicle
(HSUAV) terrestrial non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) networks, where satellite aims …

The performance analysis of downlink NOMA in LEO satellite communication system

Z Gao, A Liu, X Liang - IEEE access, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) has the potential to provide higher throughput than
conventional orthogonal multiple access (OMA), which has been considered as a key …

Jointly optimized beamforming and power allocation for full-duplex cell-free NOMA in space-ground integrated networks

Q Gao, M Jia, Q Guo, X Gu… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Space-ground integrated networks (SGINs) have attracted substantial research interests due
to their wide area coverage capability, where spectrum sharing is employed between the …

Throughput analysis of multipair two-way replaying networks with NOMA and imperfect CSI

DT Do, TL Nguyen, KM Rabie, X Li, BM Lee - IEEE Access, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
To improve the utilization of spectrum and system capacity, non-orthogonal multiple access
(NOMA) is considered as a promising multiple access method for emerging communication …

Multi-antenna relay based cyber-physical systems in smart-healthcare NTNs: An explainable AI approach

S Pattepu, A Mukherjee, S Routray, P Mukherjee, Y Qi… - Cluster …, 2023 - Springer
In a generic modern multi-antenna relay system, the incremental cooperative networks use
the neighbor nodes to assist the source by sending the source message to the destination …

Integrated satellite-terrestrial networks with coordinated C-NOMA and relay transmission

F Zhao, W Xu, W Xiang - IEEE Systems Journal, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
For the cooperative nonorthogonal multiple access (C-NOMA)-aided integrated satellite-
terrestrial network (ISTN), an outage is inevitable if the channel from the satellite to the weak …