Evolution of non-terrestrial networks from 5G to 6G: A survey

MM Azari, S Solanki, S Chatzinotas… - … surveys & tutorials, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Non-terrestrial networks (NTNs) traditionally have certain limited applications. However, the
recent technological advancements and manufacturing cost reduction opened up myriad …

A survey on IoT-enabled smart grids: emerging, applications, challenges, and outlook

A Goudarzi, F Ghayoor, M Waseem, S Fahad, I Traore - Energies, 2022 - mdpi.com
Swift population growth and rising demand for energy in the 21st century have resulted in
considerable efforts to make the electrical grid more intelligent and responsive to …

Next generation mega satellite networks for access equality: Opportunities, challenges, and performance

B Al Homssi, A Al-Hourani, K Wang… - IEEE …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Digital connectivity has become the foundation of prosperity and an essential need for
functioning societies. Despite this dependence, limitation on Internet access remains a …

A survey on the use of blockchain for future 6G: Technical aspects, use cases, challenges and research directions

A Kalla, C De Alwis, P Porambage, G Gür… - Journal of Industrial …, 2022 - Elsevier
While 5G is at the early deployment state around the globe, the research and industrial
communities have already started concentrating their efforts on formulating the overall 6G …

Vehicular intelligence in 6G: Networking, communications, and computing

H Guo, X Zhou, J Liu, Y Zhang - Vehicular Communications, 2022 - Elsevier
With the deployment of 5G, researchers and experts begin to look forward to 6G. They
predict that 6G will be the key driving force for information interaction and social life after …

Future space networks: Toward the next giant leap for humankind

MY Abdelsadek, AU Chaudhry… - IEEE Transactions …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Due to the unprecedented advances in satellite fabrication and deployment, innovative
communications and networking technologies, ambitious space projects and programs, and …

Aerial computing: A new computing paradigm, applications, and challenges

QV Pham, R Ruby, F Fang, DC Nguyen… - IEEE Internet of …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In existing computing systems, such as edge computing and cloud computing, several
emerging applications and practical scenarios are mostly unavailable or only partially …

Reconfigurable intelligent surfaces for 6G IoT wireless positioning: A contemporary survey

R Chen, M Liu, Y Hui, N Cheng… - IEEE Internet of Things …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The sixth-generation (6G) wireless communication system is expected to integrate
communication, intelligence, sensing, positioning, control, and calculation to adapt to time …

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 …

Virtual network function placement in satellite edge computing with a potential game approach

X Gao, R Liu, A Kaushik - IEEE Transactions on Network and …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Satellite networks, as a supplement to terrestrial networks, can provide effective computing
services for Internet of Things (IoT) users in remote areas. Due to the resource limitation of …