6G enabled smart infrastructure for sustainable society: Opportunities, challenges, and research roadmap

AL Imoize, O Adedeji, N Tandiya, S Shetty - Sensors, 2021 - mdpi.com
The 5G wireless communication network is currently faced with the challenge of limited data
speed exacerbated by the proliferation of billions of data-intensive applications. To address …

Spaceborne cloud and precipitation radars: Status, challenges, and ways forward

A Battaglia, P Kollias, R Dhillon, R Roy… - Reviews of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Spaceborne radars offer a unique three‐dimensional view of the atmospheric components
of the Earth's hydrological cycle. Existing and planned spaceborne radar missions provide …

6G and beyond: The future of wireless communications systems

IF Akyildiz, A Kak, S Nie - IEEE access, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
6G and beyond will fulfill the requirements of a fully connected world and provide ubiquitous
wireless connectivity for all. Transformative solutions are expected to drive the surge for …

A review of multibeam phased array antennas as LEO satellite constellation ground station

G He, X Gao, L Sun, R Zhang - IEEE Access, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Small satellites in low Earth orbit (LEO) are typically organized as a satellite constellation.
The satellite number of a LEO satellite constellation would be several hundred or even tens …

Small-satellite synthetic aperture radar for continuous global biospheric monitoring: A review

SW Paek, S Balasubramanian, S Kim, O de Weck - Remote Sensing, 2020 - mdpi.com
Space-based radar sensors have transformed Earth observation since their first use by
Seasat in 1978. Radar instruments are less affected by daylight or weather conditions than …

[HTML][HTML] Digital-care in next generation networks: Requirements and future directions

R Ahmad, M Hämäläinen, R Wazirali, T Abu-Ain - Computer Networks, 2023 - Elsevier
Digital healthcare applications are part of the Industry 4.0 which is based on smart devices
and trustworthy communications technology. The concept of Digital-care is based on …

Normalization method for multi-sensor high spatial and temporal resolution satellite imagery with radiometric inconsistencies

N Leach, NC Coops, N Obrknezev - Computers and Electronics in …, 2019 - Elsevier
Distributed systems of small satellites are generating a new type of remote sensing data:
multi-spectral data with high spatial and temporal resolution and near-daily global coverage …

RainCube: the first ever radar measurements from a CubeSat in space

E Peral, S Tanelli, S Statham, S Joshi… - Journal of Applied …, 2019 - spiedigitallibrary.org
RainCube (Radar in a CubeSat) is a technology demonstration mission to enable Ka-band
precipitation radar technologies on a low-cost, quick-turnaround platform. The 6U CubeSat …

A compact CubeSat antenna with beamsteering capability and polarization agility: Characteristic modes theory for breakthrough antenna design

FA Dicandia, S Genovesi - IEEE Antennas and Propagation …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this article, we propose a novel compact radiating system for a 1 U CubeSat. The
designed antenna benefits from characteristic modes theory (CMT), which provides …

A dynamic testbed for nanosatellites attitude verification

D Modenini, A Bahu, G Curzi, A Togni - Aerospace, 2020 - mdpi.com
To enable a reliable verification of attitude determination and control systems for
nanosatellites, the environment of low Earth orbits with almost disturbance-free rotational …