Non-terrestrial networks (NTNs) traditionally have certain limited applications. However, the
recent technological advancements and manufacturing cost reduction opened up myriad …

We provide an overview of the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) work on evolving
the 5G wireless technology to support non-terrestrial satellite networks. Adapting 5G to …

Fifth-generation (5G) telecommunication systems are expected to meet the world market
demands of accessing and delivering services anywhere and anytime. The Non-Terrestrial …

Split learning (SL) is a collaborative learning framework, which can train an artificial
intelligence (AI) model between a device and an edge server by splitting the AI model into a …

Providing connectivity to around half of the world population living in rural or underprivileged
areas is a tremendous challenge, but, at the same time, a unique opportunity. Access to the …

Water covers 71% of the Earth's surface, where the steady increase in oceanic activities has
promoted the need for reliable maritime communication technologies. The existing maritime …

The large-scale and ever-growing use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in a wide range
of applications is foreseen to be a major part of beyond 5G and 6G wireless networks in the …

This paper investigates the massive access for a satellite-aerial-terrestrial network (SATN),
where a high-altitude platform (HAP) is deployed as a relay to assist the uplink transmission …

Space-air-ground integrated networks (SAGINs) are key elements for facilitating high-speed
seamless connectivity to the devices/users in infrastructure-less environments, where the …

The unprecedented increase in the demand for mobile data, fuelled by new emerging
applications and use-cases such as high-definition video streaming and heightened online …