Convergence of satellite and terrestrial networks: A comprehensive survey

P Wang, J Zhang, X Zhang, Z Yan, BG Evans… - IEEE …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The explosive growth of various services boosts the innovation and development in
terrestrial communication systems for the implementation of the next generation mobile …

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 …

Performance analysis of multi-antenna hybrid satellite-terrestrial relay networks in the presence of interference

K An, M Lin, T Liang, JB Wang, J Wang… - IEEE Transactions …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The integration of cooperative transmission into satellite networks is regarded as an effective
strategy to increase the energy efficiency as well as the coverage of satellite …

Multipath cooperative routing with efficient acknowledgement for LEO satellite networks

F Tang, H Zhang, LT Yang - IEEE Transactions on Mobile …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Multipath routing can significantly improve the network throughput and end-to-end (e2e)
delay. Network coding based multipath routing removes the complicated coordination …

Outage performance of cognitive hybrid satellite–terrestrial networks with interference constraint

K An, M Lin, WP Zhu, Y Huang… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper investigates the performance of a cognitive hybrid satellite-terrestrial network,
where the primary satellite communication network and the secondary terrestrial mobile …

On the performance of cache-enabled hybrid satellite-terrestrial relay networks

K An, Y Li, X Yan, T Liang - IEEE Wireless Communications …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Hybrid satellite-terrestrial relay network (HSTRN) has been viewed as a flexible solution to
be developed with the heterogeneous devices, integrated systems, and infrastructures for …

Max-max user-relay selection scheme in multiuser and multirelay hybrid satellite-terrestrial relay systems

PK Upadhyay, PK Sharma - IEEE Communications Letters, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We consider a hybrid satellite-terrestrial relay system that employs a multiantenna satellite to
communicate with multiple users via multiple amplify-and-forward relays. We employ a max …

Energy efficient adaptive transmissions in integrated satellite-terrestrial networks with SER constraints

Y Ruan, Y Li, CX Wang, R Zhang - IEEE Transactions on …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Allowing frequency reuse between satellite and terrestrial networks, the integrated satellite-
terrestrial network can spatially optimize the usage of scarce spectrum resource and is thus …

Symbol error analysis of hybrid satellite–terrestrial cooperative networks with cochannel interference

K An, M Lin, J Ouyang, Y Huang… - IEEE Communications …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This letter investigates the effect of cochannel interference (CCI) on a hybrid satellite-
terrestrial cooperative relay network (HSTCN), where both the satellite-destination and …