The efforts on the development, standardization and improvements to communication systems towards 5G Advanced and 6G are on track to provide benefits such as an unprecedented level of connectivity and performance, enabling a diverse range of vertical services. The full integration of non-terrestrial components into 6G plays a pivotal role in realizing this paradigm shift towards ubiquitous communication and global coverage. However, this integration into 6G brings forth a set of its own challenges, particularly in Radio Access Technologies (RATs). To this end, this paper comprehensively discusses those challenges at different levels of RATs and proposes the corresponding potential emerging advancements in the realm of 6G NTN. In particular, the focus is on advancing the prospective aspects of Radio Resource Management (RRM), spectral coexistence in terrestrial and non-terrestrial components and flexible waveform design solutions to combat the impediments. This discussion with a specific focus on emerging advancements in 6G NTN RATs is critical for shaping the next generation networks and potentially relevant in contributing the part in standardization in forthcoming releases
@article{arxiv.2404.13918,
title = {Emerging Advancements in 6G NTN Radio Access Technologies: An Overview},
author = {Husnain Shahid and Carla Amatetti and Riccardo Campana and Sorya Tong and Dorin Panaitopol and Alessandro Vanelli Coralli and Abdelhamed Mohamed and Chao Zhang and Ebraam Khalifa and Eduardo Medeiros and Estefania Recayte and Fatemeh Ghasemifard and Ji Lianghai and Juan Bucheli and Karthik Anantha Swamy and Marius Caus and Mehmet Gurelli and Miguel A. Vazquez and Musbah Shaat and Nathan Borios and Per-Erik Eriksson and Sebastian Euler and Zheng Li and Xiaotian Fu},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2404.13918},
year = {2024}
}
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accepted in 2024 EuCNC and 6G Summit, Antwerp, Belgium, 3_6 June 2024