Universal connectivity has been part of past and current generations of wireless systems, but as we approach 6G, the subject of social responsibility is being built as a core component. Given the advent of Non-Terrestrial Networks (NTN), reaching these goals will be much closer to realization than ever before. Owing to the benefits of NTN, the integration NTN and Terrestrial Networks (TN) is still infancy, where the past, the current and the future releases in the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) provide guidelines to adopt a successfully co-existence/integration of TN and NTN. Therefore, in this article, we have illustrated through 3GPP guidelines, on how NTN and TN can effectively be integrated. Moreover, the role of beamforming and Artificial Intelligence (AI) algorithms is highlighted to achieve this integration. Finally the usefulness of integrating NTN and TN is validated through experimental analysis.
@article{arxiv.2407.02184,
title = {Non-Terrestrial Networks for 6G: Integrated, Intelligent and Ubiquitous Connectivity},
author = {Muhammad Ali Jamshed and Aryan Kaushik and Miguel Dajer and Alessandro Guidotti and Fanny Parzysz and Eva Lagunas and Marco Di Renzo and Symeon Chatzinotas and Octavia A. Dobre},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2407.02184},
year = {2024}
}