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Satellite networks are recognized as an effective solution to ensure seamless connectivity worldwide, catering to a diverse range of applications. However, the broad coverage and broadcasting nature of satellite networks also expose them to…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-12-13 Daeun Kim , Namyoon Lee

The extension of wide area wireless connectivity to low-earth orbit (LEO) satellite communication systems demands a fresh look at the effects of in-orbit base stations, sky-to-ground propagation, and cell planning. A multi-beam LEO…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-07-15 Eunsun Kim , Ian P. Roberts , Jeffrey G. Andrews

Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite communications (SATCOM) offers high-throughput, low-latency global connectivity to a very large number of users. To accommodate this demand with limited hardware resources, beam hopping (BH) has emerged as a…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-12-23 Juha Park , Seokho Kim , Wonjae Shin , H. Vincent Poor

The integration of Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite constellations into 5G and Beyond is essential to achieve efficient global connectivity. As LEO satellites are a global infrastructure with predictable dynamics, a pre-planned fair and…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2022-11-14 Israel Leyva-Mayorga , Vineet Gala , Federico Chiariotti , Petar Popovski

A main challenge towards realizing the next generation Terabit/s broadband satellite communications (SatCom) is the limited spectrum available in the Ka band. An attractive solution is to move the feeder link to the higher Q/V band, where…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-11-17 Ahmad Gharanjik , Bhavani Shankar Mysore Rama Rao , Pantelis-Daniel Arapoglou , Björn Ottersten

We develop a general downlink model for multi-antenna heterogeneous cellular networks (HetNets), where base stations (BSs) across tiers may differ in terms of transmit power, target signal-to-interference-ratio (SIR), deployment density,…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-11-15 Harpreet S. Dhillon , Marios Kountouris , Jeffrey G. Andrews

With the goal of ubiquitous global connectivity, multibeam low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite communication (SATCOM) has attracted significant attention in recent years. The traffic demands of users are heterogeneous within the broad coverage…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-02-11 Jaehyup Seong , Juha Park , Juhwan Lee , Jungwoo Lee , Jung-Bin Kim , Wonjae Shin , H. Vincent Poor

Satellite networks provide unique challenges that can restrict users' quality of service. For example, high packet erasure rates and large latencies can cause significant disruptions to applications such as video streaming or voice-over-IP.…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2015-06-23 Jason Cloud , Muriel Medard

Earth observation satellites generate large amounts of real-time data for monitoring and managing time-critical events such as disaster relief missions. This presents a major challenge for satellite-to-ground communications operating under…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-03-19 Sheikh Salman Hassan , Loc X. Nguyen , Yan Kyaw Tun , Zhu Han , Choong Seon Hong

Low Earth Orbit satellite Internet has recently been deployed, providing worldwide service with non-terrestrial networks. With the large-scale deployment of both non-terrestrial and terrestrial networks, limited spectrum resources will not…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2024-05-27 Haoxuan Yuan , Zhe Chen , Zheng Lin , Jinbo Peng , Zihan Fang , Yuhang Zhong , Zihang Song , Yue Gao

Multi orbit low earth orbit (LEO) satellites communication is envisioned as a key infrastructure to deliver global coverage, enabling future services from space air ground integrated networks.However, the optimized design of LEO which…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-11-18 Yingzhuo Sun , Yulan Gao , Ming Xiao , Zhu Han , Octavia A. Dobre

Satellite networks are promising to provide ubiquitous and high-capacity global wireless connectivity. Traditionally, satellite networks are modeled by placing satellites on a grid of multiple circular orbit geometries. Such a network…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-08-10 Jeonghun Park , Jinseok Choi , Namyoon Lee

This letter proposes and evaluates the performance of reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS)-assisted source multiuser mixed radio frequency (RF)/free space optical (FSO) relay network with opportunistic user scheduling. Closed-form…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-12-23 Anas M. Salhab , Liang Yang

This paper proposes a cognitive radio enabled LEO SatCom using RSMA radio access technique with the coexistence of GEO SatCom network. In particular, this work aims to maximize the sum rate of LEO SatCom by simultaneously optimizing the…

Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite networks connect millions of devices on Earth and offer various services, such as data communications, remote sensing, and data harvesting. As the number of services increases, LEO satellite networks will…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-08-12 Chang-Sik Choi

Next-generation of satellite communication (SatCom) networks are expected to support extremely high data rates for a seamless integration into future large satellite-terrestrial networks. In view of the coming spectral limitations, the main…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-09-17 Steven Kisseleff , Eva Lagunas , Tedros Salih Abdu , Symeon Chatzinotas , Björn Ottersten

In this paper, we investigate the coverage performance of downlink satellite networks employing dynamic coordinated beamforming. Our approach involves modeling the spatial arrangement of satellites and users using Poisson point processes…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-09-20 Daeun Kim , Jeonghun Park , Namyoon Lee

As low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite communication systems are gaining increasing popularity, new theoretical methodologies are required to investigate such networks' performance at large. This is because deterministic and location-based…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-05-06 Niloofar Okati , Taneli Riihonen , Dani Korpi , Ilari Angervuori , Risto Wichman

In this paper, optimal linear precoding for the multibeam geostationary earth orbit (GEO) satellite with the multi-user (MU) multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) downlink scenario is addressed. Multiple-user interference is one of the…

Progress in optical wireless communication (OWC) has unleashed the potential to transmit data in an ultra-fast manner without incurring large investments and bulk infrastructure. OWC includes wireless data transmissions in three optical…