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Advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) and low-earth orbit (LEO) satellites have promoted the application of large remote sensing foundation models for various downstream tasks. However, direct downloading of these models for…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-08-01 Yan Zhu , Jingyang Zhu , Ting Wang , Yuanming Shi , Chunxiao Jiang , Khaled Ben Letaief

The emergence of mega-constellations of interconnected satellites has a major impact on the integration of cellular wireless and non-terrestrial networks, while simultaneously offering previously inconceivable data gathering capabilities.…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-09-24 Nasrin Razmi , Bho Matthiesen , Armin Dekorsy , Petar Popovski

Traditional federated learning (FL) frameworks rely heavily on terrestrial networks, where coverage limitations and increasing bandwidth congestion significantly hinder model convergence. Fortunately, the advancement of low-Earth orbit…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2024-11-22 Yuxin Zhang , Zheng Lin , Zhe Chen , Zihan Fang , Wenjun Zhu , Xianhao Chen , Jin Zhao , Yue Gao

While network coverage maps continue to expand, many devices located in remote areas remain unconnected to terrestrial communication infrastructures, preventing them from getting access to the associated data-driven services. In this paper,…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2023-12-27 Dong-Jun Han , Seyyedali Hosseinalipour , David J. Love , Mung Chiang , Christopher G. Brinton

Mega-constellations of small satellites have evolved into a source of massive amount of valuable data. To manage this data efficiently, on-board federated learning (FL) enables satellites to train a machine learning (ML) model…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2024-02-15 Nasrin Razmi , Bho Matthiesen , Armin Dekorsy , Petar Popovski

The advent of the sixth-generation (6G) wireless networks, enhanced by artificial intelligence, promises ubiquitous connectivity through Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites. These satellites are capable of collecting vast amounts of…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-11-25 Loc X. Nguyen , Sheikh Salman Hassan , Yu Min Park , Yan Kyaw Tun , Zhu Han , Choong Seon Hong

A Low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite constellation consists of a large number of small satellites traveling in space with high mobility and collecting vast amounts of mobility data such as cloud movement for weather forecast, large herds of…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-05-23 Mohamed Elmahallawy , Tie Luo

Low Earth orbit (LEO) satellites are capable of gathering abundant Earth observation data (EOD) to enable different Internet of Things (IoT) applications. However, to accomplish an effective EOD processing mechanism, it is imperative to…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2024-10-21 Luyao Zou , Yu Min Park , Chu Myaet Thwal , Yan Kyaw Tun , Zhu Han , Choong Seon Hong

Space AI has become increasingly important and sometimes even necessary for government, businesses, and society. An active research topic under this mission is integrating federated learning (FL) with satellite communications (SatCom) so…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-02-19 Mohamed Elmahallawy , Tie Luo , Khaled Ramadan

Secure aggregation is a common technique in federated learning (FL) for protecting data privacy from both curious internal entities (clients or server) and external adversaries (eavesdroppers). However, in dynamic and resource-constrained…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-08-20 Mohamed Elmahallawy , Tie Luo

Federated learning (FL) enables collaborative model training without centralizing data. However, the traditional FL framework is cloud-based and suffers from high communication latency. On the other hand, the edge-based FL framework that…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2022-10-28 Zhenxiao Zhang , Zhidong Gao , Yuanxiong Guo , Yanmin Gong

Devices located in remote regions often lack coverage from well-developed terrestrial communication infrastructure. This not only prevents them from experiencing high quality communication services but also hinders the delivery of machine…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2024-08-20 Dong-Jun Han , Wenzhi Fang , Seyyedali Hosseinalipour , Mung Chiang , Christopher G. Brinton

In this work, we introduce Fed-Span: \textit{\underline{fed}erated learning with \underline{span}ning aggregation over low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite constellations}. Fed-Span aims to address critical challenges inherent to distributed…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2025-12-04 Fardis Nadimi , Payam Abdisarabshali , Jacob Chakareski , Nicholas Mastronarde , Seyyedali Hosseinalipour

Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite constellations have seen significant growth and functional enhancement in recent years, which integrates various capabilities like communication, navigation, and remote sensing. However, the heterogeneity of…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2024-11-13 Liang Zhao , Shenglin Geng , Xiongyan Tang , Ammar Hawbani , Yunhe Sun , Lexi Xu , Daniele Tarchi

Federated learning (FL) has emerged as a promising distributed training paradigm for Low Earth Orbit (LEO) networks by significantly reducing communication overhead. However, its deployment faces critical challenges, e.g., topology-induced…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-05-07 Jinhao Yi , Weijun Gao , Chong Han , Ozgur Gurbuz , Josep M. Jornet

Recently, the increasing deployment of LEO satellite systems has enabled various space analytics (e.g., crop and climate monitoring), which heavily relies on the advancements in deep learning (DL). However, the intermittent connectivity…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-01-03 Zheng Lin , Yuxin Zhang , Zhe Chen , Zihan Fang , Cong Wu , Xianhao Chen , Yue Gao , Jun Luo

Mobile Edge Computing (MEC), which incorporates the Cloud, edge nodes and end devices, has shown great potential in bringing data processing closer to the data sources. Meanwhile, Federated learning (FL) has emerged as a promising…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2021-04-26 Wentai Wu , Ligang He , Weiwei Lin , Rui Mao

The use of Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites in the next generation (Next-G) communication systems has been gaining traction over the last few years due to their potential for providing global connectivity with low latency. Since they are…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-06-03 Sambrama , Venkata Srirama Rohit Kantheti , Liang C Chu , Erik Blasch , Shih-Chun Lin

Federated learning (FL) has been recognized as a viable distributed learning paradigm which trains a machine learning model collaboratively with massive mobile devices in the wireless edge while protecting user privacy. Although various…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-04-19 Yanmeng Wang , Yanqing Xu , Qingjiang Shi , Tsung-Hui Chang

Federated learning (FL) is a type of distributed machine learning at the wireless edge that preserves the privacy of clients' data from adversaries and even the central server. Existing federated learning approaches either use (i) secure…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-03-30 Raphael Pinard , Mitra Hassani , Wayne Lemieux