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Low-Altitude Wireless Networks (LAWN) are transforming the low-altitude airspace into a mission-driven, dynamically reconfigurable 3D network fabric for safety-critical and public-safety operations. In parallel, Direct-to-Cell (D2C)…
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Simulation frameworks have been key enablers for the development and validation of autonomous driving systems. However, existing methods struggle to comprehensively address the autonomy-oriented requirements of balancing: (i) dynamical…
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