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Low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite systems enable close to global coverage and are therefore expected to become important pillars of future communication standards. However, a particular challenge faced by LEO satellites is the high orbital…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-01-30 Alea Schröder , Maik Röper , Dirk Wübben , Bho Matthiesen , Petar Popovski , Armin Dekorsy

With the rapid expansion of low Earth orbit (LEO) constellations, thousands of satellites are now in operation, many equipped with onboard GNSS receivers capable of continuous orbit determination and time synchronization. This development…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-01-14 Xing Liu , Xue Xian Zheng , José A. López-Salcedo , Tareq Y. Al-Naffouri , Gonzalo Seco-Granados

This paper investigates joint device identification, channel estimation, and symbol detection for cooperative multi-satellite-enhanced random access, where orthogonal time-frequency space modulation with the large antenna array is utilized…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-08-06 Boxiao Shen , Yongpeng Wu , Shiqi Gong , Heng Liu , Björn Ottersten , Wenjun Zhang

Providing truly ubiquitous connectivity requires development of low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite Internet, whose theoretical study is lagging behind network-specific simulations. In this paper, we derive analytical expressions for the…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-08-26 Niloofar Okati , Taneli Riihonen

In this paper, we review well-known handovers algorithms in satellite environment. The modern research trends and contributions are proposed and summarized in order to overcome their considering problems in satellite-air-ground integrated…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2021-07-20 Soohyun Park , Joongheon Kim

Recently, Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite networks (i.e., non-terrestrial network (NTN)), such as Starlink, have been successfully deployed to provide broader coverage than terrestrial networks (TN). Due to limited spectrum resources, TN…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-01-07 Haoxuan Yuan , Zhe Chen , Zheng Lin , Jinbo Peng , Yuhang Zhong , Xuanjie Hu , Songyan Xue , Wei Li , Yue Gao

This paper considers the problem of estimating the position and orientation of a user equipped with a three-dimensional (3D) array receiving downlink far-field THz signals from multiple base stations with known positions and orientations.…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-09-20 Pinjun Zheng , Tarig Ballal , Hui Chen , Henk Wymeersch , Tareq Y. Al-Naffouri

Integrated satellite-terrestrial communications networks aim to exploit both the satellite and the ground mobile communications, thus providing genuine ubiquitous coverage. For 5G integrated low earth orbit (LEO) satellite communication…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-05-11 Wenjin Wang , Tingting Chen , Rui Ding , Gonzalo Seco-Granados , Li You , Xiqi Gao

The rapid deployment of Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite constellations has enabled the emergence of in-orbit edge computing and data centers-interconnected satellites equipped with onboard computing capabilities and high-speed…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-05-05 Zian Wang , Peng Hu , Grant Gunn

With the rapid development of satellite communication technologies, the space-based access network has been envisioned as a promising complementary part of the future 6G network. Aside from terrestrial base stations, satellite nodes,…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-07-26 Zhenyu Xiao , Junyi Yang , Tianqi Mao , Chong Xu , Rui Zhang , Zhu Han , Xiang-Gen Xia

Device-Free Localization (DFL) employs passive radio techniques capable to detect and locate people without imposing them to wear any electronic device. By exploiting the Integrated Sensing and Communication paradigm, DFL networks employ…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-05-17 Vittorio Rampa , Federica Fieramosca , Stefano Savazzi , Michele D'Amico

This paper presents a fundamental performance analysis of joint location and velocity estimation in a cell-free (CF) MIMO integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) system. Unlike prior studies that primarily rely on continuous-time signal…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-06-02 Guoqing Xia , Pei Xiao , Qu Luo , Bing Ji , Yue Zhang , Huiyu Zhou

Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites present a compelling opportunity for the establishment of a global quantum information network. However, satellite-based entanglement distribution from a networking perspective has not been fully…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2023-06-16 Alena Chang , Yinxin Wan , Guoliang Xue , Arunabha Sen

Due to their low latency, high capacity, and seamless worldwide coverage, low Earth orbit (LEO) satellites are essential to the equal access network. Stochastic geometry (SG) is an appropriate method for such a large and irregular system.…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2022-08-02 Yanbo Cao , Derui Gao , Jingyu Xu

This work proposes a pragmatic method for the design of beam footprint layouts and beam hopping illumination patterns to efficiently broadcast 3GPP NTN common signaling to large coverage areas using EIRP-limited LEO satellites. This method…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-12-17 Xavier Artiga , Màrius Caus , Ana Pérez-Neira

Accurate localization in Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM)-based massive Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) systems depends critically on phase coherence across subcarriers and antennas. However, practical systems suffer…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-01-21 Qing Zhang , Adham Sakhnini , Robbert Beerten , Haoqiu Xiong , Zhuangzhuang Cui , Yang Miao , Sofie Pollin

In this paper we consider a constant envelope pilot signal based carrier frequency offset (CFO) estimation in massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems. The proposed algorithm performs spatial averaging on the periodogram of the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-05-06 Sudarshan Mukherjee , Saif Khan Mohammed

We consider channel estimation for high-speed railway communication systems, where both the transmitter and the receiver are equipped with large-scale antenna arrays. It is known that the throughput of conventional training schemes…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-03-25 Tao Li , Xiaodong Wang , Pingyi Fan , Taneli Riihonen

Low Earth orbit (LEO) mega-constellation satellite networks have shown great potential to extend the coverage capability of conventional terrestrial networks. How to systematically define, quantify, and assess the technical performance of…

Performance · Computer Science 2024-01-23 Yu Wang , Chuili Kong , Xian Meng , Hejia Luo , Ke-Xin Li , Jun Wang

Integrated communications and localization (ICAL) will play an important part in future sixth generation (6G) networks for the realization of Internet of Everything (IoE) to support both global communications and seamless localization.…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-09-13 Li You , Xiaoyu Qiang , Yongxiang Zhu , Fan Jiang , Christos G. Tsinos , Wenjin Wang , Henk Wymeersch , Xiqi Gao , Björn Ottersten