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Traditional terrestrial communication infrastructures often fail to collect the timely information from Internet of Thing (IoT) devices in remote areas. To address this challenge, we investigate a Satellite-unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV)…

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On the one hand, Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces (RISs) emerge as a promising solution to meet the demand for higher data rates, improved coverage, and efficient spectrum utilization. On the other hand, Non-Terrestrial Networks (NTNs)…

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Semantic communication is emerging as a key paradigm for 6G networks, where the goal is not to perfectly reconstruct bits but to preserve the meaning that matters for a given task. This shift can improve bandwidth efficiency, robustness,…

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The rapid growth of Internet-of-things (IoT) devices, smart vehicles, and other connected objects is driving demand for ubiquitous connectivity and intensive computing capacity. 5G and upcoming 6G networks are crucial to meeting these…

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Today, wireless networks are becoming responsible for serving intelligent applications, such as extended reality and metaverse, holographic telepresence, autonomous transportation, and collaborative robots. Although current fifth-generation…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2024-01-30 Hassan Saadat , Abdullatif Albaseer , Mohamed Abdallah , Amr Mohamed , Aiman Erbad

The advent of the Internet of Things (IoT) era, where billions of devices and sensors are becoming more and more connected and ubiquitous, is putting a strain on traditional terrestrial networks, that may no longer be able to fulfill…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2024-12-03 Dengke Wang , Alessandro Traspadini , Marco Giordani , Mohamed-Slim Alouini , Michele Zorzi

Non-Terrestrial Networks (NTN) have emerged as a key enabler to fully realize the vision of integrated, intelligent, and ubiquitous connectivity in 6G systems. However, several operational challenges, including severe Doppler effects,…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-04-14 Muhammad Ali Jamshed , Rohit Singh , Malik Muhammad Saad , Aryan Kaushik , Wonjae Shin , Miguel Dajer , Alain Mourad

Non-terrestrial networks (NTNs) are considered one of the key enablers in sixth-generation (6G) wireless networks; and with their rapid growth, system-level metrics analysis adds crucial understanding into NTN system performance. Applying…

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Non-terrestrial network (NTN) is envisioned as a critical component of Sixth Generation (6G) networks by enabling ubiquitous services and enhancing network resilience. However, the inherent mobility and high-altitude operation of NTN pose…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2026-01-23 Jikang Deng , S. Fizza Hassan , Hui Zhou , Saad Al-Ahmadi , Mohamed-Slim Alouini , Daniel B. Da Costa

Co-existence of terrestrial and non-terrestrial networks (NTN) is foreseen as an important component to fulfill the global coverage promised for sixth-generation (6G) of cellular networks. Due to ever rising spectrum demand, using dedicated…

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Non-Terrestrial Networks (NTN) are expected to be a critical component of 6th Generation (6G) networks, providing ubiquitous, continuous, and scalable services. Satellites emerge as the primary enabler for NTN, leveraging their extensive…

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Quick response to disasters is crucial for saving lives and reducing loss. This requires low-latency uploading of situation information to the remote command center. Since terrestrial infrastructures are often damaged in disaster areas,…

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With the construction of low-earth orbit (LEO) satellite constellations, ubiquitous connectivity has been achieved. Terrestrial networks (TNs), such as cellular networks, are mainly deployed in specific urban areas and use licensed…

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The emerging fifth generation (5G) and the upcoming sixth generation (6G) communication technologies introduce the use of space- and airborne networks in their architectures under the scope of non-terrestrial networks (NTNs). With this…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2023-08-02 Amina Fellan , Ainur Daurembekova , Hans D. Schotten

Leveraging non-terrestrial platforms in 6G networks holds immense significance as it opens up opportunities to expand network coverage, enhance connectivity, and support a wide range of innovative applications, including global-scale…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2023-10-27 Mohamed Rihan , Tim Due , MohammadAmin Vakilifard , Dirk Wubben , Armin Dekorsy

The emerging paradigm of Non-Conventional Internet of Things (NC IoT), which is focused on the usefulness of information as opposed to the notion of high volume data collection and transmission, will be an important and dominant part of…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-05-14 Ananya Hazarika , Mehdi Rahmati

The unprecedented development of non-terrestrial networks (NTN) utilizes the low-altitude airspace for commercial and social flying activities. The integration of NTN and terrestrial networks leads to the emergence of low-altitude economy…

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The advent of Non-Terrestrial Networks (NTN) represents a compelling response to the International Mobile Telecommunications 2030 (IMT-2030) framework, enabling the delivery of advanced, seamless connectivity that supports reliable,…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-04-29 Muhammad Ali Jamshed , Bushra Haq , Muhammad Ahmed Mohsin , Ali Nauman , Halim Yanikomeroglu

Upon the arrival of emerging devices, including Extended Reality (XR) and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), the traditional communication framework is approaching Shannon's physical capacity limit and fails to guarantee the massive amount of…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-04-09 Hui Zhou , Yansha Deng , Xiaonan Liu , Nikolaos Pappas , Arumugam Nallanathan

With its growing number of deployed devices and applications, the Internet of Things (IoT) raises significant challenges for network maintenance procedures. In this work we address a problem of active fault detection in an IoT scenario,…

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