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Future integrated terrestrial, aerial, and space networks will involve thousands of Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites forming a network of mega-constellations, which will play a significant role in providing communication and Internet…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2023-08-15 Tasneem Darwish , Gunes Kurt , Halim Yanikomeroglu , Guillaume Lamontagne , Michel Bellemare

Google's congestion control (GCC) has become a cornerstone for real-time video and audio communication, yet its performance remains fragile in emerging Low Earth Orbit (LEO) networks. In this paper, we study the behavior of…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-10-02 Aashish Gottipati , Lili Qiu

Next-generation cellular networks will evolve into more complex and virtualized systems, employing machine learning for enhanced optimization and leveraging higher frequency bands and denser deployments to meet varied service demands. This…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2026-01-21 Ioannis Panitsas , Akrit Mudvari , Ali Maatouk , Leandros Tassiulas

To mitigate inter-satellite interference and payload limits in LEO mega-constellations, satellite clusters, groups of small cooperative satellites have been proposed to improve performance and reduce interference. The typical configuration…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-04-03 Juanjuan Ru , Ruibo Wang , Mohamed-Slim Alouini

Quantum entanglement routing in dynamic Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite networks is important for achieving scalable and high-fidelity quantum communication. However, the dynamic characteristics of satellite network topology, limited…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-03-16 Yifan Gao , Alvin Valera , Winston K. G. Seah

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

In this paper, we propose scalable distributed beamforming schemes over low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite networks that rely solely on statistical channel state information for downlink orthogonal frequency division multiplexing systems. We…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-10-28 Yuchen Zhang , Tareq Y. Al-Naffouri

In this paper, we propose a two-layer framework to learn the optimal handover (HO) controllers in possibly large-scale wireless systems supporting mobile Internet-of-Things (IoT) users or traditional cellular users, where the user mobility…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2018-05-09 Zhi Wang , Lihua Li , Yue Xu , Hui Tian , Shuguang Cui

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

This study analyses the medium access control (MAC) layer aspects of a low-Earth-orbit (LEO) satellite-based Internet of Things (IoT) network. A transmission scheme based on change detection is proposed to accommodate more users within the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-06-21 Ayush Kumar Dwivedi , Houcine Chougrani , Sachin Chaudhari , Neeraj Varshney , Symeon Chatzinotas

Towards sixth-generation networks (6G), satellite communication systems, especially based on Low Earth Orbit (LEO) networks, become promising due to their unique and comprehensive capabilities. These advantages are accompanied by a variety…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-07-14 Selen Gecgel , Gunes Karabulut Kurt

The mobile network operators (MNOs) are looking into economically viable backhaul solutions as alternatives to fiber, specifically the hybrid fiber coaxial networks (HFC). When the latencies from both the wireless and the HFC networks are…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2022-11-17 John T Chapman , Jennifer Andreoli-Fang , Michel Chauvin , Elias Chavarria Reyes , Zheng Lu , Dantong Liu , Joey Padden , Alon Bernstein

In the ambitious realm of space AI, the integration of federated learning (FL) with low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite constellations holds immense promise. However, many challenges persist in terms of feasibility, learning efficiency, and…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2024-04-09 Mohamed Elmahallawy , Tie Luo

Traditional Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) immunity to interference may be approaching a practical performance ceiling. Greater gains are possible outside traditional GNSS orbits and spectrum. GNSS from low Earth orbit (LEO) has…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-03-15 Peter A. Iannucci , Todd E. Humphreys

Satellite communication systems are a fundamental component in support of Europe's ambition to deploy smart and sustainable networks and services for the success of its digital economy. To cope with the 5G and beyond ever increasing demand…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-04-07 Alessandro Guidotti , Carla Amatetti , Fabrice Arnal , Baptiste Chamaillard , Alessandro Vanelli-Coralli

One of the main drivers of 5G cellular networks is provision of connectivity service for various Internet of Things (IoT) devices. Considering the potential volume of IoT devices at a global scale, the next leap is to integrate…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2020-11-11 Beatriz Soret , Israel Leyva-Mayorga , Stefano Cioni , Petar Popovski

In this paper, the problem of vertical handover in software-defined network (SDN) based heterogeneous networks (HetNets) is studied. In the studied model, HetNets are required to offer diverse services for mobile users. Using an SDN…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2021-01-05 Haonan Tong , Tao Wang , Yujiao Zhu , Xuanlin Liu , Sihua Wang , Changchuan Yin

In recent years, there has been increasing investment in the deployment of massive commercial Low Earth Orbit (LEO) constellations to provide global Internet connectivity. These constellations, now equipped with inter-satellite links, can…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2026-01-13 Miguel Rodríguez-Pérez , Sergio Herrería-Alonso , J. Carlos Lopez-Ardao , Andrés Suárez-González

In this paper, we propose a dueling double deep Q-network (DDQN)-based adaptive multi-objective handover framework for low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite networks. The proposed method enables dynamic trade-off learning among throughput,…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-05-12 Po-Heng Chou , Chiapin Wang , Chung-Chi Huang , Kuan-Hao Chen

Satellite networks are expected to support global connectivity and services via future integrated 6G space-terrestrial networks (STNs), as well as private non-geostationary satellite orbit (NGSO) constellations. In the past few years, many…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2021-07-23 Andra M. Voicu , Abhipshito Bhattacharya , Marina Petrova