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As transceiver elevation angles increase from small to large, existing ultraviolet (UV) non-line-of-sight (NLoS) models encounter two challenges: i) cannot estimate the channel characteristics of UV NLoS communication scenarios when there…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-11-26 Tianfeng Wu , Fang Yang , Tian Cao , Ling Cheng , Yupeng Chen , Jian Song , Julian Cheng , Zhu Han

In this paper, we investigate the performance of large-scale heterogeneous low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite networks in the context of three association schemes. In contrast to existing studies, where single-tier LEO satellite-based network…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2024-05-14 Yuan Guo , Christodoulos Skouroumounis , Symeon Chatzinotas , Ioannis Krikidis

High-rank line-of-sight (LOS) MIMO systems have attracted considerable attention for millimeter wave and THz communications. The small wavelengths in these frequencies enable spatial multiplexing with massive data rates at long distances.…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-04-18 Yaqi Hu , Mingsheng Yin , Sundeep Rangan , Marco Mezzavilla

This work develops an analytical framework for downlink low Earth orbit (LEO) or medium Earth orbit (MEO) satellite communications, leveraging tools from stochastic geometry. We propose a tractable approach to the analysis of such satellite…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-06-14 Chang-Sik Choi , François Baccelli

This paper investigates joint device activity detection and channel estimation for grant-free random access in Low-earth orbit (LEO) satellite communications. We consider uplink communications from multiple single-antenna terrestrial users…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-04-09 Rui Mao , Yongpeng Wu , Boxiao Shen , Symeon Chatzinotas , Björn Ottersten , Wenjun Zhang

Positioning using Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) typically requires several seconds of continuous signal reception from satellites in Medium Earth Orbit (MEO). This requirement poses challenges for applications where receivers…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-03-18 Soham Desai , Dave Cade

Low earth orbit (LEO) satellite networks are emerging as a key infrastructure for global connectivity and space-based sensing. Many tasks in such systems can be formulated as measurement-set-to-spatial-inference problems, where spatial…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2026-05-12 Liping Tao , Xindi Tong , Chee Wei Tan

We present a new approach to the statistical characterization of the second order scattering fading (SOSF) channel model, which greatly simplifies its analysis. Exploiting the unadvertised fact that the SOSF channel can be seen as a…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-04-02 J. Lopez-Fernandez , F. J. Lopez-Martinez

Most prior work on performance analysis of ultra-dense cellular networks (UDNs) has considered standard power-law path loss models and non-line-of-sight (NLOS) propagation modeled by Rayleigh fading. The effect of line-of-sight (LOS) on…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-09-29 Jesús Arnau , Italo Atzeni , Marios Kountouris

Statistical models are employed to characterize the clutter in the radar and the reflective signals of the telecommunication receivers. End to this, Rayliegh distribution is the simplest fading models in NLOS channels possessing…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-01-23 Zabihollah Hasanshahi , Paeiz Azmi , Mohammad Khajezadeh

We study downlink channel estimation in a multi-cell Massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) system operating in time-division duplex. The users must know their effective channel gains to decode their received downlink data. Previous…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-11-30 Amin Ghazanfari , Trinh Van Chien , Emil Björnson , Erik G. Larsson

We investigate a multi-low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite system that simultaneously provides positioning and communication services to terrestrial user terminals. To address the challenges of accurately acquiring channel state information in…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-01-21 Yuchen Zhang , Pinjun Zheng , Jie Ma , Henk Wymeersch , Tareq Y. Al-Naffouri

Satellite networks are promising to provide ubiquitous and high-capacity global wireless connectivity. Traditionally, satellite networks are modeled by placing satellites on a grid of multiple circular orbit geometries. Such a network…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-08-10 Jeonghun Park , Jinseok Choi , Namyoon Lee

Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites have gained increasing attention as potential signal sources for Positioning, Navigation and Timing (PNT) applications. However, while most existing studies focus on multi-satellite LEO constellations, the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-03-23 Qi Liu , Marc Fernandez-Temprado , Antoni Reus-Bergas , Gonzalo Seco-Granados , Jose A. Lopez-Salcedo

In this paper, we analyse the coverage probability and the area spectral efficiency (ASE) for the uplink (UL) of dense small cell networks (SCNs) considering a practical path loss model incorporating both line-of-sight (LoS) and…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-01-05 Tian Ding , Ming Ding , Guoqiang Mao , Zihuai Lin , David Lopez-Perez , Albert Zomaya

The amount of data generated by Earth observation satellites can be enormous, which poses a great challenge to the satellite-to-ground connections with limited rate. This paper considers problem of efficient downlink communication of…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-11-28 Van-Phuc Bui , Thinh Q. Dinh , Israel Leyva-Mayorga , Shashi Raj Pandey , Eva Lagunas , Petar Popovski

This paper presents an analysis and experimental demonstration of single-satellite single-pass geolocation of a terrestrial broadcast Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) spoofer from Low Earth Orbit (LEO). The proliferation of…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-02-25 Zachary L. Clements , Patrick B. Ellis , Iain Goodridge , Matthew J. Murrian , Mark L. Psiaki , Todd E. Humphreys

In this paper, a recently conducted measurement campaign for unmanned-aerial-vehicle (UAV) channels is introduced. The downlink signals of an in-service long-time-evolution (LTE) network which is deployed in a suburban scenario were…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-07-27 Xuesong Cai , José Rodríguez-Piñeiro , Xuefeng Yin , Bo Ai , Gert Frølund Pedersen , Antonio Pérez Yuste

In frequency division duplex (FDD) massive MIMO systems, reliable downlink channel estimation is essential for the subsequent data transmission but is realized at the cost of massive pilot overhead due to hundreds of antennas at base…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-11-01 An Chen , Wenbo Xu , Liyang Lu , Yue Wang

Deterministic channel modeling maps a physical environment to its site-specific electromagnetic response. Ray tracing produces complete multi-dimensional channel information but remains prohibitively expensive for area-wide deployment. We…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-03-31 Xiucheng Wang , Junxi Huang , Conghao Zhou , Xuemin Shen , Nan Cheng