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Integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) has emerged as a transformative technology for 6G networks, enabling the seamless integration of communication and sensing functionalities. Reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RIS), with their…

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In recent years, satellite communication (SatCom) systems have been widely used for navigation, broadcasting application, disaster recovery, weather sensing, and even spying on the Earth. As the number of satellites is highly increasing and…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-04-05 Olfa Ben Yahia , Eylem Erdogan , Gunes Karabulut Kurt , Ibrahim Altunbas , Halim Yanikomeroglu

High altitude platform (HAP) drones can provide broadband wireless connectivity to ground users in rural areas by establishing line-of-sight (LoS) links and exploiting effective beamforming techniques. However, at high altitudes, acquiring…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-12-19 P. G. Sudheesh , Mohammad Mozaffari , Maurizio Magarini , Walid Saad , P. Muthuchidambaranathan

This paper proposes a long range-frequency hopping spread spectrum (LR-FHSS) transceiver design for the Direct-to-Satellite Internet of Things (DtS-IoT) communication system. The DtS-IoT system has recently attracted attention as a…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-03-22 Sooyeob Jung , Seongah Jeong , Jinkyu Kang , Gyeongrae Im , Sangjae Lee , Mi-Kyung Oh , Joon Gyu Ryu , Joonhyuk Kang

Despite the widespread deployment of terrestrial networks, providing reliable communication services to remote areas and maintaining connectivity during emergencies remains challenging. Low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite constellations offer…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-09-17 Zifan Lang , Guixia Liu , Geng Sun , Jiahui Li , Jiacheng Wang , Weijie Yuan , Dusit Niyato , Dong In Kim

The emergence of technologies demanding high data rates and precise sensing, such as autonomous vehicles and IoT devices, has driven the popularity of integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) in recent years. ISAC provides a framework…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-11-21 Ahmed Magbool , Vaibhav Kumar , Qingqing Wu , Marco Di Renzo , Mark F. Flanagan

Satellite networks (SN) have long provided two fundamental services: global communications and Earth-oriented sensing, supporting applications from connectivity and navigation to disaster management and environmental monitoring. Yet, the…

Integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) is recognized as one of the key enabling technologies for sixth-generation (6G) wireless communication networks, facilitating diverse emerging applications and services in an energy and…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-03-04 Zehra Yigit , Ertugrul Basar

Aerial base stations (BSs) attached to unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) constitute a new paradigm for next-generation cellular communications. However, the flight range and communication capacity of aerial BSs are usually limited due to the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-01-31 Lin Xiang , Lei Lei , Symeon Chatzinotas , Björn Ottersten , Robert Schober

The integration of sensing and communication (ISAC) has significant potential for future wireless systems, enabling efficient spectrum utilization and novel application scenarios. In this paper, we propose a cooperative ISAC framework for…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-11-06 Qiuyuan Yang , Cunhua Pan , Ruidong Li , Zhenkun Zhang , Hong Ren , Changhong Wang , Jiangzhou Wang

A mega-constellation of low-earth orbit (LEO) satellites has the potential to enable long-range communication with low latency. Integrating this with burgeoning unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) assisted non-terrestrial networks will be a…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2020-05-27 Ju-Hyung Lee , Jihong Park , Mehdi Bennis , Young-Chai Ko

Free-space optic (FSO) is a promising solution to provide broadband Internet access for high-speed trains (HSTs). Besides, reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RIS) are considered as hardware technology to improve performance of optical…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-11-23 Pouya Agheli , Hamzeh Beyranvand , Mohammad Javad Emadi

Direct handset-to-satellite (DHTS) communication is emerging as a core capability of 6G non-terrestrial networks, enabling standard devices to directly access low Earth orbit (LEO) satellites. While LEO provides the physical access layer…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2026-03-20 Shimaa Naser , Maryam Tariq , Raneem Abdel-Rahim , De Mi , Azzam Mourad , Hadi Otrok , Mahmoud Al-Qutayri , Ayman Elnashar , Sami Muhaidat

Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces (RIS) is becoming a transformative technology for the upcoming 6G communication networks, providing a way for smartly maneuvering the electromagnetic waves to enhance coverage and connectivity. This paper…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-07-31 Atiquzzaman Mondal , Waheeb Tashan , Ayat Al-Olaimat , Hüseyin Arslan

This paper investigates a high-altitude platform (HAP) network enhanced with reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs). The arbitrary placement of HAPs and RISs is modeled using stochastic geometry, specifically as homogeneous Poisson…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-11-07 Islam M. Tanash , Ayush Kumar Dwivedi , Taneli Riihonen

Low-altitude unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are expected to play an important role in future wireless networks, either as aerial base stations (BSs) or aerial users connected to the cellular network. In addition, integrated sensing and…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-12-31 Yuxuan Song , Yong Zeng , Yuhang Yang , Zixiang Ren , Gaoyuan Cheng , Xiaoli Xu , Jie Xu , Shi Jin , Rui Zhang

Sensing capability is one of the most highlighted new feature of future 6G wireless networks. This paper addresses the sensing potential of Large Intelligent Surfaces (LIS) in an exemplary Industry 4.0 scenario. Besides the attention…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-04-14 Cristian J. Vaca-Rubio , Pablo Ramirez-Espinosa , Kimmo Kansanen , Zheng-Hua Tan , Elisabeth de Carvalho , Petar Popovski

In the context of emerging sixth-generation (6G) wireless networks, reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) are gaining prominence for their ability to intelligently control electromagnetic wave propagation and enhance backhaul…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-11-13 Al Nahian Mugdho , Md. Ibrahim , A. S. M. Badrudduza , Md. Abdur Rakib , Imran Shafique Ansari

Integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) system has been envisioned as a promising technology to be applied in future applications requiring both communication and high-accuracy sensing. Different from most research focusing on…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-08-17 Jintao Wang , Chengwang Ji , Jiajia Guo , Shaodan Ma

With its wide coverage and uninterrupted service, satellite communication is a critical technology for next-generation 6G communications. High throughput satellite (HTS) systems, utilizing multipoint beam and frequency multiplexing…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-08-04 Rui Chen , Wen-Xuan Long , Bing-Qian Wang , Yuan He , Rui-Jin Sun , Nan Cheng , Gan Zheng , Dusit Niyato