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Satellite constellation systems are becoming more attractive to provide communication services worldwide, especially in areas without network connectivity. While optimizing satellite gateway placement is crucial for operators to minimize…

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Satellite-based onboard data processing is crucial for time-sensitive applications requiring timely and efficient rapid response. Advances in edge artificial intelligence are shifting computational power from ground-based centers to…

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The increasing availability of high-resolution satellite imagery has created immense opportunities for various applications. However, processing and analyzing such vast amounts of data in a timely and accurate manner poses significant…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-10-10 Kaicheng Sheng , Junxiao Xue , Hui Zhang

In real-time and high-resolution Earth observation imagery, Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites capture images that are subsequently transmitted to ground to create an updated map of an area of interest. Such maps provide valuable information…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2023-07-18 Israel Leyva-Mayorga , Marc M. Gost , Marco Moretti , Ana Pérez-Neira , Miguel Ángel Vázquez , Petar Popovski , Beatriz Soret

Traditional ML inference is evolving toward modeless inference, which abstracts the complexity of model selection from users, allowing the system to automatically choose the most appropriate model for each request based on accuracy and…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-01-16 ChonLam Lao , Jiaqi Gao , Ganesh Ananthanarayanan , Aditya Akella , Minlan Yu

As the dependence on satellite imaging continues to grow, modern satellites have become increasingly agile, with the new generation, namely super-agile Earth observation satellites (SAEOS), providing unprecedented imaging flexibility. The…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-01-22 Margarida Caleiras , Samuel Moniz , Paulo Jorge Nascimento

The next generation of Earth observation satellites will seek to deploy intelligent models directly onboard the payload in order to minimize the latency incurred by the transmission and processing chain of the ground segment, for…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-01-09 Ziyao Yi , Davide Piccinini , Diego Valsesia , Tiziano Bianchi , Enrico Magli

Monitoring space objects is crucial for space situational awareness, yet reconstructing 3D satellite models from ground-based telescope images is challenging due to atmospheric turbulence, long observation distances, limited viewpoints, and…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-08-18 Zhiming Chang , Boyang Liu , Yifei Xia , Youming Guo , Boxin Shi , He Sun

In recent years, the number of satellites in orbit has increased rapidly, with megaconstellations like Starlink providing near-global, delay-sensitive communication services. However, not all satellite communication use cases have stringent…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2026-03-10 Ethan Fettes , Pablo G. Madoery , Halim Yanikomeroglu , Gunes Karabulut Kurt , Abhishek Naik , Stéphane Martel

In this study, we explore the integration of satellites with ground-based communication networks. Specifically, we analyze downlink data transmission from a constellation of satellites to terrestrial users and address the issue of delayed…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-06-11 Yasaman Omid , Sangarapillai Lambotharan , Mahsa Derakhshani

Low-latency instance segmentation of LiDAR point clouds is crucial in real-world applications because it serves as an initial and frequently-used building block in a robot's perception pipeline, where every task adds further delay.…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-07-26 Andreas Reich , Mirko Maehlisch

Video comprises the vast majority of bits that are generated daily, and is the primary signal driving current innovations in robotics, remote sensing, and wearable technology. Yet, the most powerful video understanding models are too…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-03 Dan Jacobellis , Mateen Ulhaq , Fabien Racapé , Hyomin Choi , Neeraja J. Yadwadkar

As one of the most promising hotspots in the 6G era, space remote sensing information networks play a key and irreplaceable role in areas such as emergency response and scientific research, and are expected to foster remote sensing data…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2026-03-31 Linling Kuang , Jiachen Sun , Jin Zhang , Huanxi Cui , Kai Liu

There is growing interest towards the use of AI directly onboard satellites for quick analysis and rapid response to critical events such as natural disasters. This paper presents a blueprint to the mission designer for the development of a…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-07-22 Gabriele Inzerillo , Diego Valsesia , Enrico Magli

Fully re-orientable small spacecraft are now supported by commercial technologies, allowing them to point their instruments in any direction and capture images, with short notice. When combined with improved onboard processing, and…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-06-24 Sreeja Roy-Singh , Alan P. Li , Vinay Ravindra , Roderick Lammers , Marc Sanchez Net

With tremendous advancements in low-power embedded computing devices and remote sensing instruments, the traditional satellite image processing pipeline which includes an expensive data transfer step prior to processing data on the ground…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-07-19 Tharindu Fernando , Clinton Fookes , Harshala Gammulle , Simon Denman , Sridha Sridharan

Leveraging the advantage of satellite and terrestrial networks, the integrated satellite terrestrial networks (ISTNs) can help to achieve seamless global access and eliminate the digital divide. However, the dense deployment and frequent…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2023-12-14 Ziyue Zhang , Min Sheng , Junyu Liu , Jiandong Li

Optical Earth observation satellites acquire images worldwide , covering up to several million square kilometers every day. The complexity of scheduling acquisitions for such systems increases exponentially when considering the…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2019-11-14 Adrien Hadj-Salah , Rémi Verdier , Clément Caron , Mathieu Picard , Mikaël Capelle

Satellite-serviced quantum networks pose an architectural problem distinct from classical satellite networking: because entanglement cannot be copied, and long-lived buffering is technologically constrained for near-term devices, useful…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-05-05 Prateek Mantri , Stav Haldar , Albert Williams , Don Towsley

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