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Recent advances have shown that satellite communication (SatCom) will be an important enabler for next generation terrestrial networks as it can provide numerous advantages, including global coverage, high speed connectivity, reliability,…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-02-02 Eylem Erdogan , Ibrahim Altunbas , Gunes Kurt , Michel Bellemare , Guillaume Lamontagne , Halim Yanikomeroglu

The rapid deployment of low earth orbit (LEO) satellite constellations has drawn attention to the potential of nonterrestrial networks (NTN) in providing global communication services. Telecom operators are attempting to collaborate with…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-02-18 Shaojie Su , Jiasheng Wu , Zijie Ying , Zhiyuan Zhao , Xiangyu Jia , Wenjun Zhu , Yue Gao

Hybrid radio frequency (RF)/free space optical (FSO) systems are among the candidate enabling technologies for the next generation of wireless networks since they benefit from both the high data rates of the FSO subsystem and the high…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-08-10 Marzieh Najafi , Vahid Jamali , Robert Schober

In satellite constellation-based communication systems, continuous user coverage requires frequent handoffs due to the dynamic topology induced by the Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites. Each handoff between a satellite and ground users…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-11-26 Yassine Afif , Mohammed Almekhlafi , Antoine Lesage-Landry , Gunes Karabulut Kurt

The regenerative capabilities of next-generation satellite systems offer a novel approach to design low earth orbit (LEO) satellite communication systems, enabling full flexibility in bandwidth and spot beam management, power control, and…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-12-19 Sovit Bhandari , Thang X. Vu , Symeon Chatzinotas

Non-terrestrial networks (NTNs) are emerging as a core component of future 6G communication systems, providing global connectivity and supporting data-intensive applications. In this paper, we propose a distributed hierarchical federated…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-03-11 Amin Farajzadeh , Animesh Yadav , Halim Yanikomeroglu

Free-space optical (FSO) communication has emerged as a promising technology for inter-satellite links (ISLs) due to its high data rate, low power consumption, and reduced interference. However, the performance of inter-satellite FSO…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-11-05 Minje Kim , Hongjae Nam , Beomsoo Ko , Hyeongjun Park , Hwanjin Kim , Dong-Hyun Jung , Junil Choi

Low Earth Orbit (LEO) Non-Terrestrial Networks (NTNs) require efficient beam management under dynamic propagation conditions. This work investigates Federated Learning (FL)-based beam selection in LEO satellite constellations, where orbital…

We propose an improved convergence analysis technique that characterizes the distributed learning paradigm of federated learning (FL) with imperfect/noisy uplink and downlink communications. Such imperfect communication scenarios arise in…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-07-17 Antesh Upadhyay , Abolfazl Hashemi

Satellite networks are emerging as vital solutions for global connectivity beyond 5G. As companies such as SpaceX, OneWeb, and Amazon are poised to launch a large number of satellites in low Earth orbit, the heightened inter-satellite…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-04-22 Miyeon Lee , Sucheol Kim , Minje Kim , Dong-Hyun Jung , Junil Choi

A satellite internet provider (e.g., Starlink, OneWeb, O3b mPOWER), despite possessing the capability to provide internet services to on-ground users in a global scale, can dramatically change the way space missions are designed and…

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 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

From 5G onwards, Non-Terrestrial Networks (NTNs) have emerged as a key component of future network architectures. Leveraging Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite constellations, NTNs are capable of building a space Internet and present a…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2024-12-03 Feng Wang , Shengyu Zhang , Huiting Yang , Tony Q. S. Quek

The rapid advancement of low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite communication systems has significantly enhanced global connectivity, offering high-capacity, low-latency services crucial for next-generation applications. However, the dense…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-11-15 Qianqian Zhang , Ye Hu , Minchae Jung

Quantum networks (QNs) relying on free-space optical (FSO) quantum channels can support quantum applications in environments wherein establishing an optical fiber infrastructure is challenging and costly. However, FSO-based QNs require a…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2024-01-22 Mahdi Chehimi , Mohamed Elhattab , Walid Saad , Gayane Vardoyan , Nitish K. Panigrahy , Chadi Assi , Don Towsley

The increasing number of satellite deployments, both in the low and geostationary Earth orbit exacerbates the already ongoing scarcity of wireless resources when targeting ubiquitous connectivity. For the aim of supporting a massive number…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-09-03 Marcel Grec , Federico Clazzer , Israel Leyva-Mayorga , Andrea Munari , Gianluigi Liva , Petar Popovski

Optimization of a Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) downlink with an energy harvesting transmitter (base station) is considered. The base station (BS), which is attached to the central controller of the network, sends control information to the…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2018-02-14 Neyre Tekbiyik-Ersoy , Elif T. Ceran , Kemal Leblebicioglu , Tolga Girici , Elif Uysal-Biyikoglu

This paper considers a downlink non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) system where the source intends to transmit independent information to the users at targeted data rates under statistical channel state information at the transmitter.…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2015-07-17 Sulong Shi , Longxiang Yang , Hongbo Zhu

Non-terrestrial networks (NTN), particularly low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite networks, have emerged as a promising solution to overcome the limitations of traditional terrestrial networks in the context of next-generation (6G) wireless…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-10-09 Yanwu Lu , Howard Yang , Nikolaos Pappas , Giovanni Geraci , Chuan Ma , Tony Q. S. Quek