Non-terrestrial networks (NTNs) traditionally have certain limited applications. However, the
recent technological advancements and manufacturing cost reduction opened up myriad …

With the increasing global communication demands and the development of Internet of
Things (IoT), extending the connectivity to rural and remote areas has become imperative for …

Satellite communications (SatComs) have recently entered a period of renewed interest
motivated by technological advances and nurtured through private investment and ventures …

Space-air-ground integrated network (SAGIN), as an integration of satellite systems, aerial
networks, and terrestrial communications, has been becoming an emerging architecture and …

The ambitious high data-rate applications in the envisioned future beyond fifth-generation
(B5G) wireless networks require new solutions, including the advent of more advanced …

Terrestrial communication networks mainly focus on users in urban areas but have poor
coverage performance in harsh environments, such as mountains, deserts, and oceans …

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have been widely used in both military and civilian
applications. Equipped with diverse communication payloads, UAVs cooperating with …

This paper investigates the physical layer security of a satellite network, whose downlink
spectral resource is shared with a terrestrial cellular network. We propose to employ a multi …

In this paper, we investigate the downlink transmission of a non-orthogonal multiple access
(NOMA)-based integrated terrestrial-satellite network, in which the NOMA-based terrestrial …

Current fifth generation (5G) cellular networks mainly focus on the terrestrial scenario. Due
to the difficulty of deploying communications infrastructure on the ocean, the performance of …