Integrated satellite-terrestrial networks toward 6G: Architectures, applications, and challenges

X Zhu, C Jiang - IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
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 …

Convergence of satellite and terrestrial networks: A comprehensive survey

P Wang, J Zhang, X Zhang, Z Yan, BG Evans… - IEEE …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The explosive growth of various services boosts the innovation and development in
terrestrial communication systems for the implementation of the next generation mobile …

5G embraces satellites for 6G ubiquitous IoT: Basic models for integrated satellite terrestrial networks

X Fang, W Feng, T Wei, Y Chen, N Ge… - IEEE Internet of Things …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Terrestrial communication networks mainly focus on users in urban areas but have poor
coverage performance in harsh environments, such as mountains, deserts, and oceans …

Performance analysis of the hybrid satellite-terrestrial relay network with opportunistic scheduling over generalized fading channels

Z Zhao, G Xu, N Zhang, Q Zhang - IEEE Transactions on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A hybrid satellite-terrestrial relay network (HSTRN) has been envisioned as a promising
communication architecture for future wireless communications, which can prominently …

QoE-aware efficient content distribution scheme for satellite-terrestrial networks

D Jiang, F Wang, Z Lv, S Mumtaz… - IEEE Transactions …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The satellite-terrestrial networks (STN) utilize the spacious coverage and low transmission
latency of the Low Earth Orbit (LEO) constellation to transfer requested content for …

Energy efficient beamforming schemes for satellite-aerial-terrestrial networks

Q Huang, M Lin, JB Wang, TA Tsiftsis… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we investigate energy efficient transmission for a satellite-aerial-terrestrial
network (SATN), where a multi-antenna unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is employed as a …

Performance analysis of satellite communication system under the shadowed-rician fading: A stochastic geometry approach

DH Jung, JG Ryu, WJ Byun… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we consider downlink low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite communication systems
where multiple LEO satellites are uniformly distributed over a sphere at a certain altitude …

Multiuser scheduling for asymmetric FSO/RF links in satellite-UAV-terrestrial networks

H Kong, M Lin, WP Zhu, H Amindavar… - IEEE Wireless …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This letter investigates the multiuser downlink transmission performance of an asymmetric
free space optical (FSO)/radio frequency (RF) link. Here, the satellite delivers signal to the …

Physical layer security of multiuser multirelay hybrid satellite-terrestrial relay networks

V Bankey, PK Upadhyay - IEEE Transactions on Vehicular …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we study the physical layer security of a downlink hybrid satellite-terrestrial
relay network (HSTRN), where a multi-antenna satellite communicates with multiple …

Hybrid satellite–terrestrial networks toward 6G: key technologies and open issues

SBR Tirmizi, Y Chen, S Lakshminarayana, W Feng… - Sensors, 2022 - mdpi.com
Future wireless networks will be required to provide more wireless services at higher data
rates and with global coverage. However, existing homogeneous wireless networks, such as …