Rate-splitting multiple access: Fundamentals, survey, and future research trends

Y Mao, O Dizdar, B Clerckx, R Schober… - … Surveys & Tutorials, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Rate-splitting multiple access (RSMA) has emerged as a novel, general, and powerful
framework for the design and optimization of non-orthogonal transmission, multiple access …

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 …

Edge artificial intelligence for 6G: Vision, enabling technologies, and applications

KB Letaief, Y Shi, J Lu, J Lu - IEEE Journal on Selected Areas …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The thriving of artificial intelligence (AI) applications is driving the further evolution of
wireless networks. It has been envisioned that 6G will be transformative and will …

Massive access for 5G and beyond

X Chen, DWK Ng, W Yu, EG Larsson… - IEEE Journal on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Massive access, also known as massive connectivity or massive machine-type
communication (mMTC), is one of the main use cases of the fifth-generation (5G) and …

AI-assisted network-slicing based next-generation wireless networks

X Shen, J Gao, W Wu, K Lyu, M Li… - IEEE Open Journal …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The integration of communications with different scales, diverse radio access technologies,
and various network resources renders next-generation wireless networks (NGWNs) highly …

Future space networks: Toward the next giant leap for humankind

MY Abdelsadek, AU Chaudhry… - IEEE Transactions …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Due to the unprecedented advances in satellite fabrication and deployment, innovative
communications and networking technologies, ambitious space projects and programs, and …

MIMO satellite communication systems: A survey from the PHY layer perspective

J Heo, S Sung, H Lee, I Hwang… - … Surveys & Tutorials, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The satellite communications (SatCom) system is a representative technology for global
coverage and seamless communications in next-generation communication systems. This …

Deep Q-learning aided networking, caching, and computing resources allocation in software-defined satellite-terrestrial networks

C Qiu, H Yao, FR Yu, F Xu… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
With the development of satellite networks, there is an emerging trend to integrate satellite
networks with terrestrial networks, called satellite-terrestrial networks (STNs). The …

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 …

SFC-based service provisioning for reconfigurable space-air-ground integrated networks

G Wang, S Zhou, S Zhang, Z Niu… - IEEE Journal on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Space-air-ground integrated networks (SAGIN) extend the capability of wireless networks
and will be the essential building block for many advanced applications, like autonomous …