LEO Small-Satellite Constellations for 5G and Beyond-5G Communications
The next frontier towards truly ubiquitous connectivity is the use of Low Earth Orbit (LEO) small-satellite constellations to support 5G and Beyond-5G (B5G) networks. Besides enhanced mobile broadband (eMBB) and massive machine-type communications (mMTC), LEO constellations can support ultra-reliabl...
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| author | Israel Leyva-Mayorga Beatriz Soret Maik Roper Dirk Wubben Bho Matthiesen Armin Dekorsy Petar Popovski |
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| description | The next frontier towards truly ubiquitous connectivity is the use of Low Earth Orbit (LEO) small-satellite constellations to support 5G and Beyond-5G (B5G) networks. Besides enhanced mobile broadband (eMBB) and massive machine-type communications (mMTC), LEO constellations can support ultra-reliable communications (URC) with relaxed latency requirements of a few tens of milliseconds. Small-satellite impairments and the use of low orbits pose major challenges to the design and performance of these networks, but also open new innovation opportunities. This paper provides a comprehensive overview of the physical and logical links, along with the essential architectural and technological components that enable the full integration of LEO constellations into 5G and B5G systems. Furthermore, we characterize and compare each physical link category and explore novel techniques to maximize the achievable data rates. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4ec434e98c2c45a18f4feafd7890c9802022-12-21T21:30:44ZengIEEEIEEE Access2169-35362020-01-01818495518496410.1109/ACCESS.2020.30296209217520LEO Small-Satellite Constellations for 5G and Beyond-5G CommunicationsIsrael Leyva-Mayorga0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7116-397XBeatriz Soret1https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2708-645XMaik Roper2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1608-6406Dirk Wubben3https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3854-6140Bho Matthiesen4https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4582-3938Armin Dekorsy5https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5790-1470Petar Popovski6https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6195-4797Department of Electronic Systems, Aalborg University, Aalborg, DenmarkDepartment of Electronic Systems, Aalborg University, Aalborg, DenmarkDepartment of Communications Engineering, University of Bremen, Bremen, GermanyDepartment of Communications Engineering, University of Bremen, Bremen, GermanyDepartment of Communications Engineering, University of Bremen, Bremen, GermanyDepartment of Communications Engineering, University of Bremen, Bremen, GermanyDepartment of Electronic Systems, Aalborg University, Aalborg, DenmarkThe next frontier towards truly ubiquitous connectivity is the use of Low Earth Orbit (LEO) small-satellite constellations to support 5G and Beyond-5G (B5G) networks. Besides enhanced mobile broadband (eMBB) and massive machine-type communications (mMTC), LEO constellations can support ultra-reliable communications (URC) with relaxed latency requirements of a few tens of milliseconds. Small-satellite impairments and the use of low orbits pose major challenges to the design and performance of these networks, but also open new innovation opportunities. This paper provides a comprehensive overview of the physical and logical links, along with the essential architectural and technological components that enable the full integration of LEO constellations into 5G and B5G systems. Furthermore, we characterize and compare each physical link category and explore novel techniques to maximize the achievable data rates.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9217520/5Gbeyond-5Glow Earth orbit (LEO)radio access networksmall-satellite constellations |
| spellingShingle | Israel Leyva-Mayorga Beatriz Soret Maik Roper Dirk Wubben Bho Matthiesen Armin Dekorsy Petar Popovski LEO Small-Satellite Constellations for 5G and Beyond-5G Communications IEEE Access 5G beyond-5G low Earth orbit (LEO) radio access network small-satellite constellations |
| title | LEO Small-Satellite Constellations for 5G and Beyond-5G Communications |
| title_full | LEO Small-Satellite Constellations for 5G and Beyond-5G Communications |
| title_fullStr | LEO Small-Satellite Constellations for 5G and Beyond-5G Communications |
| title_full_unstemmed | LEO Small-Satellite Constellations for 5G and Beyond-5G Communications |
| title_short | LEO Small-Satellite Constellations for 5G and Beyond-5G Communications |
| title_sort | leo small satellite constellations for 5g and beyond 5g communications |
| topic | 5G beyond-5G low Earth orbit (LEO) radio access network small-satellite constellations |
| url | https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9217520/ |
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