Non-Terrestrial Networks for Ubiquitous Connectivity
摘要截稿:
全文截稿: 2024-06-15
影响因子: 3.111
期刊难度:
CCF分类: B类
中科院JCR分区:
• 大类 : 计算机科学 - 3区
• 小类 : 计算机:硬件 - 3区
• 小类 : 计算机:信息系统 - 3区
• 小类 : 工程:电子与电气 - 3区
• 小类 : 电信学 - 3区
Overview
The current development of 5G networks represents a breakthrough in the design of communication networks for its ability to provide a single platform enabling a variety of data services. With these significant enhancements enabled by 5G, it is already possible to envision the need for 6G. Providing "connectivity from the sky" is one innovative trend for coming 6G communication systems. Satellites, high and low-altitude platforms (HAP and LAP), drones, aircrafts, and airships are being considered as candidates for deploying wireless communications complementing terrestrial communications. Combining these network elements, non-terrestrial networks (NTNs) have attracted much attention from both academia and industry and are recognized as a potential solution for the 6G networks.
NTNs are heterogeneous networks that are engineered to utilize satellites, HAPs, and LAPs to build network access platforms. Unlike terrestrial wireless networks, NTNs are characterized by frequently changed network topologies and more vulnerable communication connections. However, NTNs are not intended to replace the existing technologies but instead to work with them in a complementary and integrated fashion. Therefore, NTNs demand seamless integration of heterogeneous networks to improve the network quality-of-service (QoS). Therefore, developing new communications, signal processing, and optimization techniques is essential to accommodate diverse services and applications with different QoS requirements in various scenarios.
This special issue will collect the best papers from the Symposium S10 of the IEEE FNWF 2023 (13-15 November 2023, Baltimore, USA) upon invitation and will also accept open submissions.
Guest editors:
Gunes Karabulut Kurt, PhDPolytechnique Montréal, Montréal, Canada(Space information networks, satellite networking, wireless network coding, wireless security, space security, and wireless testbeds)
Andreas Knopp, PhDBundeswehr University, Munich, Germany(Satellite networks and constellations, information processing, narrowband IoT, information security and resilience)
Giovanni Giambene, PhDUniversity of Siena, Siena, Italy(Satellite Networking, NTN, IoT, 5G/6G, Transport Protocols, V2X)
Hongliang Zhang, PhD
Peking University, Beijing, China(Aerial Access Networks, Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces, Internet of Things)
Manuscript submission information:
The journal's submission platform (EditorialManager®) will be available for receiving submissions to this Special Issue from December 10th, 2023. Please refer to the Guide for Authors to prepare your manuscript, and select the article type of “VSI: Non-Terrestrial Net” when submitting your manuscript online. Both the Guide for Authors and the submission portal could be found on the Journal Homepage: Computer Networks | Journal | ScienceDirect.com by Elsevier.
Timeline:
Submission Open Date *10/12/2023
Final Manuscript Submission Deadline *15/06/2024
Editorial Acceptance Deadline *06/09/2024