S10: Symposium on Non-terrestrial Communications in Future Networks

SYMPOSIUM ORGANIZERS

• Gunes Karabulut-Kurt, Polytechnique Montréal, Canada
• Andreas Knopp, Munich University of the Bundeswehr, Germany
• Giovanni Giambene, University of Siena, Italy
• Hongliang Zhang, Peking University, China

SCOPE AND MOTIVATION

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 towards 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 the terrestrial communication. 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 systems. 

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 have the demand for the seamless integration of heterogeneous networks such that the network quality-of-service (QoS) can be improved. Therefore, it is essential to develop new communications, signal processing, and optimization techniques to accommodate diverse services and applications with different QoS requirements in various scenarios. This symposium aims to provide an international venue for researchers from academia and industry to discuss recent research advances in non-terrestrial communications for future networks.

TOPICS OF INTEREST

Prospective authors are invited to submit articles on topics including, but not limited to:

• Channel measurement and modeling for NTNs
• Integrations of NTNs with terrestrial communications in future heterogeneous networks
• Mobility and handover management for NTNs
• Network architecture and protocols for NTNs
• Cross-layer MAC-PHY design
• AI-enabled techniques for NTNs
• Transmission technologies, e.g., mmWave/THz, Massive MIMO, intelligent surfaces, etc.
• NTN radio resource management and optimization
• QoS-aware trajectory and topology optimization
• Safety and security issues for NTNs
• NTN support for localization services
• Prototype results, testbeds, and new applications for NTNs

Symposium Paper Submission

All papers should be submitted via EDAS, Symposium on Non-terrestrial Communications in Future Networks track. Full instructions on how to submit papers are provided on the IEEE FNWF 2023 website: https://fnwf2023.ieee.org/information-authors