5 papers
Internet of Things from Space: Transforming LTE Machine Type Communications for Non-terrestrial Networks
Talha Ahmed Khan, Xingqin Lin, Stefan Eriksson Löwenmark +6
Satellite communication is experiencing a new dawn thanks to low earth orbit mega constellations being deployed at an unprecedented speed. Fueled by the renewed interest in non-ter…
Throughput and Capacity Evaluation of 5G New Radio Non-Terrestrial Networks with LEO Satellites
Jonas Sedin, Luca Feltrin, Xingqin Lin
A non-terrestrial network (NTN), a term coined by the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP), refers to a network utilizing airborne or spaceborne payload for communication. The…
Narrowband Internet of Things for Non-terrestrial Networks
Olof Liberg, Stefan Eriksson Löwenmark, Sebastian Euler +4
The Narrowband Internet of Things (NB-IoT) is a cellular access technology developed by the Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) to provide wide area connectivity for the In…
5G New Radio Evolution Meets Satellite Communications: Opportunities, Challenges, and Solutions
Xingqin Lin, Björn Hofström, Eric Wang +10
The 3rd generation partnership project (3GPP) completed the first global 5th generation (5G) new radio (NR) standard in its Release 15, paving the way for making 5G a commercial re…
Mobility Support for Cellular Connected Unmanned Aerial Vehicles: Performance and Analysis
Sebastian Euler, Helka-Liina Maattanen, Xingqin Lin +3
Beyond visual line-of-sight connectivity is key for use cases of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) such as package delivery, infrastructure inspection, and rescue missions. Cellular…