Title
LTE-based Satellite Communications in LEO Mega-Constellations.
Abstract
The integration of satellite and terrestrial networks is a promising solution for extending broadband coverage to areas not connected to a terrestrial infrastructure, as also demonstrated by recent commercial and standardisation endeavours. However, the large delays and Doppler shifts over the satellite channel pose severe technical challenges to traditional terrestrial systems, as LTE or 5G. In this paper, two architectures are proposed for a LEO mega-constellation realising a satellite-enabled LTE system, in which the on- ground LTE entity is either an eNB (Sat-eNB) or a Relay Node (Sat-RN). The impact of satellite channel impairments as large delays and Doppler shifts on LTE PHY/MAC procedures is discussed and assessed. The proposed analysis shows that, while carrier spacings, Random Access, and RN attach procedures do not pose specific issues, HARQ requires substantial modifications. Moreover, advanced handover procedures will be also required due to the satellitesu0027 movement.
Year
Venue
Field
2017
Int. J. Satellite Communications Networking
Hybrid automatic repeat request,Satellite,Computer science,Computer network,Broadband,Constellation,Communications satellite,Relay,Handover,Random access
DocType
Volume
Citations 
Journal
abs/1711.07689
1
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.45
6
8
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Alessandro Guidotti113010.60
Alessandro Vanelli-Coralli238549.52
T. Foggi3598.42
Giulio Colavolpe480168.60
marius caus lopez58714.16
J. Bas610.45
Stefano Cioni722025.54
Andrea Modenini8887.60