Title
Security of Satellite-Terrestrial Communications: Challenges and Potential Solutions
Abstract
The integration of satellite and terrestrial networks has become inevitable in the next generations of communications networks due to emerging needs of ubiquitous connectivity of remote locations. New and existing services and critical infrastructures in remote locations in sea, on land and in space will be seamlessly connected through a diverse set of terrestrial and non-terrestrial communication technologies. However, the integration of terrestrial and non-terrestrial systems will open up both systems to unique security challenges that can arise due to the migration of security challenges from one to another. Similarly, security challenges can also arise due to the incompatibility of distinct systems or incoherence of security policies. The resulting security implications, thus, can be highly consequential due to the criticality of the infrastructures such as space stations, autonomous ships, and airplanes, for instance. Therefore, in this article we study existing security challenges in satellite-terrestrial communication systems and discuss potential solutions for those challenges. Furthermore, we provide important research directions to encourage future research on existing security gaps.
Year
DOI
Venue
2022
10.1109/ACCESS.2022.3205426
IEEE ACCESS
Keywords
DocType
Volume
Security, Satellites, 5G mobile communication, Satellite broadcasting, Base stations, 3GPP, Space vehicles, Security, network security, satellite, satellite security, communications security, NTN security
Journal
10
ISSN
Citations 
PageRank 
2169-3536
0
0.34
References 
Authors
0
6
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Ijaz Ahmad101.01
Jani Suomalainen2799.56
Pawani Porambage300.34
Andrei Gurtov41326109.52
Jyrki Huusko501.01
Marko Hoyhtya600.68