The New Era of Satellite Communications, Challenges and Promises
A special issue of Electronics (ISSN 2079-9292). This special issue belongs to the section "Microwave and Wireless Communications".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 July 2022) | Viewed by 9599
Special Issue Editors
Interests: IoT; security; encryption; AI
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In recent years, globalization has moved from a conceptual stage towards a stage of advanced implementation, generating new concepts and paradigms that incorporate a massive transition towards activities being performed remotely, greatly assisted by communication networks. There is thus a growing need for a comprehensive, powerful, and robust communication network infrastructure that is local and international.
Several leading developments in this field can be noted. New networks 5G and above are required to be very fast and have high capacity and minimum interference. The Internet of Things (IoT) promotes the connection of trillions of IoT devices to the Internet. Cloud Computing and XAAS move from computing ownership to computing services over communication networks. The phenomenal growth of social networks, e-commerce, and e-delivery are attracting numerous people around the world. Most of the countries and people in the world still have little exposure to advanced communication networks. These examples demonstrate the huge demand for immediate expansion of the global communication infrastructure.
Satellite communications seem to be the most appropriate and promising approach to cope with the huge demand for a comprehensive, high-capacity, stable, fast, and safe global data transmission system. However, satellite communications are undergoing several challenges such as satellite deployment coverage and optimization, signal attenuation due to climate, the impact of global warming, high-frequency channels, inter-satellite communication optimization, management of a network of satellites, satellite–earth interfacing, extended cybersecurity risks, interfaces, standards, and protocols in all layers and more.
There are already several developments in this field such as the initiative to deploy about 42K satellites in the sky or the recent initiative to deploy communication balloons using very high frequencies and millimeter waves, advancements in free-space lasers, and optical communication.
The objective of this Special Issue is to present studies in the field of satellite communications. The issue will address the obstacles that lay ahead, original studies of models, and methods that can overcome the physical and technical boundary conditions, considering technical, economic, and environmental aspects. Researchers are invited to submit their manuscripts to this Special Issue and contribute their proposals, reviews, new ideas and approaches, new directions, and capabilities.
Prof. Dr. Menachem Domb
Dr. Stelios Papaharalabos
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Globalization
- Free-space communication
- Communication networks
- Network infrastructure
- 5G networks
- Internet of Things (IoT)
- Cloud Computing
- XAAS computing services
- Social networks
- Ecommerce / edelivery
- Communication infrastructure
- Satellite communication
- Cybersecurity
- Network of Satellites
- Signal attenuation
- Climate impact
- Global warming
- High-frequency channels
- Inter-satellite communication
- Satellite–earth station
- Standards and protocols
- Millimeter waves
- Inter-satellite laser and optical communication
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