Integrated Terrestrial and Non-Terrestrial Networks

This book aims to address a wide range of topics in wireless/satellite communications to tackle the issues related to the integration of terrestrial networks (TN) with non-terrestrial networks (NTN). In Release 17, the third-generation partnership project (3GPP) proposed the standardization of NTN to allow 5G-based TN to support NTN. According to Release 17, the NTN will consist of satellites, with unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and high-altitude platforms (HAPs) regarded as specific use cases of NTN. Similar to the Global Positioning System (GPS), signals based on NTN are unable to provide indoor coverage, as these signals are attenuated and scattered by roofs, walls, etc. Moreover, power and delay are critical factors that restrict a cellular-enabled mobile handset from achieving reliability, seamless coverage, and low latency while relying on NTN. This book has brought together multidisciplinary contributors in the field of wireless/satellite communications to identify and present technical challenges and recent results related to the design of energy-efficient, delay-tolerant, and enhanced coverage-based integrated TN and NTN. Given that challenges and future aspects are also considered, the book covers a wide variety of subject categories and would therefore benefit a larger readership in the scientific community.

Muhammad Ali Jamshed received a Ph.D. degree from the University of Surrey, Guildford, U.K, in 2021. He has been with the University of Glasgow, UK since 2021. He is also affiliated with University of Sussex as visiting Research Fellow, since 2022. He is endorsed by Royal Academy of Engineering under exceptional talent category and was nominated for Departmental Prize for Excellence in Research in 2019 and 2020 at the University of Surrey. He is a Fellow of Royal Society of Arts, a Senior Member of IEEE, a Fellow of Higher Education Academy UK, and an Associate Editor of IEEE Sensor Journal and IEEE IoT Magazine. He has more than 50 publications in top tier international journals, including IEEE Transactions and Magazines, flagship IEEE COMSOC conferences, such as ICC, VTC, INFOCOM, WCNC, etc. He is an editor of 4 books on topics related to Low exposure EMF devices, multimodal sensing applications, non-terrestrial networks and Green and Sustainable IoT. He is a founding member of IEEE Workshop on Sustainable and Intelligent Green Internet of Things. Moreover, he served as a TPC, and the workshop General Chair, at many well-known conferences, i.e., ICC, WCNC, VTC, GlobeCom etc., and other scientific workshops. Ali Nauman received the M.Sc. degree in wireless communications from the Institute of Space Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan, in 2016, and the Ph.D. degree in information and communication engineering from Yeungnam University, Gyeongsan, Republic of Korea, in 2022. He is currently working as an Assistant Professor with the Department of Computer Science, Yeungnam University. He has contributed to five patents and authored/co authored five book chapters and more than 75 technical articles in leading journals and peer-reviewed conferences. Dr. Nauman has also edited two books and serves as an editor and a reviewer of highly reputed journals and conferences.