Journal
FUTURE INTERNET
Volume 11, Issue 9, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/fi11090193
Keywords
5G; satellite backhaul; satellite communications; satellite-terrestrial integration
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- ESA ARTES AT project SATis5 (Demonstrator for Satellite Terrestrial Integration in the 5G Context) -ESA/ESTEC [4000120663/17/NL/CLP]
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The 5G vision embraces a broad range of applications including the connectivity in underserved and remote areas. In particular, for these applications, satellites are going to play a role in future 5G networks to provide capacity on trains, vessels, aircraft, and for base stations around the globe. In this paper, a 5G edge node concept, developed and evaluated with over-the-air tests using satellites in the geostationary orbit, is presented. The article covers a testbed demonstration study in Europe with a large-scale testbed including satellites and the latest standardization for the network architecture. The main goal of this testbed is to evaluate how satellite networks can be best integrated within the convergent 5G environment. The over-the-air tests for 5G satellite integration in this article are based on a 3GPP Release 15 core network architecture.
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