Space‑Terrestrial Integrated Architecture for Internet of Things

doi:10.12142/ZTECOM.202004002

ZTE Communications ›› 2020, Vol. 18 ›› Issue (4): 3-9.DOI: 10.12142/ZTECOM.202004002

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Space‑Terrestrial Integrated Architecture for Internet of Things

ZHANG Gengxin, DING Xiaojin(), QU Zhicheng

Telecommunication and Networks National Engineering Research Center, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing 210003, China

Received:2020-09-25 Online:2020-12-25 Published:2021-01-13
About author:ZHANG Gengxin received his bachelor, master and Ph.D degrees in 1987, 1990 and 1994 respectively, all from Department of Radio Communication Engineering, Nanjing Institute of Communication Engineering, China. He is currently a professor in Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China. His research interests include satellite communications, deep space communications and space information network, where he has headed several projects.|DING Xiaojin (dxj@njupt.edu.cn) received the Ph.D. degree in information and communication engineering from National Mobile Communication Research Laboratory, Southeast University, China. He is currently an associate professor in Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China. His research interests include space information network, cooperative communications, and physical-layer security.|QU Zhicheng received the B.S. degree in telecommunication engineering from Xi’an University of Posts and Telecommunications, China in 2010. He is currently pursuing the Ph.D. degree in satellite communication with the Institute of Satellite Communication, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China. His research interests include physical and link layer issues for satellite communications and space information networks.

Abstract

Abstract:

To realize the ultimate vision of Internet of Things (IoT), only depending on terrestrial network is far from enough. As a supplement and extension of terrestrial network, satellite network can offer powerful support to realize the depth and breadth of the coverage. However, existing satellite networks are usually designed for particular purposes. Moreover, traditional satellite networks and terrestrial networks are developed and operated separately, consequently they cannot meet the need of network flexibility required by IoT. In this paper, a space-terrestrial architecture is conceived for constructing a space-terrestrial based IoT (ST-IoT) system. Additionally, a reliable identification procedure, an integrated access and communication procedure, as well as a clustering cooperative transmission strategy are also presented.

Key words: Internet of Things, system architecture, space-terrestrial integrated network

ZHANG Gengxin, DING Xiaojin, QU Zhicheng. Space‑Terrestrial Integrated Architecture for Internet of Things[J]. ZTE Communications, 2020, 18(4): 3-9.

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Figure 1 Architecture of space based access network.

Figure 2 Conceived architecture for IoT.

Figure 3 Procedure of control plane for space-terrestrial based IoT (ST-IoT).

Table 1 IoT terminals features: (a) AN types; (b) Device types

Figure 4 Procedure of reliable identification.

Figure 5 Integrated flow of access and communication.

Figure 6 Multi-terminal and multi-network matching.

Figure 7 Clustering cooperative transmission strategy.

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