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LEO mega-constellations for 6G global coverage: Challenges and opportunities

Xie et al., 2021

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Xie H
Zhan Y
Zeng G
Pan X
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Mega-constellations have the potential for providing 6G Internet owing to the unique advantage of global coverage. However, current satellite technologies are not omnipotent. There are still many challenging problems that need to be solved for mega-constellations to …
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