Futuristic 6G Pervasive On-Demand Services: Integrating Space Edge Computing With Terrestrial Networks

Zeqi Lai, Hewu Li, Qian Wu, Qiang Ni, Mingyang Lv, Jihao Li, Jianping Wu, Jun Liu, Yuanjie Li

Abstract: Futuristic 6G technologies will integrate emerging low-Earth orbit (LEO) megaconstellations into terrestrial networks, promising to provide ubiquitous, low-latency and high-throughput network services on-demand. However, several unique characteristics of satellites (e.g., high dynamics and error-prone operational environments) make it very challenging to unleash the potential of megaconstellations and accomplish these aforementioned promises.