5G for Non-Terrestrial Networks

From the beginning, 3GPPs vision of ubiquitous communication included the usage of satellite or airborne based network components. Early trials and .. Read more implementations never took off successfully due to commercial reasons. In the short history we saw beside tremendous development in the satellite and aerospace community also a worldwide wireless communication requirements. Now it is the time to make those ideas real. Satellites from GEO tot LEO or airborne base stations like HAPS can be launched and connected to terrestrial ground stations in a feasible way. Radio technologies like beamforming and enhanced coding support a reliable connection from mobile devices to stations in high altitude.