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Development Of A Constellation Simulator For A 5g/Iot Mission Planning System, Franco Criscola

Doctoral Dissertations and Master's Theses

The advancement of 5G and Internet-of-Things technologies has presented new challenges for telecommunications providers. One of the challenges is integrating these technologies with present networks. A solution has been found in low-Earth orbit satellite constellations. On one hand, this method increases coverage and reduces costs, but on the other it raises new problems like how to efficiently manage large constellations of spacecraft. This thesis introduces the Constellation Management System, developed in collaboration with i2Cat foundation. This novel tool is composed of two modules: the simulator and the scheduler. The former propagates satellite motion and computes visibility events to various targets …