Constellation as a Service: Tailored Connectivity Management in Direct-Satellite-to-Device Networks
Feng Wang, Shengyu Zhang, Een-Kee Hong, Tony Q.S. Quek

TL;DR
This paper introduces a Constellation as a Service framework that dynamically manages multi-constellation satellite connectivity for DS2D communication, improving service rates and reducing handover overhead using AI-driven strategies.
Contribution
It proposes a novel CaaS framework that treats multi-constellation infrastructure as a shared resource, enabling tailored connectivity and efficient mobility management with AI techniques.
Findings
Significant improvement in satellite service rates.
Reduction in handover overhead.
Effective multi-constellation connectivity management.
Abstract
Direct-satellite-to-device (DS2D) communication is emerging as a promising solution for global mobile service extension, leveraging the deployment of satellite constellations. However, the challenge of managing DS2D connectivity for multi-constellations becomes outstanding, including high interference and frequent handovers caused by multi-coverage overlap and rapid satellite movement. Moreover, existing approaches primarily operate within single-constellation shell, which inherently limits the ability to exploit the vast potential of multi-constellation connectivity provision, resulting in suboptimal DS2D service performances. To address these challenges, this article proposes a Constellation as a Service (CaaS) framework, which treats the entire multi-constellation infrastructure as a shared resource pool and dynamically forms optimal sub-constellations (SCs) for each DS2D service…
Peer Reviews
No public reviews on file for this paper yet. If you reviewed it on a platform where reviews are public (OpenReview, ICLR, NeurIPS, ICML), you can paste yours below so the community can read it here.
Videos
No videos yet. Explain this paper in a talk, walkthrough, or lecture? Add one.
Taxonomy
TopicsSatellite Communication Systems · Opportunistic and Delay-Tolerant Networks · Age of Information Optimization
