Satellite-UAV-Ground Integrated Network for Intelligent IoT Services in Infrastructure-less Environments

This thesis deals with how to establish a satellite-UAV-ground integrated network, targeting to provide intelligent services in infrastructure-less environments where no electrical and cellular network is the norm. Different chapters of this thesis can be considered as incremental advances in the network. With the help of edge servers on ground nodes, unmanned aerial vehicles, and satellites, this platform is able to provide high-performance data analytic services and reduce energy consumption by utilizing heterogeneous resources provided by edge nodes. This thesis makes a sound contribution to multi-disciplinary research, including Internet of Things, Artificial Intelligence, Edge Computing, and Six-generation Technology Standard.