Integrated Ground-Air-Space Communication

This course explores the emerging concept of Integrated Ground-Air-Space Communication (IGASC), a cutting-edge communication paradigm that combines terrestrial, aerial, and satellite systems to enable seamless, high-speed, low-latency communication across multiple domains.

• Overview of Ground–Air–Space Communication (IGASC) concept and motivation
• Architectures combining terrestrial, UAV, HAPS, and satellite networks
• Channel characteristics, propagation delay, and interference management
• Routing, handover, and resource allocation strategies across domains
• Integration with 5G/6G, IoT, and edge/cloud infrastructures
• Practical case studies: smart agriculture, disaster recovery, global connectivity

• Wireless and satellite communication engineers working on multi-layer network design
• Researchers and graduate students in telecommunications, aerospace, and networking
• UAV, drone, and autonomous system developers focusing on connectivity
• IoT and smart-city solution architects dealing with large-scale coverage
• Defense, aerospace, and space technology professionals
• Network planners and system integrators targeting 5G/6G and beyond systems
• AI/ML engineers interested in cross-domain optimization and routing intelligence