Zhang, Yuchen ; Electrical and Computer Engineering Program, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal 23955, Kingdom, Saudi Arabia
Soualle, Francis ; Department of Navigation, Airbus Defence and Space, 85521 Ottobrunn, Germany
Keskin, Musa Furkan ; Department of Electrical Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, SE-412 96 Gothenburg, Sweden
WU, Linlong ; University of Luxembourg ; School of Information and Communication Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC), Chengdu 611731, China
Peral-Rosado, José A. del ; Department of Navigation, Airbus Defence and Space, 85521 Ottobrunn, Germany
MYSORE RAMA RAO, Bhavani Shankar ; University of Luxembourg > Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust (SNT) > SPARC
Seco-Granados, Gonzalo ; Department of Telecommunications and Systems Engineering, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Bellaterra, Spain
Wymeersch, Henk ; Department of Electrical Engineering, Chalmers University of Technology, SE-412 96 Gothenburg, Sweden
Al-Naffouri, Tareq Y. ; Electrical and Computer Engineering Program, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal 23955, Kingdom, Saudi Arabia
External co-authors :
yes
Language :
English
Title :
Distributed Integrated Sensing, Localization, and Communications Over LEO Satellite Constellations
Publication date :
28 January 2026
Journal title :
IEEE Wireless Communications
ISSN :
1536-1284
eISSN :
1558-0687
Publisher :
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
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