NTN Service Continuity for M2M and User Traffic
Webinar organized by the Satellite WG of IEEE Future Networks / INGR
“NTN Service Continuity for M2M and User Traffic”
November 5, 2025, 18:00 CET
Ensuring seamless service continuity across terrestrial and non-terrestrial networks (NTNs) is a key challenge in next-generation communication systems. This Webinar addresses both how NTNs can effectively extend NB-IoT and 5G coverage in rural or remote areas, enabling resilient and ubiquitous connectivity and the optimization of handover management in dual mobility scenarios involving hybrid terrestrial–satellite infrastructures, where both user and machine-type communications (M2M/IoT) require uninterrupted connectivity.
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Organized by Giovanni Giambene, email: giovanni.giambene@unisi.it
- Starts 04 November 2025 04:00 AM UTC
- Ends 05 November 2025 06:00 PM UTC
- No Admission Charge
Agenda
18:00 - 18:10 Introduction and quick overview of the INGR Satellite WG
Presenter: Giovanni Giambene (Satellite WG co-chair, University of Siena, Italy)
18:10 – 18:35 Title: “Simulating use of LEO Satellites to Extend NB-IoT Coverage to Rural Areas”
Presenters: Greg Skidmore, Tarun Chawla (REMCOM, USA)
Abstract: Non-terrestrial wireless networks (e.g., satellite constellations or high-altitude platforms) have unique advantages in being able to provide wide area service coverage and long-term reliability, making them important components in the heterogeneous 5G global system of networks. One use case for NTNs is providing service continuity for machine-to-machine (M2M) or IoT devices as they move out of 5G terrestrial network coverage. In this talk, Remcom presents results of a study using its Wireless InSite® ray-tracing simulation software to predict how terrestrial 5G coverage could be supplemented with a LEO satellite link to improve NB-IoT coverage in rural areas.
18:35 – 19:00 Title: “Handover Management in Integrated TN/NTN networks using System-Level Simulations and Testbeds”
Presenters: Sahana Raghunandan, Moustafa Roshdi (Fraunhofer IIS, Erlangen, Germany)
Abstract: This presentation discusses the challenges of optimizing handover management in dual mobility environments involving hybrid terrestrial–non-terrestrial infrastructures and how AI solutions could be used to solve this problem. Selected case studies and AI-assisted handover evaluations will be showcased in both simulation and emulation scenarios to illustrate performance gains and future directions for intelligent network management.