Next-Generation Avionics Communication, Navigation and Surveillance (ACNS) Using LEO Opportunistic Signals
A special issue of Sensors (ISSN 1424-8220). This special issue belongs to the section "Navigation and Positioning".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2025 | Viewed by 82
Special Issue Editors
Interests: next-generation avionics; LEO PNT
Interests: iridium/inmarsat interferences mitigation; iridium leo satcom based positioning as well as on information fusion based on multiple nonlinearity/non-gaussianity kalman filtering algorithms
Interests: LEO-PNT; surveillanc
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Recently, we have witnessed rapidly growing interest in the potential use of LEO opportunistic signals in positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) applications. Considered as an alternative to GNSS signals, their diversity of applications in aviation- and avionics-based GNSS information (PNT) is being revisited to develop novel and innovative conceptual designs for “Next-GEN Avionics Communication, Navigation and Surveillance”. With the existing LEO constellations, in addition to the mega constellations in Orbit and planned to be completed in the future, a Universal framework for LEO-PNT Information accessibility and integration into future generations of avionics systems becomes a serious challenge and objective in aviation. Ensuring positioning, navigation and timing for communications, navigation and surveillance using LEO opportunistic signals is leading to a new era in embedded system and technology design for onboard future airlines (UAMs, UAVs, etc.).
This Special Issue, therefore, will put together original research and review articles on recent advances, technologies, solutions, applications, and new challenges in the field of “LEO-PNT Based Next-GEN Avionics Communication, Navigation and Surveillance”.
Potential topics include but are not limited to the following:
- Next-GEN communication, navigation and surveillance;
- NEXT-LEO Receiver design and certification;
- Hybrid LEO/GNSS receiver architectures;
- LEO-PNT CNS signal processing;
- Multiple LEO-PNT Information fusion;
- LEO signals opportunity-based navigation;
- LEO/GNSS Data fusion for resilient CNS systems;
- Information fusion of Multiple LEO SoOP;
- LEO Receiver design Integration with NEXT-GEN avionics;
- Kalman filtering applied to LEO SoOP processing;
- Doppler/Doppler rate-based positioning;
- LEO SOOP/INS Integrated navigation systems;
- Antenna design for LEO-PNT and surveillance;
- Hardware constraints and miniaturization for embedded avionics systems.
Prof. Dr. René Jr. Landry
Dr. Hamza Benzerrouk
Dr. Ahmad Esmaeilkhah
Dr. Joe Zambrano
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- avionics communication system
- navigation technologies
- surveillance methods
- Low Earth Orbit (LEO) Satellites
- opportunistic signal integration
- aviation safety
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