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On an Ultra-Dense LEO-Satellite-Based Computing Network Constellation Design

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Yijing Sun
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Boya Di
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Ruoqi Deng
宋令阳 (Lingyang Song) *
DOI:10.1016/j.eng.2025.06.007delete
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Commercial ultra-dense low-Earth-orbit (LEO) satellite constellations have recently been deployed to provide seamless global Internet services. To improve the satellite network transmission efficiency and provide robust wide-coverage computing services for future sixth-generation (6G) users, growing attention has been focused on LEO-satellite-based computing networks, to which ground users can offload computation tasks. However, how to design a LEO satellite constellation for computing networks, while considering discrepancies in the computing requirements of different regions, remains an open question. In this paper, we investigate an ultra-dense LEO-satellite-based computing network to which ground user terminals (UTs) offload part of their computing tasks to satellites. We formulate the ultra-dense constellation design problem as a multi-objective optimization problem (MOOP) to maximize the average coverage rate, transmission capacity, and computational capability, while minimizing the number of satellites. In order to depict the connectivity characteristics of satellite-based computing networks, we propose a terrestrial–satellite connectivity model to determine the coverage rate in different regions. We design a priority-adaptive algorithm to design the optimal inclined-orbit constellation by solving this MOOP. Simulation results verify the accuracy of our theoretical connectivity model and show the optimal constellation deployment, given quality-of-service (QoS) requirements. For the same number of deployed LEO satellites, the proposed constellation outperforms its existing counterparts; in particular, it achieves 25%–45% performance improvements in the average coverage rate.
Keywords:
Low-Earth-orbit satellite constellation
Satellite-based computing network
Multi-objective optimization
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