IEEE ICC 2026 – MIC-NTN Workshop

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Workshop Overview

Research Focus

This workshop examines current efforts addressing the challenges of integrating large populations of low-power devices into non-terrestrial environments, where long propagation delays, limited energy budgets, and large geographic coverage areas must be carefully managed.

Supporting Projects

The workshop is supported by 6G-NTN, xG-RIC, and xG-byNTN—research initiatives fostering collaboration between academia and industry to accelerate the development of technologies enabling large-scale, seamless connectivity across terrestrial and non-terrestrial domains.

Industry Perspective

Keynote Speakers

Keynote 1

14:10 – 14:35

Marco Guadalupi

CTO, Sateliot

"3GPP NB-IoT NTN over LEO: Discontinuous Coverage, Store & Forward, and the Road to Spectral Efficiency in 5G NTN"

Keynote 2

14:35 – 15:00

Richard Carter

CEO, ccWW

"Voice Over Narrow-Band IoT for Non-Terrestrial Networks"
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Organization

Workshop Chairs

Dr. Estefanía Recayte

German Aerospace Center

Dr. Andrea Munari

German Aerospace Center

Dr. Zoran Utkovski

Fraunhofer HHI

Prof. Enrico Paolini

University of Bologna

Advisory Board

Prof. Alessandro Vanelli-Coralli

University of Bologna

Prof. Slawomir Stańczak

Fraunhofer HHI & University of Berlin

Schedule

Full Program

Keynote Session

14:00 – 14:10

Welcome & Opening Remarks

From the Workshop Chairs

14:10 – 14:35

Keynote 1 — Marco Guadalupi, CTO of Sateliot

"3GPP NB-IoT NTN over LEO: Discontinuous Coverage, Store & Forward, and the Road to Spectral Efficiency in 5G NTN"

14:35 – 15:00

Keynote 2 — Richard Carter, CEO of CCww

"Voice Over Narrow-Band IoT for Non-Terrestrial Networks"

Session 1 · 15:00 – 15:30

15:00 – 15:15

Proof of Concept of QCSP Frames in Earth-to-LEO Satellite Transmission

Leonardo Montoya Obeso (Lab-STICC, France & Université Bretagne Sud, France); Samya Tannir (Université Bretagne Sud, France); Emmanuel Boutillon (Université de Bretagne Sud, France); Christian Roland (Université de Bretagne Sud & Lab-STICC, France); Hervé Boeglen (University of Poitiers XLIM CNRS 7252, France); Rémi Chauvat and Vincent Deslandes (Kinéis, France); Matthieu Gautier (Univ Rennes, CNRS, IRISA, France); Mickaël Friboulet (Lab-STICC, France); Jean-Michel Friedt (University of Franche Comte & FEMTO-ST, France); Robin Gerzaguet (Univ Rennes, CNRS, IRISA, France); Jean-Marie Gorce (INSA-Lyon & CITI, Inria, France); Raphaël Le Bidan (IMT Atlantique, France); Thierry Le Gall (Lab-STICC, France); Cédric Marchand (Lab-STICC Universitée de Bretagne Sud, France); Cyrille Morin (Inria & INSA-Lyon, France); Joachim Tapparel (EPFL, Switzerland)

15:15 – 15:30

Design and Validation of a Flexible Satellite IoT Testbed

Mohammad Afhamisis (Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST), Luxembourg); Daniel Stumpf (Esa-Estec, The Netherlands); Maria Rita Palattella (Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST), Luxembourg); Matteo Conti (ESA-ESTEC, The Netherlands)

☕ Coffee Break · 15:30 – 16:00

Session 2 · 16:00 – 17:30

16:00 – 16:15

OTFS-IDMA: An Unsourced Multiple Access Scheme for Doubly-Dispersive Channels

Davide Bergamasco (German Aerospace Center (DLR), Germany & University of Trento, Italy); Federico Clazzer (German Aerospace Center (DLR), Germany); Paolo Casari (University of Trento, Italy)

16:15 – 16:30

Sensing Assisted Satellite Backhaul with FBL UL and Broadcast DL for Massive IoT

Tijana Devaja (Aalborg University, Denmark); Milica Petkovic (University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Technical Sciences, Serbia); Israel Leyva-Mayorga (Aalborg University, Denmark); Dejan Vukobratović (University of Novi Sad, Serbia); Čedomir Stefanović (Aalborg University, Denmark)

16:30 – 16:45

Comparison of Purely MPR-Based and IRSA Random Access: Spectral Efficiency Versus Energy Expenditure

Asmad Bin Abdul Razzaque and Alexey Rolich (University of Rome Sapienza, Italy); Čedomir Stefanović (Aalborg University, Denmark); Andrea Baiocchi (University of Roma Sapienza, Italy)

16:45 – 17:00

Random Access with Delayed Feedback: Stability, Delay, and Age of Information

Yiğit İnce (Communication Networks Research Group, METU, Ankara, Turkey); Elif Uysal (METU, Turkey)

17:00 – 17:15

RSMA-Assisted Downlink Service Provisioning for Aerial Users

Surya Shekhar and Sudarshan Mukherjee (Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, India); Jemin Lee (Yonsei University, Korea (South))

17:15 – 17:30

Multi-Agent DRL for QoS and Energy Optimization in RIS-Enabled Open-RAN Industrial 6G TN/NTN Networks

Marwan Dhuheir, Thang X. Vu and Symeon Chatzinotas (University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg)

Call for Papers

Topics of Interest

Fundamental limits and performance of IoT connectivity in NTN
Multiple access techniques for massive 6G NTN radio access networks
Signal processing for successive interference cancellation in random access
Advanced coding and signal processing for massive access
Unsourced random-access protocols for IoT communications in NTN
Machine learning / artificial intelligence for IoT connectivity
Random access protocols for real-time IoT applications
Cross-layer design of MAC-PHY protocols
Green and scalable IoT connectivity
Standardized solutions for IoT connectivity over NTN
Channel estimation and user detection in massive NTN access protocols
Information freshness and data significance in massive connectivity over NTN
Waveform design for IoT over NTN
IoT over NTN-specific challenges in scalability, reliability, and energy efficiency
Receiver design and/or performance for massive connectivity

Deadlines

Important Dates

Full Paper Submission

January 31, 2026

Notification of Acceptance

March 8, 2026

Final Manuscript

March 15, 2026

The workshop accepts only novel, previously unpublished papers. Maximum paper length: 6 printed pages (10-point font) including figures. Accepted papers will be submitted for inclusion in IEEE Xplore / IEEE Digital Library.

Reviewers

Technical Program Committee

Juan A. FraireInria / INSA Lyon & CONICET

Muhammad Asad UllahVTT Technical Research Centre of Finland

Leonardo BadiaUniversità degli Studi di Padova

Ebrahim BedeerUniversity of Saskatchewan

Giuseppe CoccoPolytechnic University of Catalonia

Lin DaiCity University of Hong Kong

Alexander FenglerKarlsruhe Institut für Technologie

Mark F. FlanaganUniversity College Dublin

Muhammad Ali JamshedUniversity of Glasgow

Israel Leyva-MayorgaAalborg University

Nicola MaturoEuropean Space Agency

Konstantin MikhaylovUniversity of Oulu

Khac-Hoang NgoLinköping University

Cunhua PanSoutheast University

Gianni PasoliniUniversity of Bologna

Carla AmatettiUniversity of Bologna

Alessandro GuidottiUniversity of Bologna

Arcangela RagoPolitecnico di Bari

Stefano RiniNational Yang Ming Chiao Tung University

Richard Demo SouzaFederal University of Santa Catarina

Čedomir StefanovićAalborg University

Dejan VukobratovićUniversity of Novi Sad

Qingqing WuShanghai Jiao Tong University

Tingting ZhangHarbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen