摘要
With the rapid development of marine activities,there has been an increasing use of Internet-of-Things(IoT) devices for maritime applications.This leads to a growing demand for high-speed and ultra-reliable maritime communications.Current maritime communication networks (MCNs) mainly rely on satellites and on-shore base stations (BSs).The former generally provides limited transmission rate while the latter lacks wide-area coverage capability.As a result,the development of current MCN lags far behind the terrestrial fifth-generation (5G) network.
