ISAC based seamless handover solution for SAGIN in high mobility environments
Aman M. Zubair M. Alharbey R. Ur Rehman G. Khan S.U. Daud A.
December 2026Nature Research
Scientific Reports
2026#16Issue 1
Seamless and uninterrupted connectivity within high-mobility environments (e.g. aerospace and high-speed terrestrial transportation) drives a critical demand for Space-Air-Ground Integrated Networks (SAGIN). In such dynamic environments, conventional handovers lead to frequent loss of connection, higher latency, and diminished quality-of-service (QoS). A new high-mobility handover procedure for SAGIN based on the concept of Integrated Sensing and Communication (ISAC) is introduced. We suggest a new method using real-time environmental perception to improve the decision-making of hand over, reducing the frequency of handover, and balancing the spatial, air and ground network resource allocation. It combines dynamic priority scheduling and a cross-layer communication protocol into a general handover procedure for seamless mobility between network layers. MATLAB-based simulations show that, when compared to existing ground-based and satellite-assisted handover methods, the overhead of LEO-enabled handovers often results in a substantial reduction in latency while simultaneously providing enhanced network throughput with minimum packet loss. The results show that our approach is appropriate to preserve an agreement on the quality received in highly dynamic environments, opening perspectives with novel scientific questions for SAGIN and high-mobility networks.
5G , 6G , Handover , High-mobility , ISAC , SAGIN , Space-air-ground
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Department of Computer Science, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan
Department of Computer Science and Bioinformatics, Khushal Khan Khattak University, Karak, Pakistan
Department of Information Systems and Technology, College of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Jeddah, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Department of Information Systems, College of Computer Engineering and Sciences, Prince Sattam bin Abdulaziz University, Alkharj, Saudi Arabia
Faculty of Resilience, Rabdan Academy, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Heriot Watt University (Zhubanov Campus), Aktobe,, Kazakhstan
Department of Computer Science
Department of Computer Science and Bioinformatics
Department of Information Systems and Technology
Department of Information Systems
Faculty of Resilience
Heriot Watt University (Zhubanov Campus)
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