{"id":"https://openalex.org/W7138948856","doi":"https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2603.17054","title":"HAPS-RIS-assisted IoT Networks for Disaster Recovery and Emergency Response: Architecture, Application Scenarios, and Open Challenges","display_name":"HAPS-RIS-assisted IoT Networks for Disaster Recovery and Emergency Response: Architecture, Application Scenarios, and Open Challenges","publication_year":2026,"publication_date":"2026-03-17","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W7138948856","doi":"https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2603.17054"},"language":null,"primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.48550/arxiv.2603.17054","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2603.17054","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306400194","display_name":"arXiv (Cornell University)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I205783295","host_organization_name":"Cornell University","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I205783295"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":null,"is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":"Preprint"},"type":"preprint","indexed_in":["datacite"],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"green","oa_url":"https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2603.17054","any_repository_has_fulltext":true},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5130024578","display_name":"Bilal Karaman","orcid":null},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Karaman, Bilal","raw_affiliation_strings":[],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5129850717","display_name":"Ilhan Basturk","orcid":null},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Basturk, Ilhan","raw_affiliation_strings":[],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5129868671","display_name":"Engin Zeydan","orcid":null},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Zeydan, Engin","raw_affiliation_strings":[],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5077024961","display_name":"Ferdi Kara","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9735-5200"},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Kara, Ferdi","raw_affiliation_strings":[],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5114494306","display_name":"Esra Aycan Beyazit","orcid":null},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Beyazit, Esra Aycan","raw_affiliation_strings":[],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5021640120","display_name":"SEZA\u0130 TA\u015eKIN","orcid":null},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Taskin, Sezai","raw_affiliation_strings":[],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5129779634","display_name":"Halim Yanikomeroglu","orcid":null},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Yanikomeroglu, Halim","raw_affiliation_strings":[],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":0,"institutions_distinct_count":0,"corresponding_author_ids":[],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":null,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":0,"citation_normalized_percentile":null,"cited_by_percentile_year":null,"biblio":{"volume":null,"issue":null,"first_page":null,"last_page":null},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11458","display_name":"Advanced Wireless Communication Technologies","score":0.3165999948978424,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2208","display_name":"Electrical and Electronic Engineering"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/22","display_name":"Engineering"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11458","display_name":"Advanced Wireless Communication Technologies","score":0.3165999948978424,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2208","display_name":"Electrical and Electronic Engineering"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/22","display_name":"Engineering"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11133","display_name":"UAV Applications and Optimization","score":0.3089999854564667,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2202","display_name":"Aerospace Engineering"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/22","display_name":"Engineering"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12042","display_name":"Satellite Communication Systems","score":0.25270000100135803,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2202","display_name":"Aerospace Engineering"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/22","display_name":"Engineering"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/backhaul","display_name":"Backhaul (telecommunications)","score":0.896399974822998},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/telecommunications-link","display_name":"Telecommunications link","score":0.676800012588501},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/disaster-recovery","display_name":"Disaster recovery","score":0.6603999733924866},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/default-gateway","display_name":"Default gateway","score":0.5489000082015991},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/internet-of-things","display_name":"Internet of Things","score":0.5127999782562256},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/emergency-management","display_name":"Emergency management","score":0.41920000314712524},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/provisioning","display_name":"Provisioning","score":0.4020000100135803},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/transmitter-power-output","display_name":"Transmitter power output","score":0.3971000015735626},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/data-loss","display_name":"Data loss","score":0.3903000056743622}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C103760667","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q798444","display_name":"Backhaul (telecommunications)","level":3,"score":0.896399974822998},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C138660444","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5607897","display_name":"Telecommunications link","level":2,"score":0.676800012588501},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C31258907","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1301371","display_name":"Computer network","level":1,"score":0.6611999869346619},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C129230348","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1140205","display_name":"Disaster recovery","level":2,"score":0.6603999733924866},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.5967000126838684},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C187713609","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2465461","display_name":"Default gateway","level":2,"score":0.5489000082015991},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C81860439","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q251212","display_name":"Internet of Things","level":2,"score":0.5127999782562256},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C62555980","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1460420","display_name":"Emergency management","level":2,"score":0.41920000314712524},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C172191483","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1071806","display_name":"Provisioning","level":2,"score":0.4020000100135803},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C65422117","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q358527","display_name":"Transmitter power output","level":4,"score":0.3971000015735626},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C193519340","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q891179","display_name":"Data loss","level":2,"score":0.3903000056743622},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C123657996","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12271","display_name":"Architecture","level":2,"score":0.3671000003814697},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C555944384","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q249","display_name":"Wireless","level":2,"score":0.367000013589859},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C166566181","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8065","display_name":"Natural disaster","level":2,"score":0.33550000190734863},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777710495","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5527195","display_name":"Gateway (web page)","level":2,"score":0.33250001072883606},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C110875604","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q75","display_name":"The Internet","level":2,"score":0.30059999227523804},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777735758","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q817765","display_name":"Path (computing)","level":2,"score":0.2924000024795532},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C76155785","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q418","display_name":"Telecommunications","level":1,"score":0.2750000059604645},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C194273485","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1478845","display_name":"Path loss","level":3,"score":0.2720000147819519},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C93996380","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q44127","display_name":"Server","level":2,"score":0.26330000162124634},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C95491727","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q992968","display_name":"Mobile telephony","level":3,"score":0.2619999945163727},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2776257435","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1576430","display_name":"Bandwidth (computing)","level":2,"score":0.25679999589920044},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C557945733","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q389772","display_name":"Data transmission","level":2,"score":0.2529999911785126},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2779481623","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4115986","display_name":"Disaster area","level":2,"score":0.25220000743865967}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.48550/arxiv.2603.17054","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2603.17054","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306400194","display_name":"arXiv (Cornell University)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I205783295","host_organization_name":"Cornell University","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I205783295"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":null,"is_accepted":false,"is_published":null,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":"Preprint"}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"doi:10.48550/arxiv.2603.17054","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2603.17054","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306400194","display_name":"arXiv (Cornell University)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I205783295","host_organization_name":"Cornell University","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I205783295"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":null,"is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":"Preprint"},"sustainable_development_goals":[{"score":0.4958629012107849,"display_name":"Climate action","id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/13"}],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":false,"pdf":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":0,"referenced_works":[],"related_works":[],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Reliable":[0],"and":[1,9,29,53,115,158],"resilient":[2,162],"communication":[3,38],"is":[4],"essential":[5],"for":[6,161],"disaster":[7],"recovery":[8],"emergency":[10],"response,":[11],"yet":[12],"terrestrial":[13],"infrastructure":[14],"often":[15],"fails":[16],"during":[17],"large-scale":[18],"natural":[19],"disasters.":[20],"This":[21],"paper":[22],"proposes":[23],"a":[24,86,132],"High-Altitude":[25],"Platform":[26],"Station":[27],"(HAPS)":[28],"Reconfigurable":[30],"Intelligent":[31],"Surfaces":[32],"(RIS)-assisted":[33],"Internet":[34],"of":[35,78,98],"Things":[36],"(IoT)":[37],"system":[39,65,122],"to":[40,56,68,101],"restore":[41],"connectivity":[42],"in":[43,113,136,145,165,170],"disaster-affected":[44],"areas.":[45],"Distributed":[46],"IoT":[47,163],"sensors":[48],"collect":[49],"critical":[50],"environmental":[51],"data":[52,117,147],"forward":[54],"it":[55],"nearby":[57],"gateways":[58],"via":[59],"short-range":[60],"links,":[61],"while":[62],"the":[63,73,96],"HAPS-RIS":[64,153],"provides":[66],"backhaul":[67,164,174],"these":[69],"gateways.":[70],"To":[71],"overcome":[72],"severe":[74],"double":[75],"path":[76],"loss":[77],"passive":[79,128],"RIS":[80,91,129],"at":[81],"high":[82],"altitudes,":[83],"we":[84],"propose":[85],"dynamically":[87],"adjustable":[88],"sub-connected":[89],"active":[90],"architecture":[92],"that":[93,152],"can":[94],"reconfigure":[95],"number":[97],"elements":[99],"connected":[100],"each":[102],"power":[103,139],"amplifier":[104],"through":[105],"switching":[106],"mechanisms.":[107],"Simulation":[108],"results":[109],"demonstrate":[110],"substantial":[111],"gains":[112],"downlink":[114],"uplink":[116],"rates,":[118],"as":[119,121],"well":[120],"energy":[123],"efficiency,":[124],"compared":[125],"with":[126],"conventional":[127],"schemes.":[130],"Moreover,":[131],"1":[133],"dB":[134],"increase":[135],"ground-station":[137],"transmit":[138],"yields":[140],"approximately":[141],"20-30":[142],"Mbps":[143],"improvement":[144],"gateway":[146],"rates.":[148],"These":[149],"findings":[150],"confirm":[151],"technology":[154],"offers":[155],"an":[156],"effective":[157],"energy-efficient":[159],"approach":[160],"6G":[166],"non-terrestrial":[167],"networks,":[168],"particularly":[169],"line-of-sight":[171],"(LoS)-dominant":[172],"HAPS-ground":[173],"scenarios.":[175]},"counts_by_year":[],"updated_date":"2026-07-01T06:00:48.157686","created_date":"2026-03-20T00:00:00"}