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Broadband LEO Satellite Constellations for Next-Generation Navigation: Potentials, Enabling Technologies, and Challenges

Zhendong Li·Mingze Zhu·Jiahao Liu·Zhou Su·Dong Fu·Ruikang Zhong·Wen Chen
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The rapid deployment of broadband low Earth orbit (LEO) constellations provides new opportunities for next-generation navigation. Compared with conventional global navigation satellite systems (GNSS), broadband LEO systems provide stronger received signals, wider bandwidths, rapidly varying satellite geometry, and larger constellation scales, offering new capabilities for positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT). Meanwhile, their communication-oriented waveforms, high dynamics, and resource-constrained architectures introduce new challenges that are fundamentally different from those in GNSS. This article provides a comprehensive overview of broadband LEO constellations for next-generation navigation, covering their fundamental characteristics, representative use cases, key enabling technologies, and open challenges. We first compare broadband LEO systems with conventional GNSS and summarize the main technical routes for LEO-based PNT. We then discussed the emerging use cases in GNSS-challenged, multipath-dominant, and integrated communication and navigation (ICAN) scenarios. Key enabling technologies including waveform design, high-dynamic signal processing, and constellation resource scheduling are further reviewed. As a representative case study, the navigation-oriented optimization of the Starlink primary synchronization sequence demonstrates that subcarrier power allocation can improve multipath resistance while maintaining ranging accuracy. Finally, several challenges and future directions of broadband LEO-based navigation are discussed, aiming to provide reference for future researches.

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Zhendong Li, Mingze Zhu, Jiahao Liu, Zhou Su, Dong Fu, Ruikang Zhong, Wen Chen. 2026-10-02. Broadband LEO Satellite Constellations for Next-Generation Navigation: Potentials, Enabling Technologies, and Challenges. https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.02640

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