Global connections to everyone and anything are becoming increasingly important as Internet of Things (IoT) applications and services spread throughout our society. Such needs cannot be met by terrestrial networks alone. Hence the idea of combining space, air, ground, and water communication infrastructures has emerged. The integrated platform that emerges from this process should not simply be a mashup of several networks and domains. It is extremely difficult to manage heterogeneity and hybridity's full potential at the world's largest geographical scale ever.

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客座社论：具有集成空间、空中、地面和海洋网络的无处不在的物联网


随着物联网 (IoT) 应用和服务在整个社会的传播，与每个人和任何事物的全球联系变得越来越重要。仅靠地面网络无法满足此类需求。因此，结合空间、空中、地面和水上通信基础设施的想法应运而生。此过程中出现的集成平台不应简单地是多个网络和域的混搭。在世界上有史以来最大的地理范围内管理异质性和混合性的全部潜力是极其困难的。