What is the CELESTE project about?

The rapid growth of IoT devices—from low-cost sensors to industrial machines, robots, drones, vehicles, and ships—demands seamless information sharing across time and space. Relying solely on terrestrial mobile networks is no longer sufficient to meet these requirements in terms of capacity, coverage, and flexibility. To address this challenge, next-generation Three-Dimensional (3D) network architectures, integrating terrestrial, airborne, and spaceborne communication nodes, are emerging as a key enabler of future wireless systems. These 3D networks combine communication and computing capabilities, allowing data and computing tasks to be processed en route. This results in a multifaceted resource orchestration environment shaped by dynamic and stochastic factors such as mobility, stochastic service request arrivals, and time-correlated variables including device battery energy levels.

CELESTE is a 24-month project funded by the Hellenic Foundation for Research and Innovation (H.F.R.I.) that aims to develop a holistic framework for resource orchestration in 3D networks. The project focuses on designing efficient algorithms and solutions that operate reliably under system uncertainties, addressing the complex interplay between communication, computing, mobility, stochastic service request arrivals, and energy constraints.

Learn more about the project here.