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Shimamoto Lab
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The lab studies next-generation wireless communications using satellites, drones, and other unmanned aircraft.
AboutAbout the lab
Connecting sky and ground wirelessly.
The Shimamoto Lab studies next-generation wireless communications using satellites and unmanned aerial vehicles (drones).
The lab studies communication methods that connect terrestrial networks with geostationary satellites, low Earth orbit satellites, and HAPS (high altitude platform stations in the stratosphere).
It also works on wireless communication between aircraft and with the ground, and on technologies for connecting many base stations at the same time.
Key terms
- HAPS
- An unmanned aircraft that stays at high altitude, such as in the stratosphere, and serves as a communication base station
- Low Earth orbit satellite
- An artificial satellite that orbits at a low altitude of a few hundred kilometers above the ground
- Non-terrestrial network
- A communication system that uses satellites, HAPS, unmanned aircraft, and similar platforms instead of relying on terrestrial base stations
NewsLab news
Two master's students and faculty members received the Excellent Presentation Award at the IEICE Technical Committee on Information Networks
Prof. Shimamoto received the Commendation for Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (Research Category)
ResearchResearch themes
The Shimamoto Lab studies next-generation wireless communications using satellites, drones, and high altitude platform stations (HAPS) in the stratosphere. It works on communication methods that connect these platforms with terrestrial networks, as well as wireless communication between aircraft.
*Illustrative imageNext-Generation Communications Using Satellites
The lab studies next-generation non-terrestrial communication methods that connect geostationary satellites, low Earth orbit satellites, HAPS, and other platforms with terrestrial networks. It also works on technologies for connecting many base stations at the same time.
*Illustrative imageCommunications with HAPS and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
The lab studies communications using balloons, HAPS (base stations that stay aloft in the stratosphere), and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). It also works on ways to use UAVs, such as searching for missing persons.
*Illustrative imageAircraft Wireless Communications
The lab studies wireless communication between aircraft and with the ground, focusing on communication mechanisms that prevent congestion and collisions among aircraft.
MembersFaculty
The Shimamoto Lab consists of faculty members, researchers, secretaries, doctoral, master's, and undergraduate students, and project research students.As of 2026
- ProfessorShigeru Shimamoto
- LecturerKazutoshi Yoshii
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “STS-61-C SATCOM Ku-1 deployment” NASA / Public domain (cropped)
- Next-Generation Communications Using Satellites: “Erdfunkstelle Raisting 2” Richard Bartz, Munich aka Makro Freak / CC BY-SA 2.5 (cropped)
- Communications with HAPS and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles: “Aerostar Stratospheric Balloon Carrying the SOLD Payload” Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific / Public domain (cropped)
- Aircraft Wireless Communications: “Secondary surveillance radar avionics antenna” wd / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Maehara Lab): “Advanced Technology Demonstrator radar antenna array 01” NOAA / Public domain (cropped)
- Related lab (Liu Lab): “Zoox Toyota Highlander Test Vehicle - Sensor Closeup - San Francisco, May 2025 07” 9yz / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Togawa Lab): “Chain of home devices (including IoT) with passwords or pin” Andrzej Kasprzyk (itring.pl) / CC BY 3.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Wen Lab): “Navigation Technology Satellite – II” U.S. Navy / Public domain (cropped)
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