Nils Pachler

425 total citations · 1 hit paper
11 papers, 285 citations indexed

About

Nils Pachler is a scholar working on Aerospace Engineering, Computer Networks and Communications and Electrical and Electronic Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Nils Pachler has authored 11 papers receiving a total of 285 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 11 papers in Aerospace Engineering, 8 papers in Computer Networks and Communications and 2 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Recurrent topics in Nils Pachler's work include Satellite Communication Systems (11 papers), Spacecraft Design and Technology (5 papers) and Wireless Communication Networks Research (3 papers). Nils Pachler is often cited by papers focused on Satellite Communication Systems (11 papers), Spacecraft Design and Technology (5 papers) and Wireless Communication Networks Research (3 papers). Nils Pachler collaborates with scholars based in United States. Nils Pachler's co-authors include Edward F. Crawley, Bruce Cameron and Iñigo del Portillo and has published in prestigious journals such as IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications and IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology.

In The Last Decade

Nils Pachler

8 papers receiving 272 citations

Hit Papers

An Updated Comparison of Four Low Earth Orbit Satellite C... 2021 2026 2022 2024 2021 50 100 150
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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. An Updated Comparison of Four Low Earth Orbit Satellite Constellation Systems to Provide Global Broadband
    2021 184 citations Nils Pachler, Iñigo del Portillo et al. profile →

Peers

Nils Pachler
Flor Ortíz Luxembourg
Fabrice Arnal France
Niloofar Okati Finland
Te Wei China
Miguel A. Salas‐Natera Spain
Gilles Charbit United Kingdom
Longfei Yin United Kingdom
Dongming Bian China
Olfa Ben Yahia Canada
D. Hampicke Germany
Flor Ortíz Luxembourg
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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Nils Pachler

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Nils Pachler. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Nils Pachler based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Nils Pachler. Nils Pachler is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

11 of 11 papers shown
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Pachler, Nils, Edward F. Crawley, & Bruce Cameron. (2025). Mixed Integer Linear Programming for Ground Infrastructure and Inter-Satellite Link Design in Satellite Constellations. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology. 75(1). 796–810.
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Pachler, Nils, Edward F. Crawley, & Bruce Cameron. (2024). Flooding the Market: Comparing the Performance of Nine Broadband Megaconstellations. IEEE Wireless Communications Letters. 13(9). 2397–2401.
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Pachler, Nils, Edward F. Crawley, & Bruce Cameron. (2024). Robust Beam-to-Satellite Routing Strategies for Megaconstellations. IEEE Wireless Communications Letters. 13(11). 3040–3043.
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Pachler, Nils, Edward F. Crawley, & Bruce Cameron. (2024). Avoiding Self-Interference in Megaconstellations Through Cooperative Satellite Routing and Frequency Assignment. IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications. 42(11). 3188–3203. 7 indexed citations
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Pachler, Nils, Edward F. Crawley, & Bruce Cameron. (2024). A Scalable Algorithm for User Grouping in LEO-MEO-HEO Hybrid Very High Throughput Satellite Constellations. IEEE Transactions on Cognitive Communications and Networking. 10(4). 1511–1524. 2 indexed citations
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Pachler, Nils, et al.. (2023). Frequency Plan Design for Multibeam Satellite Constellations Using Integer Linear Programming. IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications. 23(4). 3312–3327. 9 indexed citations
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Pachler, Nils, Edward F. Crawley, & Bruce Cameron. (2022). Beam-to-Satellite Scheduling for High Throughput Satellite Constellations Using Particle Swarm Optimization. 2022 IEEE Aerospace Conference (AERO). 10 indexed citations
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Pachler, Nils, Iñigo del Portillo, Edward F. Crawley, & Bruce Cameron. (2021). An Updated Comparison of Four Low Earth Orbit Satellite Constellation Systems to Provide Global Broadband. 1–7. 184 indexed citations breakdown →
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Pachler, Nils, Edward F. Crawley, & Bruce Cameron. (2021). A Genetic Algorithm for Beam Placement in High-Throughput Satellite Constellations. 1–6. 11 indexed citations
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