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Additionally, the deployment of existing RSISR models to terminal devices is challenging due to their high computational complexity and large number of parameters. To address these issues, we propose a Context-Aware Lightweight Super-Resolution Network (CALSRN) for remote-sensing images. The proposed network primarily consists of Context-Aware Transformer Blocks (CATBs), which incorporate a Local Context Extraction Branch (LCEB) and a Global Context Extraction Branch (GCEB) to explore both local and global image features. Furthermore, a Dynamic Weight Generation Branch (DWGB) is designed to generate aggregation weights for global and local features, enabling dynamic adjustment of the aggregation process. Specifically, the GCEB employs a Swin Transformer-based structure to obtain global information, while the LCEB utilizes a CNN-based cross-attention mechanism to extract local information. Ultimately, global and local features are aggregated using the weights acquired from the DWGB, capturing the global and local dependencies of the image and enhancing the quality of super-resolution reconstruction. 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