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Drones are increasingly operating autonomously, and the need for extending drone power autonomy is rapidly increasing. One of the most promising solutions to extend drone power autonomy is the use of docking stations to support both landing…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-09-20 Dario Stuhne , Goran Vasiljevic , Stjepan Bogdan , Zdenko Kovacic

This letter analyzes the handover probability in a drone cellular network where the initial positions of drone base stations (DBSs) serving a set of user equipment (UE) on the ground are modeled by a homogeneous Poisson point process (PPP).…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-01-26 Morteza Banagar , Vishnu Vardhan Chetlur , Harpreet S. Dhillon

Wireless networks are becoming extremely pervasive while traffic demand is ever increasing. In order to cope with the forecast increase in traffic volume for the upcoming years, as well as the number of connected devices, new technologies,…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2018-03-07 Onel L. A. López , Hirley Alves , Richard Demo Souza , Matti Latva-aho

Unmanned Aerial Vehicle mounted base stations (UAV-BSs) can provide wireless services in a variety of scenarios. In this letter, we propose an optimal placement algorithm for UAV-BSs that maximizes the number of covered users using the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-05-10 Mohamed Alzenad , Amr El-Keyi , Faraj Lagum , Halim Yanikomeroglu

Caching at base stations is a promising technology to satisfy the increasing capacity requirements and reduce the backhaul loads in future wireless networks. Careful design of random caching can fully exploit the file popularity and achieve…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-09-20 Sufeng Kuang , Nan Liu

In recent years, the cellular industry has witnessed a major evolution in communication technologies. It is evident that the Next Generation of cellular networks(NGN) will play a pivotal role in the acceptance of emerging IoT applications…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2024-02-09 Daksh Dave , Dhruv Khut , Sahil Nawale , Pushkar Aggrawal , Disha Rastogi , Kailas Devadkar

Despite the significant attention that aerial base stations (ABSs) have received recently, their practical implementation is severely weakened by their limited endurance due to the battery constraints of drones. To overcome this fundamental…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2025-11-20 Wen Shang , Yuan Liao , Vasilis Friderikos , Halim Yanikomeroglu

In this paper, the design of an optimal trajectory for an energy-constrained drone operating in dynamic network environments is studied. In the considered model, a drone base station (DBS) is dispatched to provide uplink connectivity to…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-05-27 Ye Hu , Mingzhe Chen , Walid Saad , H. Vincent Poor , Shuguang Cui

The use of drone small cells (DSCs) which are aerial wireless base stations that can be mounted on flying devices such as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), is emerging as an effective technique for providing wireless services to ground users…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2015-09-08 Mohammad Mozaffari , Walid Saad , Mehdi Bennis , Merouane Debbah

While the fifth-generation cellular (5G) is meant to deliver Gigabit peak data speeds, low latency, and connect to billions of devices, and 6G is already on the way, half of the world population living in rural areas are still facing…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-10-05 Yujie Qin , Mustafa A. Kishk , Mohamed-Slim Alouini

The wireless backhaul network provides an attractive solution for the urban deployment of fifth generation (5G) wireless networks that enables future ultra dense small cell networks to meet the ever-increasing user demands. Optimal…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2018-11-20 Xiaohu Ge , Song Tu , Guoqiang Mao , Vincent K. N. Lau , Linghui Pan

Drones are driving numerous and evolving use cases, and creating transformative socio-economic benefits. Drone operation needs wireless connectivity for communication between drones and ground control systems, among drones, and between…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2018-03-30 Guang Yang , Xingqin Lin , Yan Li , Hang Cui , Min Xu , Dan Wu , Henrik Rydén , Sakib Bin Redhwan

In this paper, the effective use of multiple quadrotor drones as an aerial antenna array that provides wireless service to ground users is investigated. In particular, under the goal of minimizing the airborne service time needed for…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2018-09-27 Mohammad Mozaffari , Walid Saad , Mehdi Bennis , Merouane Debbah

Drony, dzi\k{e}ki mo\.zliwo\'sci ich szybkiego rozmieszczenia w trudnym terenie, uwa\.zane s\k{a} za jeden z kluczowych element\'ow system\'ow bezprzewodowych 6G. Jednak w celu wykorzystania ich jako punkty dost\k{e}powe sieci konieczne…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2024-10-04 Salim Janji , Paweł Sroka , Adrian Kliks

Highly dynamic and mobile applications, such as vehicular networks, require stable connectivity, which is often challenging to achieve. Network densification is a key approach to address this issue and can be achieved cost-effectively…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2026-04-10 Chiara Rubaltelli , Marcello Morini , Eugenio Moro , Ilario Filippini

Deployment of multi-hop network of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) acting as flying base stations (FlyBSs) presents a remarkable potential to effectively enhance the performance of wireless networks. Such potential enhancement, however,…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-10-24 Mohammadsaleh Nikooroo , Omid Esrafilian , Zdenek Becvar , David Gesbert

The market size of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs, a.k.a drones) can reach up to 10% of the global market value. In particular, drone delivery is one of the most attractive applications. The growing number of drones requires appropriate…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2022-02-21 Achiel Colpaert , Michaël Raes , Evgenii Vinogradov , Sofie Pollin

This work proposes a framework for the robust design of UAV-assisted wireless networks that combine 3D trajectory optimization with user mobility prediction to address dynamic resource allocation challenges. We proposed a sparse…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-06-12 Asad Mahmood , Thang X. Vu , Wali Ullah Khan , Symeon Chatzinotas , Björn Ottersten

Drone base station (DBS) is a promising technique to extend wireless connections for uncovered users of terrestrial radio access networks (RAN). To improve user fairness and network performance, in this paper, we design 3D trajectories of…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2019-10-24 Weisen Shi , Junlng Li , Nan Cheng , Feng Lyu , Shan Zhang , Haibo Zhou , Xuemin Shen

With the introduction of new technologies such as Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), High Altitude Platform Station (HAPS), Millimeter Wave (mmWave) frequencies, Massive Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (mMIMO), and beamforming, wireless backhaul…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2021-07-21 Berke Tezergil , Ertan Onur