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The use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) that serve as aerial base stations is expected to become predominant in the next decade. However, in order for this technology to unfold its full potential it is necessary to develop a fundamental…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-01-09 Mohammad Mahdi Azari , Fernando Rosas , Kwang-Cheng Chen , Sofie Pollin

A main challenge in providing connectivity to the low altitude unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) through existing cellular network arises due to the increased interference in the network. The increased altitude and favourable propagation…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-02-08 Vijaya Yajnanarayana , Y. -P. Eric Wang , Shiwei Gao , Siva Muruganathan , Xingqin Lin

This paper studies how to achieve a high and flexible coverage performance of a large-scale cellular network that enables unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) transmission to simultaneously serve…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2022-01-21 Chun-Hung Liu , Md Asif Syed , Lu Wei

This paper explores an emerging wireless Internet-of-things (IoT) architecture based on unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). We consider a network where a fleet of UAVs at a fixed altitude flies on planned trajectories and IoT devices on the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-04-21 Chang-sik Choi , Francois Baccelli , Gustavo de Veciana

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) can help facilitate cost-effective and flexible service provisioning in future smart cities. Nevertheless, UAV applications generally suffer severe flight time limitations due to constrained onboard battery…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-03-30 Yuntao Wang , Zhou Su , Ning Zhang , Ruidong Li

Recently, movable antennas (MAs) have garnered immense attention due to their capability to favorably alter channel conditions through agile movement. In this letter, we delve into a spectrum sharing system enabled by unmanned aerial…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-01-06 Xiao-Wei Tang , Yunmei Shi , Yi Huang , Qingqing Wu

Nowadays, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) are being used in several novel applications, especially in the telecommunication domain. However, ensuring UAV communication and networking for the purpose of a specific application is still…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2020-07-02 Laila Abouzaid , Essaid Sabir , Halima Elbiaze , Ahmed Errami , Othmane Benhmammouch

Enabling high-rate, low-latency and ultra-reliable wireless communications between unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and their associated ground pilots/users is of paramount importance to realize their large-scale usage in the future. To…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-04-09 Yong Zeng , Jiangbin Lyu , Rui Zhang

Wireless systems are of paramount importance for providing ubiquitous data transmission for smart cities. However, due to the broadcasting and openness of wireless channels, such systems face potential security challenges. UAV-assisted…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-03-15 Chan Gao , Linying Tian , Dong Zheng

Most consumer-level low-cost unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have limited battery power and long charging time. Due to these energy constraints, they cannot accomplish many practical tasks, such as monitoring a sport or political event for…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-01-27 Jyh-Ming Lien , Sam Rodriguez , Marco Morales

Many emerging technologies for the next generation wireless network prefer line-of-sight (LOS) propagation conditions to fully release their performance advantages. This paper studies 3D unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) placement to establish…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-08-27 Yuanshuai Zheng , Junting Chen

An urban tactical wireless network is considered wherein the base stations are situated on unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) that provide connectivity to ground assets such as vehicles located on city streets. The UAVs are assumed to be…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-11-02 Enass Hriba , Matthew C. Valenti , Robert W. Heath

This paper investigates the three-dimensional (3D) deployment of uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAVs) as aerial base stations in heterogeneous communication networks under constraints imposed by diverse ground obstacles. Given the diverse data…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-01-16 Senning Wan , Bin Li , Hongbin Chen , Lei Liu

Low-altitude wireless networks are increasingly vital for the low-altitude economy, enabling wireless coverage in high-mobility and hard-to-reach environments. However, providing reliable connectivity to sparsely distributed aerial users in…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-12-16 Tian Shi , Wenkun Wen , Peiran Wu , Minghua Xia

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are a convenient choice for carrying mobile base stations to rapidly setup communication services for ground users. Unlike terrestrial networks, UAVs do not have fiber optic back-haul connectivity except when…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-03-15 Yuhui Wang , Junaid Farooq

One of the major challenges slowing down the use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) as aerial base stations (ABSs) is the limited on-board power supply which reduces the UAV's flight time. Using a tether to provide UAVs with power can be…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-04-12 Safa Khemiri , Mustafa A. Kishk , Mohamed-Slim Alouini

This article proposes a novel framework for unmaned aerial vehicle (UAV) networks with massive access capability supported by non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA). In order to better understand NOMA enabled UAV networks, three case studies…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2018-09-18 Yuanwei Liu , Zhijin Qin , Yunlong Cai , Yue Gao , Geoffrey Ye Li , Arumugam Nallanathan

Uncrewed Aerial Vehicle (UAV) computing and networking are becoming a fundamental computation infrastructure for diverse cyber-physical application systems. UAVs can be empowered by AI on edge devices and can communicate with other UAVs and…

Performance · Computer Science 2025-09-09 Qingyang Zhang , Mohammad Dwipa Furqan , Tasfia Nutzhat , Fumio Machida , Ermeson Andrade

This letter investigates the transmit power and trajectory optimization problem for unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-aided networks. Different from majority of the existing studies with fixed communication infrastructure, a dynamic scenario is…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2018-01-17 Haichao Wang , Guochun Ren , Jin Chen , Guoru Ding , Yijun Yang

LoRa technology enables long-range communication with low-power consumption for the Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices in the urban and suburban environment. However, due to terrestrial structures in urban and suburban environments, the link…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-03-01 Vageesh Anand Dambal , Sameer Mohadikar , Abhaykumar Kumbhar , Ismail Guvenc