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In this paper, a novel framework for delay-optimal cell association in unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-enabled cellular networks is proposed. In particular, to minimize the average network delay under any arbitrary spatial distribution of the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-05-30 Mohammad Mozaffari , Walid Saad , Mehdi Bennis , Merouane Debbah

In this paper, considering an interference limited inband downlink cellular network, we study the effects of scheduling criteria, mobility constraints, path loss models, backhaul constraints, and 3D antenna radiation pattern on trajectory…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-03-06 Md Moin Uddin Chowdhury , Sung Joon Maeng , Eyuphan Bulut , Ismail Guvenc

The integration of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) into wireless communication systems has emerged as a transformative approach, promising cost-efficient connectivity. This paper addresses the optimization of the dynamic time-splitting…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-04-30 Trinh Van Chien , Nguyen Minh Quan , Oh-Soon Shin , Van-Dinh Nguyen

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) can be used as flying base stations (BSs) to offload Macro-BSs in hotspots. However, due to the limited battery on-board, UAVs can typically stay in operation for less than 1.5 hours. Afterward, the UAV has…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-07-02 Yujie Qin , Mustafa A. Kishk , Mohamed-Slim Alouini

In this paper, we investigate resource allocation design for unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-enabled communication systems, where a UAV is dispatched to provide communications to multiple user nodes. Our objective is to maximize the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-09-06 Ruide Li , Zhiqiang Wei , Lei Yang , Derrick Wing Kwan Ng , Nan Yang , Jinhong Yuan , Jianping An

This paper studies an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-enabled wireless sensor network, in which one UAV flies in the sky to collect the data transmitted from a set of ground nodes (GNs) via distributed beamforming. We consider two scenarios…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-08-10 Tianxin Feng , Lifeng Xie , Jianping Yao , Jie Xu

Effective communication for emergency vehicles - such as ambulances and fire trucks - is essential to support their operations in various traffic and environmental conditions. In this context, this paper investigates a vehicular…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-10-01 S. Fatemeh Bozorgi , S. Mohammad Razavizadeh , Mohsen Rezaee

Communication-aware trajectory generation for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) operating in urban environments requires simultaneous consideration of vehicle dynamics, wireless communication quality, obstacle avoidance, and onboard energy…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-05-26 Prateek Priyaranjan Pradhan , Ketan Rajawat , Mangal Kothari

Wireless communication with unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) is a promising technology for future communication systems. In this paper, we study energy-efficient UAV communication with a ground terminal via optimizing the UAV's trajectory, a…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-08-08 Yong Zeng , Rui Zhang

Wireless communication highly depends on the cellular ground base station (GBS). A failure of the cellular GBS, fully or partially, during natural or man-made disasters creates a communication gap in the disaster-affected areas. In such…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2024-01-05 Naveed Khan , Ayaz Ahmad , Abdul Wakeel , Zeeshan Kaleem , Bushra Rashid , Waqas Khalid

As traditional cellular base stations (BSs) are optimized for 2D ground service, providing 3D connectivity to uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAVs) requires re-engineering of the existing infrastructure. In this paper, we propose a new…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-08-10 Mohamed Benzaghta , Giovanni Geraci , David Lopez-Perez , Alvaro Valcarce

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in cellular networks have garnered considerable interest. One of their applications is as flying base stations (FBSs), which can increase coverage and quality of service (QoS). Because FBSs are…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2022-12-07 Mohammad Javad Sobouti , Amir Hossein Mohajerzadeh , Seyed Amin Hosseini Seno , Halim Yanikomeroglu

In this paper, the effective use of flight-time constrained unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) as flying base stations that can provide wireless service to ground users is investigated. In particular, a novel framework for optimizing the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-04-18 Mohammad Mozaffari , Walid Saad , Mehdi Bennis , Merouane Debbah

This work studies the joint problem of power and trajectory optimization in an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-enabled mobile relaying system. In the considered system, in order to provide convenient and sustainable energy supply to the UAV…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-10-17 Ming-Min Zhao , Qingjiang Shi , Min-Jian Zhao

This letter aims to present a novel approach for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV)' path planning with respect to certain quality of service requirements. More specifically, we study the max-min fairness problem in an air-to-ground…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2019-12-05 Amine Bejaoui , Ki-Hong Park , Mohamed Slim Alouini

In this paper, we study an unmanned aerial vehicle(UAV)-enabled wireless sensor network, where a UAV is dispatched to collect the sensed data from distributed sensor nodes (SNs) for estimating an unknown parameter. It is revealed that in…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-05-14 Cheng Zhan , Yong Zeng , Rui Zhang

Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) assisted cellular communication is gaining significant interest recently. Although it offers several advantages over terrestrial communication, UAV communication suffers from two main shortcomings. The typical…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2020-11-18 Osama M. Bushnaq , Mustafa A. Kishk , Abdulkadir Çelik , Mohamed-Slim Alouini , Tareq Y. Al-Naffouri

This paper investigates a new spectrum sharing scenario between unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and terrestrial wireless communication systems. We consider that a cognitive/secondary UAV transmitter communicates with a ground secondary…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2018-02-15 Yuwei Huang , Jie Xu , Ling Qiu , Rui Zhang

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are anticipated to be widely deployed in future wireless communications, due to their advantages of high mobility and easy deployment. However, the broadcast nature of air-to-ground line-of-sight wireless…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-06-19 Miao Cui , Guangchi Zhang , Qingqing Wu , Derrick Wing Kwan Ng

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) have emerged as a critical component in next-generation wireless networks, particularly for disaster recovery scenarios, due to their flexibility, mobility, and rapid deployment capabilities. This paper…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-08-15 Mohammad Taghi Dabiri , Mazen Hasna , Saud Althunibat , Khalid Qaraqe