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Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) based aerial base stations (BSs) can provide rapid communication services to ground users and are thus promising for future communication systems. In this paper, we consider a scenario where no functional…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2018-07-09 Jingcong Sun , Christos Masouros

Powered by the advances in microelectronics technologies, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) provide a vast variety of services ranging from surveillance to delivery in both military and civilian domains. It is clear that a successful…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-03-10 Burak Ede , Serhan Yarkan , Ali Rıza Ekti , Tunçer Baykaş , Hakan Ali Çırpan , Ali Görçin

In emergency scenarios, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) can be deployed to assist localization and communication services for ground terminals. In this paper, we propose a new integrated air-ground networking paradigm that uses…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-09-13 Zheyuan Yang , Suzhi Bi , Ying-Jun Angela Zhang

We study support for unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) communications through a cell-free massive MIMO architecture, wherein a large number of access points (APs) is deployed in place of large co-located massive MIMO arrays. We consider also a…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-01-13 Carmen D'Andrea , Adrian Garcia-Rodriguez , Giovanni Geraci , Lorenzo Galati Giordano , Stefano Buzzi

The use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) as aerial communication platforms is of high practical value for future wireless systems such as 5G, especially for swift and on-demand deployment in temporary events and emergency situations.…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-05-21 Qingqing Wu , Liang Liu , Rui Zhang

Unmanned aerial vehicle-aided communication (UAB-BS) is a promising solution to establish rapid wireless connectivity in sudden/temporary crowded events because of its more flexibility and mobility features than conventional ground base…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2026-01-27 Chuan-Chi Lai , Bhola , Ang-Hsun Tsai , Li-Chun Wang

As essential aerial platforms, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) play an increasingly important role in broad wireless connectivity and high-data-rate transmission for future communication systems. Notably, various communication scenarios are…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-04-19 Zhuangzhuang Cui , Ke Guan , César Briso-Rodríguez , Bo Ai , Zhangdui Zhong , Claude Oestges

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are widely exploited in environment monitoring, search-and-rescue, etc. However, the mobility and short flight duration of UAVs bring challenges for UAV networking. In this paper, we study the UAV networks…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-11-28 Zhiqing Wei , Zhiyong Feng , Haibo Zhou , Li Wang , Huici Wu

This paper establishes the capacity region of a class of broadcast channels with random state in which each channel component is selected from two possible functions and each receiver knows its state sequence. This channel model does not…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2014-01-28 Hyeji Kim , Abbas El Gamal

In this paper, we consider unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) assisted cellular communication system, where UAVs can be used as amplify-and-forward (AF) relays. The effective channel with UAV assisted communication can be modeled as a Rayleigh…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-06-28 Sha Hu , Jose Flordelis , Fredrik Rusek , Ove Edfors

We consider a broadcast scenario where one transmitter communicates with two receivers under quality-of-service constraints. The transmitter initially employs superposition coding strategies with arbitrarily distributed signals and sends…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-03-09 Marwan Hammouda , Sami Akin , Jürgen Peissig

The millimeter wave (mmWave) technology enables unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to offer broadband high-speed wireless connectivity in fifth generation (5G) and beyond (6G) networks. However, the limited footprint of a single UAV…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2020-10-26 Yang Wang , Marco Giordani , Michele Zorzi

We investigate the performance of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-based networks in urban environments characterized by blockages, focusing on their capability to support the service demands of mobile users. The UAV-base stations (UAV-BSs)…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-01-10 Neetu R R , Gourab Ghatak , Vivek Ashok Bohara

In this paper, the problem of proactive deployment of cache-enabled unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for optimizing the quality-of-experience (QoE) of wireless devices in a cloud radio access network (CRAN) is studied. In the considered…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-10-11 Mingzhe Chen , Mohammad Mozaffari , Walid Saad , Changchuan Yin , Mérouane Debbah , Choong-Seon Hong

In this paper, we characterize the performance of a three-dimensional (3D) two-hop cellular network in which terrestrial base stations (BSs) coexist with unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to serve a set of ground user equipment (UE). In…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-11-30 Morteza Banagar , Harpreet S. Dhillon

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

In this work, we address the trajectory optimization of a fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) using free space optical communication (FSOC). Here, we focus on maximizing the flight time of the UAV by considering practical constraints…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-12-18 Ju-Hyung Lee , Ki-Hong Park , Young-Chai Ko , Mohamed-Slim Alouini

Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) swarm has emerged as a promising novel paradigm to achieve better coverage and higher capacity for future wireless network by exploiting the more favorable line-of-sight (LoS) propagation. To reap the potential…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-08-20 Lingyun Zhou , Xihan Chen , Mingyi Hong , Shi Jin , Qingjiang Shi

This letter studies an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) aided multicasting (MC) system, which is enabled by simultaneous free space optics (FSO) backhaul and power transfer. The UAV applies the power-splitting technique to harvest wireless…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-04-08 Yue Ling Che , Weibin Long , Sheng Luo , Kaishun Wu , Rui Zhang

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) have gained significant attention for improving wireless communication, especially in emergencies or as a complement to existing cellular infrastructure. This letter addresses the problem of efficiently…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-01-30 Alexander Vavoulas , Konstantinos K. Delibasis , Harilaos G. Sandalidis , George Nousias , Nicholas Vaiopoulos