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Next-generation mobile networks have proposed the integration of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) as aerial base stations (UAV-BS) to serve ground nodes. Despite having advantages of using UAV-BSs, their dependence on the on-board,…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2020-10-27 Sayed Amir Hoseini , Ayub Bokani , Jahan Hassan , Shavbo Salehi , Salil S. Kanhere

Connecting aerial and terrestrial users with a single base station (BS) is increasingly challenging due to the rising number of aerial users like unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). Traditional BSs, designed with down-tilted beams, focus…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-03-10 Achiel Colpaert , Zhuangzhuang Cui , Sofie Pollin

As 5G networks rapidly expand and 6G technologies emerge, characterized by dense deployments, millimeter-wave communications, and dynamic beamforming, the need for scalable simulation tools becomes increasingly critical. These tools must…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2026-01-07 Mohammed Mallik , Guillaume Villemaud

In drone-assisted mobile networks, Drone-mounted Base Stations (DBSs) are responsively and flexibly deployed over any Places of Interest (PoI), such as sporadic hotspots and disaster-struck areas, where the existing mobile network…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2022-11-30 Liangkun Yu , Xiang Sun , Sihua Shao , Yougan Chen , Rana Albelaihi

In wireless sensor networks (WSNs), the base station (BS) is a critical sensor node whose failure causes severe data losses. Deploying multiple fixed BSs improves the robustness, yet requires all BSs to be installed with large batteries and…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2014-09-17 Runwei Zhang , Francois Ingelrest , Guillermo Barrenetxea , Patrick Thiran , Martin Vetterli

In this paper, we address the deployment of base stations (BSs) in a one-dimensional network in which the users are randomly distributed.In order to take into account the users' distribution to optimally place the BSs we optimize the uplink…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2013-02-22 Hirley Alves , Mehdi Bennis , Walid Saad , Mérouane Debbah , Matti Latva-aho

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

An optimal base station (BS) location depends on the traffic (user) distribution, propagation pathloss and many system parameters, which renders its analytical study difficult so that numerical algorithms are widely used instead. In this…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-05-08 Elham Kalantari , Sergey Loyka , Halim Yanikomeroglu , Abbas Yongacoglu

A novel framework is proposed for the trajectory design of multiple unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) based on the prediction of users' mobility information. The problem of joint trajectory design and power control is formulated for…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-06-05 Xiao Liu , Yuanwei Liu , Yue Chen , Lajos Hanzo

The growing deployment of drones in a myriad of applications relies on seamless and reliable wireless connectivity for safe control and operation of drones. Cellular technology is a key enabler for providing essential wireless services to…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-05-12 Yun Chen , Xingqin Lin , Talha Ahmed Khan , Mohammad Mozaffari

Reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RIS) enable smart wireless environments by dynamically controlling signal propagation to enhance communication and localization. Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) can act as flying base stations and thus,…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-11-11 Anupam Mondal , Priyadarshi Mukherjee , Sasthi C. Ghosh

Drone base stations (DBSs) have recently gained wide popularity as a possible solution to provide wireless connectivity in a variety of scenarios, for example, in inaccessible terrains such as connectivity over vast areas of a water body or…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2020-12-22 Aniq Ur Rahman , Agnivesh Adhikari

Due to their ability to anchor into tall urban landforms, such as lampposts or street lights, robotic aerial base stations (RABSs) can create a hyper-flexible wireless multi-hop heterogeneous network to meet the forthcoming green,…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-05-16 Wen Shang , Yuan Liao , Vasilis Friderikos , Halim Yanikomeroglu

As the capacity demand of mobile applications keeps increasing, the backhaul network is becoming a bottleneck to support high quality of experience (QoE) in next-generation wireless networks. Content caching at base stations (BSs) is a…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2015-09-03 Xi Peng , Juei-Chin Shen , Jun Zhang , Khaled B. Letaief

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have emerged as the potential aerial base stations (BSs) to improve terrestrial communications. However, the limited onboard energy and antenna power of a UAV restrict its communication range and transmission…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2025-02-11 Geng Sun , Jian Xiao , Jiahui Li , Jiacheng Wang , Jiawen Kang , Dusit Niyato , Shiwen Mao

By fully exploiting the mobility of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), UAV-based aerial base stations (BSs) can move closer to ground users to achieve better communication conditions. In this paper, we consider a scenario where an aerial BS…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-01-24 Jingcong Sun , Christos Masouros

Agility and resilience requirements of future cellular networks may not be fully satisfied by terrestrial base stations in cases of unexpected or temporary events. A promising solution is assisting the cellular network via low-altitude…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2016-03-02 R. Irem Bor Yaliniz , Amr El-Keyi , Halim Yanikomeroglu

The unmanned aerial vehicles base stations (UAV-BSs) have great potential in being widely used in many dynamic application scenarios. In those scenarios, the movements of served user equipments (UEs) are inevitable, so the UAV-BSs needs to…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2019-10-08 Haoran Peng , Chao Chen , Chuan-Chi Lai , Li-Chun Wang , Zhu Han

This paper addresses an uplink localization problem in which the base station (BS) aims to locate a remote user with the aid of reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS). This paper proposes a strategy in which the user transmits pilots over…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-10-23 Zhongze Zhang , Tao Jiang , Wei Yu

In terrestrial communication networks without fixed infrastructure, unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-mounted mobile base stations (MBSs) provide an efficient solution to achieve wireless connectivity. This letter aims to minimize the number of…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-12-06 Jiangbin Lyu , Yong Zeng , Rui Zhang , Teng Joon Lim