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This letter addresses the joint air corridor planning and base station (BS) deployment problem for low-altitude integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) networks. In the considered system, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) operate within a…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-12-15 Jiaxuan Li , Yilong Chen , Fan Liu , Jie Xu

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) integrated into cellular networks face significant challenges from air-to-ground interference. To address this, we propose a downlink UAV communication system that leverages a fluid antenna system (FAS)-…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-01-30 Ali Reda , Tamer Mekkawy , Theodoros A. Tsiftsis , Chan-Byoung Chae , Kai-Kit Wong

With growing popularity, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are pivotally extending conventional terrestrial Internet of Things (IoT) into the sky. To enable high-performance two-way communications of UAVs with their ground pilots/users,…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-04-26 Jiangbin Lyu , Rui Zhang

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are increasingly integrated into cellular networks to support emerging Internet of Things (IoT) applications. In such settings, reliable communication is critical for electronic conspicuity (EC), enabling UAV…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2026-05-26 Md Sharif Hossen , Vijay K. Shah , Ismail Guvenc

This paper studies the exploitation of networked integrated sensing and communications (ISAC) to support low-altitude economy (LAE), in which a set of networked ground base stations (GBSs) transmit wireless signals to cooperatively…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-05-14 Gaoyuan Cheng , Xianxin Song , Zhonghao Lyu , Jie Xu

Localization plays a key role for safe operation of UAVs enabling beyond visual line of sight applications. Compared to GPS based localization, cellular networks can reduce the positioning error and cost since cellular connectivity is…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-03-12 Irshad A. Meer , Mustafa Ozger , Cicek Cavdar

To enhance both the sensing and covert communication performance, a dual-unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-aided scheme is proposed for integrated sensing and communication networks, in which one UAV maneuvers as the aerial dual-functional…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-06-03 Jingke Sun , Liang Yang , Alexandros-Apostolos A. Boulogeorgos , Theodoros A. Tsiftsis , Hongwu Liu

Providing reliable connectivity to cellular-connected UAV can be very challenging; their performance highly depends on the nature of the surrounding environment, such as density and heights of the ground BSs. On the other hand, tall…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-04-14 Erika Fonseca , Boris Galkin , Ramy Amer , Luiz A. DaSilva , Ivana Dusparic

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

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have gained considerable attention as a platform for establishing aerial wireless networks and communications. However, the line-of-sight dominance in air-to-ground communications often leads to significant…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2024-12-10 Hongjuan Li , Hui Kang , Geng Sun , Jiahui Li , Jiacheng Wang , Xue Wang , Dusit Niyato , Victor C. M. Leung

In this paper, we analyse the coverage probability and the area spectral efficiency (ASE) for the uplink (UL) of dense small cell networks (SCNs) considering a practical path loss model incorporating both line-of-sight (LoS) and…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-01-05 Tian Ding , Ming Ding , Guoqiang Mao , Zihuai Lin , David Lopez-Perez , Albert Zomaya

This paper presents a reinforcement learning (RL) based approach for path planning of cellular connected unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) operating beyond visual line of sight (BVLoS). The objective is to minimize travel distance while…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-10-13 Mehran Behjati , Rosdiadee Nordin , Nor Fadzilah Abdullah

This paper studies the UAV-enabled integrated sensing and communication (ISAC), in which UAVs are dispatched as aerial dual-functional access points (APs) for efficient ISAC. In particular, we consider a scenario with one UAV-AP equipped…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-10-07 Zhonghao Lyu , Guangxu Zhu , Jie Xu

Integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) is viewed as a key enabler for future wireless networks by sharing the hardware and wireless resources between the functionalities of sensing and communication (S&C). Due to the shared wireless…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-10-20 Shiying Chen , Guangji Chen , Long Shi , Qingqing Wu , Kang Wei

This paper aims to exploit the fundamental limits on the downlink coverage and spatial throughput performances of a cellular network comprised of a tier of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) base stations (BSs) using the millimeter wave (mmWave)…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-08-21 Chun-Hung Liu , Kai-Hsiang Ho , Jwo-Yuh Wu

Coordinated controlling a large UAV swarm requires significant spectrum resources due to the need for bandwidth allocation per UAV, posing a challenge in resource-limited environments. Over-the-air (OTA) control has emerged as a…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-02-12 Zhuangkun Wei , Wenxiu Hu , Yathreb Bouazizi , Mengbang Zou , Chenguang Liu , Yunfei Chen , Hongjian Sun , Julie McCann

As the technical trends for the next-generation wireless network significantly extend the near-field region, a performance reevaluation of integrated sensing and communications (ISAC) with an appropriate channel model to account for the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-04-16 Boqun Zhao , Chongjun Ouyang , Yuanwei Liu , Xingqi Zhang , H. Vincent Poor

Unlike terrestrial communications, unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) communications have some advantages such as the line-of-sight (LoS) environment and flexible mobility. However, the interference will be still inevitable. In this paper, we…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-09-30 Minsu Kim , Jemin Lee

The purpose of this article is to bestow the reader with a timely study of UAV cellular communications, bridging the gap between the 3GPP standardization status quo and the more forward-looking research. Special emphasis is placed on the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-04-24 Giovanni Geraci , Adrian Garcia-Rodriguez , Lorenzo Galati Giordano , David López-Pérez , Emil Björnson

Uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAVs) have emerged as a flexible platform for providing coverage over challenging environments, particularly for public safety and surveillance missions in urban areas. However, deploying the UAVs in dense urban…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-10-21 Donggu Lee , Sung Joon Maeng , Ismail Guvenc