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We consider multiple transmitters aiming to communicate their source signals (e.g., images) over a multiple access channel (MAC). Conventional communication systems minimize interference by orthogonally allocating resources (time and/or…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-04-08 Selim F. Yilmaz , Can Karamanli , Deniz Gunduz

In this paper we consider a collection of single-antenna ground nodes communicating with a multi-antenna unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) over a multiple-access ground-to-air wireless communications link. The UAV uses beamforming to mitigate…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2015-03-19 Feng Jiang , A. Lee Swindlehurst

This paper studies real-time trajectory planning and radio resource allocation for a single uncrewed aerial vehicle (UAV) serving multiple mobile ground users in an urban environment. The downlink system considers heterogeneous user…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-05-12 Chenrui Qiu , Loizos Kanaris , Yongxu Zhu , Tasos Dagiuklas

Multi-way and device-to-device (D2D) communications are currently considered for the design of future communication systems. Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) can be effectively deployed to extend the communication range of D2D networks. To…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-05-22 Jaber Kakar , Anas Chaaban , Vuk Marojevic , Aydin Sezgin

In this research, a unique approach to provide communication service for terrestrial receivers via using unmanned aerial vehicle-enabled visible light communication is investigated. Specifically, we take into account a unmanned aerial…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-03-26 Lingling Liu , Aimin Wang , Jing Wu , Jiao Lu , Jiahui Li , Geng Sun

In this thesis, we study performance analysis and resource allocation designs for non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) in wireless communication systems. In contrast to conventional orthogonal multiple access (OMA) schemes, NOMA allows…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-10-03 Zhiqiang Wei

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

Non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) is potentially capable of circumventing the limitations of the classic orthogonal multiple access schemes, hence it has recently received significant research attention both in industry and academia.…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-01-26 Yuanwei Liu , Hong Xing , Cunhua Pan , Arumugam Nallanathan , Maged Elkashlan , Lajos Hanzo

Today's wireless networks allocate radio resources to users based on the orthogonal multiple access (OMA) principle. However, as the number of users increases, OMA based approaches may not meet the stringent emerging requirements including…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-02-28 Mahmoud Aldababsa , Mesut Toka , Selahattin Gokceli , Gunes Karabulut Kurt , Oguz Kucur

This paper presents a novel approach to utilizing underactuated quadrotor Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) as assistive devices in cooperative payload transportation task through human guidance and physical interaction. The proposed system…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-12-24 Hussein Naser , Hashim A. Hashim , Mojtaba Ahmadi

In intelligent low-altitude networks, integrating monitoring tasks into communication unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) can consume resources and increase handoff latency for communication links. To address this challenge, we propose a…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-12-17 Jiahui Liang , Wenlihan Lu , Tianyi Liu , Kang Kang , Guixin Pan , Liuqing Yang , Xinhu Zheng , Shijian Gao

Unmanned aerial vehicles combined with computer vision systems, such as convolutional neural networks, offer a flexible and affordable solution for terrain monitoring, mapping, and detection tasks. However, a key challenge remains the…

Robotics · Computer Science 2019-12-17 Hermann Blum , Silvan Rohrbach , Marija Popovic , Luca Bartolomei , Roland Siegwart

Wireless communication systems that include unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) promise to provide cost-effective wireless connectivity for devices without infrastructure coverage. Compared to terrestrial communications or those based on…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-11-17 Yong Zeng , Rui Zhang , Teng Joon Lim

The use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) in Data transport has attracted a lot of attention and applications, as a modern traffic engineering technique used in data sensing, transport, and delivery to where infrastructure is available for…

Robotics · Computer Science 2019-12-20 Emmanuel Tuyishimire , Antoine Bagula , Slim Rekhis , Noureddine Boudriga

There is increasing demand for control of multi-robot and as well distributing large amounts of content to cluster of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) on the operation. In recent years several large-scale accidents have happened. To…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-08-18 Rahim Rahmani , Ramin Firouzi , Theo Kanter

This paper investigates an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-assisted mobile-edge computing (MEC) system, in which the UAV provides complementary computation resource to the terrestrial MEC system. The UAV processes the received computation…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2019-11-19 Xianfu Chen , Tao Chen , Zhifeng Zhao , Honggang Zhang , Mehdi Bennis , Yusheng Ji

Urban air mobility (UAM) is a transformative system that operates various small aerial vehicles in urban environments to reshape urban transportation. However, integrating UAM into existing urban environments presents a variety of complex…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2025-01-16 Surya Murthy , John-Paul Clarke , Ufuk Topcu , Zhenyu Gao

The robotics community is increasingly interested in autonomous aerial transportation. Unmanned aerial vehicles with suspended payloads have advantages over other systems, including mechanical simplicity and agility, but pose great…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-10-24 Haojia Li , Haokun Wang , Chen Feng , Fei Gao , Boyu Zhou , Shaojie Shen

Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-based base stations offer a promising solution in emergencies where the rapid deployment of cutting-edge networks is crucial for maximizing life-saving potential. Optimizing the strategic positioning of these…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-04-08 Mario Rico Ibanez , Azim Akhtarshenas , David Lopez-Perez , Giovanni Geraci

This paper presents a family of autonomous Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) platforms designed for a diverse range of indoor and outdoor applications. The proposed UAV design is highly modular in terms of used actuators, sensor…