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Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), commonly known as drones, have experienced expanding use in urban environments in recent years. However, the growing density of drones raises significant challenges, such as avoiding collisions and managing…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-09-30 Zhouyu Qu , Andreas Willig , Xiaobing Wu

Despite the central role of mobility in wireless networks, analytical study on its impact on network performance is notoriously difficult. This paper aims to address this gap by proposing a random waypoint (RWP) mobility model defined on…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2015-03-20 Xingqin Lin , Radha Krishna Ganti , Philip Fleming , Jeffrey G. Andrews

The anticipated densification of contemporary communications infrastructure expects the use of drone small cells (DSCs). Thus, we experimentally evaluate the capability of providing local and personalized coverage with a drone mounted Wi-Fi…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2021-07-01 Igor Donevski , Christian Raffelsberger , Micha Sende , Aymen Fakhreddine , Jimmy Jessen Nielsen

This letter proposes an analytical framework to evaluate the coverage performance of a cellular-connected unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) network in which UAV user equipments (UAV-UEs) are equipped with directional antennas and move according…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2023-01-05 Hongguang Sun , Chao Ma , Linyi Zhang , Jiahui Li , Xijun Wang , Shuqin Li , Tony Q. S. Quek

We consider a relay network based on Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV). Terrestrial Base Stations (TBS) and UAV Relay Nodes (RN) are modelled using two Homogeneous Poisson Point Processes (HPPP). UAVs can hover at a fixed position or move…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-07-27 Francois De Saint Moulin , Charles Wiame , Claude Oestges , Luc Vandendorpe

Using drones as flying base stations is a promising approach to enhance the network coverage and area capacity by moving supply towards demand when required. However deployment of such base stations can face some restrictions that need to…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2017-03-21 Elham Kalantari , Muhammad Zeeshan Shakir , Halim Yanikomeroglu , Abbas Yongacoglu

Flying drones can be used in a wide range of applications and services from surveillance to package delivery. To ensure robust control and safety of drone operations, cellular networks need to provide reliable wireless connectivity to drone…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-11-25 Yun Chen , Xingqin Lin , Talha Khan , Mohammad Mozaffari

To ensure reliable and effective mobility management for aerial user equipment (UE), estimating the speed of cellular-connected unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) carries critical importance since this can help to improve the quality of…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-06-28 Md Moin Uddin Chowdhury , Priyanka Sinha , Kim Mahler , Ismail Guvenc

To improve capacity and overcome some of the limitations of cellular wireless networks, drones with aerial base stations can be deployed to assist the terrestrial cellular wireless networks. The mobility of drones allows flexible network…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2020-06-11 Mohammad Salehi , Ekram Hossain

In this paper, a novel machine learning (ML) framework is proposed for enabling a predictive, efficient deployment of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), acting as aerial base stations (BSs), to provide on-demand wireless service to cellular…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2018-05-02 Qianqian Zhang , Mohammad Mozaffari , Walid Saad , Mehdi Bennis , Merouane Debbah

Although airborne base stations (ABSs) mounted on drones show a significant potential to enhance network capacity and coverage due to their flexible deployment, the system performance is severely limited by the endurance of the on-board…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2022-02-14 Yuan Liao , Vasilis Friderikos

This paper investigates the localization, synchronization, and speed estimation of a mobile user equipment (UE) leveraging integrated terrestrial and non-terrestrial networks (NTNs), in particular low Earth orbit (LEO) satellites. We focus…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-09-24 Yasaman Ettefagh , Sharief Saleh , Musa Furkan Keskin , Hui Chen , Gonzalo Seco-Granados , Henk Wymeersch

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, we study the trajectory design for a cellular-connected unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) with given initial and final locations, while communicating with the ground base stations (GBSs) along its flight. We consider…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-12-20 Shuowen Zhang , Rui Zhang

It has been considered that urban air mobility (UAM), also known as drone-taxi or electrical vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL), will play a key role in future transportation. By putting UAM into practical future transportation, several…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2023-01-26 Chanyoung Park , Soohyun Park , Gyu Seon Kim , Soyi Jung , Jae-Hyun Kim , Joongheon Kim

Urban Air Mobility (UAM) is an emerging application of unmanned aerial vehicles that promises to reduce travel time and alleviate congestion in urban transportation systems. As drone density increases, UAM traffic is expected to experience…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-03-03 Hang Zhou , Yuhui Zhai , Shiyu Shen , Yanfeng Ouyang , Xiaowei Shi , Xiaopeng Li

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

In this paper, we consider a novel cellular network for aerial users, which is composed of dedicated base stations (BSs), whose antennas are directed towards aerial users, and traditional terrestrial BSs (TBSs). Besides, the dedicated BSs…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-04-07 Yujie Qin , Mustafa A. Kishk , Mohamed-Slim Alouini

This paper investigates moving networks of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), such as drones, as one of the innovative opportunities brought by the 5G. With a main purpose to extend connectivity and guarantee data rates, the drones require…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2021-02-08 Dalia Popescu , Philippe Jacquet , Bernard Mans

Connected Cars (CCs) and vehicle-to-everything (V2X) use cases require stringent reliability for safety and non-safety uses. With increasing network softwarisation, it has become easier to use multiple, redundant connectivity options…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2022-08-11 Emeka Obiodu , Aravindh Raman , Abdullahi Abubakar , Simone Mangiante , Nishanth Sastry , Hamid Aghvami