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In this paper, the deployment of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) as a flying base station used to provide on the fly wireless communications to a given geographical area is analyzed. In particular, the co-existence between the UAV, that is…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-11-17 Mohammad Mozaffari , Walid Saad , Mehdi Bennis , Merouane Debbah

Advanced technological breakthroughs and exceptional levels of innovation are enhancing the capabilities and potential of autonomous unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs or drones), and in so doing attracting the interest of a broader swath of…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-08-16 Mohammad Sadra Rajabi , Pedram Beigi , Sina Aghakhani

Edge sensing and computing is rapidly becoming part of intelligent infrastructure architecture leading to operational reliance on such systems in disaster or emergency situations. In such scenarios there is a high chance of power supply…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2025-01-28 Talha Azfar , Kaicong Huang , Ruimin Ke

Drones are envisaged as an important part of the future 6G systems. With the possibility of their fast deployment they provide additional connectivity options in form of a hotspot. However, typically in such a use case they require…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2024-03-11 Salim Janji , Paweł Sroka

In order to respond effectively in the aftermath of a disaster, emergency services and relief organizations rely on timely and accurate information about the affected areas. Remote sensing has the potential to significantly reduce the time…

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), which are at the forefront of cutting-edge technology, have unmatched potential for pioneering applications in a wide range of disciplines. In particular, in the field of cognitive radio (CR), which is a key…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2022-01-25 Anas Osman , Morteza Alijani

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

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) offer promising potential as communications node carriers, providing on-demand wireless connectivity to users. While existing literature presents various wireless channel models, it often overlooks the impact…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2024-05-03 Kamran Shafafi , Eduardo Nuno Almeida , André Coelho , Helder Fontes , Manuel Ricardo , Rui Campos

In this paper, we propose a drone-based wildfire monitoring system for remote and hard-to-reach areas. This system utilizes autonomous unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) with the main advantage of providing on-demand monitoring service faster…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2019-05-03 Fatemeh Afghah , Abolfazl Razi , Jacob Chakareski , Jonathan Ashdown

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) are becoming increasingly useful for tasks which require the acquisition of data over large areas. The coverage problem, i.e., the problem of periodically visiting all subregions of an area at a desired…

Robotics · Computer Science 2018-10-31 Floriana Benedetti , Alessio Capitanelli , Fulvio Mastrogiovanni , Gianni Vercelli

Wireless communication enabled by unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) has emerged as an appealing technology for many application scenarios in future wireless systems. However, the limited endurance of UAVs greatly hinders the practical…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-10-03 Xiaoli Xu , Yong Zeng , Yong Liang Guan , Rui Zhang

By serving as an analog to traffic signal lights, communication signaling for drone to drone communications holds the key to the success of advanced air mobility (AAM) in both urban and rural settings. Deployment of AAM applications such as…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-02-22 Priyanka Sinha , Md Moin Uddin Chowdhury , Ismail Guvenc , David W. Matolak , Kamesh Namuduri

This paper investigates full-duplex unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) aided small cell wireless systems, where the UAV serving as the base station (BS) is designed to transmit data to the downlink users and receive data from the uplink users…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-12-11 Meng Hua , Luxi Yang , Cunhua Pan , Arumugam Nallanathan

This paper studies a rechargeable unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) assisted wireless network, where a UAV is dispatched to disseminate information to a group of ground terminals (GTs) and returns to a recharging station (RS) before the…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2021-04-29 Yuan Liao , Vasilis Friderikos

Drones are driving numerous and evolving use cases, and creating transformative socio-economic benefits. Drone operation needs wireless connectivity for communication between drones and ground control systems, among drones, and between…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2018-03-30 Guang Yang , Xingqin Lin , Yan Li , Hang Cui , Min Xu , Dan Wu , Henrik Rydén , Sakib Bin Redhwan

In this paper, we investigate resource allocation design for unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-enabled communication systems, where a UAV is dispatched to provide communications to multiple user nodes. Our objective is to maximize the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-09-06 Ruide Li , Zhiqiang Wei , Lei Yang , Derrick Wing Kwan Ng , Nan Yang , Jinhong Yuan , Jianping An

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have attracted plenty of attention due to their high flexibility and enhanced communication ability. However, the limited coverage and energy of UAVs make it difficult to provide timely wireless service for…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-12-18 Rui Wang , Kaitao Meng , Deshi Li

Deployment of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) is recently getting significant attention due to a variety of practical use cases, such as surveillance, data gathering, and commodity delivery. Since UAVs are powered by batteries, energy…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-05-12 Ali Rahmati , Seyyedali Hosseinalipour , Ismail Guvenc , Huaiyu Dai , Arupjyoti Bhuyan

The emerging low-altitude economy has catalyzed the large-scale deployment of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), driving a paradigm shift in environment monitoring, logistics, and emergency response. However, operating within these…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2026-04-07 Tianhao Liang , Nanchi Su , Yuqi Ping , Guangyu Lei , Xinglin Chen , Longyu Zhou , Tingting Zhang , Qinyu Zhang , Tony Q. S. Quek

In the context of sixth-generation (6G) networks, emergency management systems (EMSs) based on wireless communications have recently gained increasing interest. Hereby, fundamentals and open problems of post-disaster communications are…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-09-29 Maurilio Matracia , Mustafa A. Kishk , Mohamed-Slim Alouini