English
Related papers

Related papers: UAV-to-UAV Communications in Cellular Networks

200 papers

We propose a time-division uplink transmission scheme that is applicable to future cellular systems by introducing hybrid device-to-device (D2D) and infrastructure cooperation. We analyze its spectral efficiency and outage performance and…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-10-30 Ahmad Abu Al Haija , Mai Vu

Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) aided wireless networks have been recently envisioned as a solution to provide a reliable, low latency cellular link for search and rescue operations over the sea. We propose three different network…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-05-14 Gianluca Fontanesi , Hamed Ahmadi , Anding Zhu

In this paper, we focus on a typical cooperative communication system with one pair of source and destination, where a unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) flying from a start location to an end location serves as a mobile relay. To efficiently…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2017-10-11 Sixing Yin , Jing Tan , Lihua Li

In this paper, we consider unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) assisted cellular communication system, where UAVs can be used as amplify-and-forward (AF) relays. The effective channel with UAV assisted communication can be modeled as a Rayleigh…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-06-28 Sha Hu , Jose Flordelis , Fredrik Rusek , Ove Edfors

Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is regarded as a key enabling platform for low-altitude economy, due to its advantages such as 3D maneuverability, flexible deployment, and LoS air-to-air/ground communication links. In particular, the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-04-28 Haiquan Lu , Yong Zeng , Shaodan Ma , Bin Li , Shi Jin , Rui Zhang

As essential aerial platforms, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) play an increasingly important role in broad wireless connectivity and high-data-rate transmission for future communication systems. Notably, various communication scenarios are…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-04-19 Zhuangzhuang Cui , Ke Guan , César Briso-Rodríguez , Bo Ai , Zhangdui Zhong , Claude Oestges

This paper studies an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-enabled wireless sensor network, in which one UAV flies in the sky to collect the data transmitted from a set of ground nodes (GNs) via distributed beamforming. We consider two scenarios…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-08-10 Tianxin Feng , Lifeng Xie , Jianping Yao , Jie Xu

For device-to-device (D2D) communications underlaying a cellular network with uplink resource sharing, both cellular and D2D links cause significant co-channel interference. In this paper, we address the critical issue of interference…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2017-10-24 Junnan Yang , Ming Ding , Guoqiang Mao

This letter considers an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-enabled relay communication system for delivering latency-critical messages with ultra-high reliability, where the relay is operating under amplifier-and-forward (AF) mode. We aim to…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-07-21 Hong Ren , Cunhua Pan , Kezhi Wang , Wei Xu , Maged Elkashlan , Arumugam Nallanathan

Cellular network-connected unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) experience different radio propagation conditions than radio nodes on the ground. Therefore, it has become critical to investigate the performance of aerial radios, both…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-12-17 Aly Sabri Abdalla , Andrew Yingst , Keith Powell , Antoni Gelonch-Bosch , Vuk Marojevic

Providing ubiquitous connectivity to diverse device types is the key challenge for 5G and beyond 5G (B5G). Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are expected to be an important component of the upcoming wireless networks that can potentially…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2019-01-23 Bin Li , Zesong Fei , Yan Zhang

For reliable and efficient communications of aerial platforms, such as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), the cellular network is envisioned to provide connectivity for the aerial and ground user equipment (GUE) simultaneously, which brings…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-02-15 Zhuangzhuang Cui , Ke Guan , İsmail Güvenç , Claude Oestges , Zhangdui Zhong

The use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) as base stations (BSs) is envisaged as a key enabler for the fifth generation (5G) and beyond-5G networks. Specifically, aerial base stations (UAV-BS) are expected to provide ubiquitous…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-11-11 Wael Jaafar , Shimaa Naser , Sami Muhaidat , Paschalis C. Sofotasios , Halim Yanikomeroglu

Current studies on Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) based cellular deployment consider UAVs as aerial base stations for air-to-ground communication. However, they analyze UAV coverage radius and altitude interplay while omitting or…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-06-11 Haneya Naeem Qureshi , Ali Imran

The use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) operating as aerial base stations (BSs) has emerged as a promising solution especially in scenarios requiring rapid deployments (e.g., in the cases of crowded hotspots, sporting events,…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-06-13 Esma Turgut , Mustafa Cenk Gursoy

In this article, we provide a much-needed study of UAV cellular communications, focusing on the rates achievable for the UAV downlink command and control (C&C) channel. For this key performance indicator, we perform a realistic comparison…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-02-06 Giovanni Geraci , Adrian Garcia-Rodriguez , Lorenzo Galati Giordano , David López-Pérez , Emil Björnson

Providing seamless connection to a large number of devices is one of the biggest challenges for the Internet of Things (IoT) networks. Using a drone as an aerial base station (ABS) to provide coverage to devices or users on ground is…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-10-30 Xiaohui Zhou , Salman Durrani , Jing Guo , Halim Yanikomeroglu

In this paper, we provide joint subcarrier assignment and power allocation schemes for quality-of-service (QoS)-constrained energy-efficiency (EE) optimization in the downlink of an orthogonal frequency division multiple access…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-11-01 Jie Tang , Daniel K. C. So , Emad Alsusa , Khairi Ashour Hamdi , Arman Shojaeifard , Kai-Kit Wong

In this paper, we present an open-source measurement platform designed to characterize the performance of commercial cellular (Verizon, a major US provider) and LEO satellite (Starlink) networks through real-world flight tests in rural…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2026-05-29 Sravan Reddy Chintareddy , Sherwan Jalal Abdullah , Justin D. Clough , Victor S. Frost , Shawn Keshmiri , Morteza Hashemi

NOMA (non-orthogonal multiple access) will be seen as a promising technology for enhancing spectrum efficiency in future cellular networks. The use of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) Amplify-and-Forward (AF) relaying as a moving access point…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-04-27 Ghania Khraimech , Fatiha Merazka