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Use of aerial base stations (ABSs) is a promising approach to enhance the agility and flexibility of future wireless networks. ABSs can improve the coverage and/or capacity of a network by moving supply towards demand. Deploying ABSs in a…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2020-09-09 Elham Kalantari , Halim Yanikomeroglu , Abbas Yongacoglu

Low-altitude unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) networks are integral to future 6G integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) systems. However, their deployment is hindered by challenges stemming from high mobility of UAVs, complex propagation…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-11-14 Honghao Wang , Qingqing Wu , Yifan Jiang , Ziyuan Zheng , Ziheng Zhang , Yanze Zhu , Ying Gao , Wen Chen , Guanghai Liu , Abbas Jamalipour

Aerial communication is gradually taking an assertive role within common societal behaviors by means of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), high-altitude platforms (HAPs), and fixed-wing aircrafts (FWAs). Such devices can assist general…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-05-19 Francesco Devoti , Placido Mursia , Vincenzo Sciancalepore , Xavier Costa-Perez

The mushroom growth of cellular users requires novel advancements in the existing cellular infrastructure. One way to handle such a tremendous increase is to densely deploy terrestrial small-cell base stations (TSBSs) with careful…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-05-04 Muhammad K. Shehzad , Arsalan Ahmad , Syed Ali Hassan , Haejoon Jung

This study investigates the integration of an intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) into an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) platform to utilize the advantages of these leading technologies for sixth-generation communications, e.g., improved…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-05-22 Hung Nguyen-Kha , Hieu V. Nguyen , Mai T. P. Le , Oh-Soon Shin

To meet the ambitious goals of next-generation 6G networks, including ultra-high data rates and ubiquitous coverage, we propose a novel high-altitude platform station (HAPS)-based integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) architecture.…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-10-28 Parisa Kanani , Mohammad Javad Omidi , Mahmoud Modarres-Hashemi , Halim Yanikomeroglu

Reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) and simultaneously transmitting and reflecting RIS (STAR-RIS) have emerged as key enablers for enhancing wireless coverage and capacity in next-generation networks. When mounted on unmanned aerial…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-12-10 Dongdong Yang , Bin Li , Jiguang He

In this paper, we explore the problem of utilizing Integrated Access and Backhaul (IAB) technology in Non-Terrestrial Networks (NTN), with a particular focus on aerial access networks. We consider an Uncrewed Aerial Vehicle (UAV)-based…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-07-30 Reza Ghasemi Alavicheh , S. Mohammad Razavizadeh , Halim Yanikomeroglu

In terrestrial communication networks without fixed infrastructure, unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-mounted mobile base stations (MBSs) provide an efficient solution to achieve wireless connectivity. This letter aims to minimize the number of…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-12-06 Jiangbin Lyu , Yong Zeng , Rui Zhang , Teng Joon Lim

Airborne base stations (carried by drones) have a great potential to enhance coverage and capacity of cellular networks. Multiple scenarios and use cases will highly benefit from such technology such as (i) offloading terrestrial base…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2020-08-14 Mustafa A. Kishk , Ahmed Bader , Mohamed-Slim Alouini

As the demand for mobility in our society seems to increase, the various issues centered on urban mobility are among those that worry most city inhabitants in this planet. For instance, how to go from A to B in an efficient (but also less…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2022-04-08 Ana L. C. Bazzan

Reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RIS) enable smart wireless environments by dynamically controlling signal propagation to enhance communication and localization. Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) can act as flying base stations and thus,…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-11-11 Anupam Mondal , Priyadarshi Mukherjee , Sasthi C. Ghosh

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are envisioned to be extensively employed for assisting wireless communications in Internet of Things (IoT) applications. On the other hand, terahertz (THz) enabled intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) is…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-04-04 Milad Tatar Mamaghani , Yi Hong

In this paper, we consider an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV)-assisted cellular system which consists of multiple UAV base stations (BSs) cooperating the terrestrial BSs. In such a heterogeneous network, for cellular operators, the problem is…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2020-03-09 Chuan-Chi Lai , Li-Chun Wang , Zhu Han

In this letter, we study the deployment of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle mounted Base Stations (UAV-BSs) in multi-UAV cellular networks. We model the multi-UAV deployment problem as a user satisfaction maximization problem, that is, maximizing…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2026-01-27 Chuan-Chi Lai , Ang-Hsun Tsai , Chia-Wei Ting , Ko-Han Lin , Jing-Chi Ling , Chia-En Tsai

In this work, we explore the potential benefits of deploying unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) as aerial base stations (ABSs) with sub-6GHz band and small cells terrestrial base stations (TBSs) with millimeter wave (mmWave) band in a hybrid…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-02-10 Cunzhuo Zhao , Yuanwei Liu , Yunlong Cai , Minjian Zhao , Zhiguo Ding

With the fifth-generation (5G) mobile networks being actively standardized and deployed, many new vehicular communications technologies are developed to support and enrich various application scenarios. Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) enabled…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2018-10-17 Yiming Huo , Xiaodai Dong

We investigate the benefits of integrating unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) with reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) elements to passively relay information sampled by Internet of Things devices (IoTDs) to the base station (BS). In…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-11-11 Moataz Samir , Mohamed Elhattab , Chadi Assi , Sanaa Sharafeddine , Ali Ghrayeb

The advent of Intelligent Reflecting Surfaces (IRS) and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) is setting a new benchmark in the field of wireless communications. IRS, with their groundbreaking ability to manipulate electromagnetic waves, have…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-07-03 Zina Chkirbene , Ala Gouissem , Ridha Hamila , Devrim Unal

Next generation mobile networks need to expand towards uncharted territories in order to enable the digital transformation of society. In this context, aerial devices such as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are expected to address this gap…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-05-11 Placido Mursia , Francesco Devoti , Vincenzo Sciancalepore , Xavier Costa-Pérez