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Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have gained popularity in the communications research community because of their versatility in placement and potential to extend the functions of communication networks. However, there remains still a gap in…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2023-12-12 Achiel Colpaert , Zhuangzhuang Cui , Evgenii Vinogradov , Sofie Pollin

The detection of non-cooperative unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) presents significant challenges for Integrated Sensing and Communication (ISAC) systems due to the inherent limitations of single-modal perception and the competition for…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2026-05-22 Wenfeng Wu , Luping Xiang , Kun Yang

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are widely used for object detection. However, the existing UAV-based object detection systems are subject to severe challenges, namely, their limited computation, energy and communication resources, which…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-02-07 Xi Song , Fuhui Zhou , Rui Ding , Zhibo Qu , Yihao Li , Qihui Wu , Naofal Al-Dhahir

Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) downlink transmission facilitates critical time-sensitive visual applications but is fundamentally constrained by bandwidth scarcity and dynamic channel impairments. The rapid fluctuation of the air-to-ground…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-02-12 Jijia Tian , Junting Chen , Pooi-Yuen Kam

In this paper, we propose a data-driven framework for collaborative wideband spectrum sensing and scheduling for networked unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), which act as the secondary users to opportunistically utilize detected spectrum…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-08-10 Sravan Reddy Chintareddy , Keenan Roach , Kenny Cheung , Morteza Hashemi

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are becoming largely ubiquitous with an increasing demand for aerial data. Accurate navigation and localization, required for precise data collection in many industrial applications, often relies on RTK GNSS.…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-04-02 Yu Xianjia , Li Qingqing , Jorge Pena Queralta , Jukka Heikkonen , Tomi Westerlund

Reliable positioning services are extremely important for users and devices in mountainous environments as it enables a variety of location-based applications. However, in such environments, the service reliability of conventional wireless…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-09-11 Zijie Wang , Rongke Liu , Qirui Liu , Lincong Han

High data rate communication with Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) is of growing demand among industrial and commercial applications since the last decade. In this paper, we investigate enhancing beam forming performance based on signal…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-09-08 Tianxiao Zhao , Chunbo Luo , Geyong Min , Jianming Zhou , Dechun Guo , Wang Miao , Yang Mi

This paper considers the challenge of localizing ground users with the help of a radio-equipped unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) that collects measurements from users. We utilize time-of-arrival (ToA) measurements estimated from the radio…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-03-26 Omid Esrafilian , Rakesh Mundlamuri , Florian Kaltenberger , Raymond Knopp , David Gesbert

When Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) perform high-precision communication tasks, such as searching for users and providing emergency coverage, positioning errors between base stations and users make it challenging to deploy trajectory…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-12-18 Chiya Zhang , Ting Wang , Chunlong He

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) have been recognized as a versatile platform for a wide range of services. During the flight, these vehicles must avoid collisions to operate safely. In this way, they demand to keep spatial awareness, i.e.,…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2024-10-22 Agnaldo Batista , Aldri Santos

In this letter, we study multiuser communication systems enabled by an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) that is equipped with a directional antenna of adjustable beamwidth. We propose a fly-hover-and-communicate protocol where the ground…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-11-08 Haiyun He , Shuowen Zhang , Yong Zeng , Rui Zhang

Integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) has been envisioned to play a more important role in future wireless networks. However, the design of ISAC networks is challenging, especially when there are multiple communication and sensing…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-06-09 Haoyun Li , Ming Xiao , Kezhi Wang , Robert Schober , Dong In Kim , Yong Liang Guan

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 proposes a control algorithm for a UAV to circumnavigate an unknown target at a fixed radius when the location information of the UAV is unavailable. By assuming that the UAV has a constant velocity, the control algorithm makes…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2013-09-25 Araz Hashemi , Yongcan Cao , David Casbeer , George Yin

It is becoming a key feature of UAV communication network to integrate sensing function into communication equipment to realize sensing communication integration.The existing perceptual communication fusion schemes focus on the design under…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-10-10 Sang Wanchao , Gao Hui , Xu Wenjun

Mutual relative localization and identification is an important feature for the stabilization and navigation of multi-Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) systems. Camera-based communications technology, also referred to as Optical Camera…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-10-15 Daniel Bonilla Licea , Viktor Walter , Mounir Ghogho , Martin Saska

Autonomous unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) with on-board base station equipment can potentially provide connectivity in areas where the terrestrial infrastructure is overloaded, damaged, or absent. Use cases comprise emergency response,…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-05-13 Daniel Romero , Geert Leus

This paper exploits the networked integrated sensing and communications (ISAC) to support low-altitude economy (LAE), in which a set of networked ground base stations (GBSs) cooperatively transmit joint information and sensing signals to…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-06-26 Gaoyuan Cheng , Xianxin Song , Zhonghao Lyu , Jie Xu

This paper investigates the problem of traffic surveillance using an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and proposes a domain-knowledge-aided airborne ground moving targets tracking algorithm. To improve the accuracy of multiple targets…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-03-14 Jianduo Chai , Shaoming He , Hyo-Sang Shin