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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

We investigate the performance of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-based networks in urban environments characterized by blockages, focusing on their capability to support the service demands of mobile users. The UAV-base stations (UAV-BSs)…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-01-10 Neetu R R , Gourab Ghatak , Vivek Ashok Bohara

Over the air computation (AirComp) is a promising technique that addresses big data collection and fast wireless data aggregation. However, in a network where wireless communication and AirComp coexist, mutual interference becomes a…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-07-08 Xunqiang Lan , Xiao Tang , Ruonan Zhang , Bin Li , Yichen Wang , Dusit Niyato , Zhu Han

In recent years, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are used for numerous inspection and video capture tasks. Manually controlling UAVs in the vicinity of obstacles is challenging, however, and poses a high risk of collisions. Even for…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-08-12 Daniel Schleich , Sven Behnke

In communication-denied or contested environments, Line-of-Sight (LoS) communication (e.g free space optical communication using infrared or visible light) becomes one of the most reliable and efficient ways to send information between…

Robotics · Computer Science 2018-04-17 Md Mahbubur Rahman , Franklin Abodo , Leonardo Bobadilla , Brian Rapp

Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) systems are being increasingly used in a broad range of scenarios and applications. However, their deployment in urban areas poses important technical challenges. One of the most prominent concerns is the…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2019-01-14 Zoheb Shaikh , Sabur Baidya , Marco Levorato

The use of the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) has been foreseen as a promising technology for the next generation communication networks. Since there are no regulations for UAVs deployment yet, most likely they form a network in coexistence…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2019-04-17 Ali Rahmati , Seyyedali Hosseinalipour , Yavuz Yapici , Xiaofan He , Ismail Guvenc , Huaiyu Dai , Arupjyoti Bhuyan

Fast and reliable wireless communication has become a critical demand in human life. In the case of mission-critical (MC) scenarios, for instance, when natural disasters strike, providing ubiquitous connectivity becomes challenging by using…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2023-05-29 Hongyi Zhang , Zhiqiang Qi , Jingya Li , Anders Aronsson , Jan Bosch , Helena Holmström Olsson

The communication system is a critical part of the system design for the autonomous UAV. It has to address different considerations, including efficiency, reliability and mobility of the UAV. In addition, a multi-UAV system requires a…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2021-11-15 Liping Shi , Néstor J. Hernández Marcano , Rune Hylsberg Jacobsen

Many use cases of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) require beyond visual line-of-sight (LOS) communications. Mobile networks offer wide area, high speed, and secure wireless connectivity, which can enhance control and safety of UAV…

In this paper, a machine learning based deployment framework of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) is studied. In the considered model, UAVs are deployed as flying base stations (BS) to offload heavy traffic from ground BSs. Due to…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-07-31 Linyan Lu , Zhaohui Yang , Mingzhe Chen , Zelin Zang , Mohammad Shikh-Bahaei

This paper proposes a novel non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA)-assisted orthogonal time-frequency space (OTFS)-integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) network, which uses unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) as air base stations to…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-10-24 Luping Xiang , Ke Xu , Jie Hu , Christos Masouros , Kun Yang

Artificial intelligence (AI) assisted unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) aided next-generation networking is proposed for dynamic environments. In the AI-enabled UAV-aided wireless networks (UAWN), multiple UAVs are employed as aerial base…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-02-03 Xiao Liu , Mingzhe Chen , Yuanwei Liu , Yue Chen , Shuguang Cui , Lajos Hanzo

Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is being integrated as an active element in 5G and beyond networks. Because of its flexibility and mobility, UAV base stations (UAV-BSs) can be deployed according to the ground user distributions and their…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-08-10 Xukai Zhong , Yiming Huo , Xiaodai Dong , Zhonghua Liang

We consider the problem of accurately localizing $N$ unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) in 3D space where the UAVs are part of a swarm and communicate with each other through orthogonal time-frequency space (OTFS) modulated signals. The OTFS…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-02-18 Alessandro Nordio , Carla Fabiana Chiasserini , Emanuele Viterbo

The growing use of mobile robots in sectors such as automotive, agriculture, and rescue operations reflects progress in robotics and autonomy. In unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), most research emphasizes visual SLAM, sensor fusion, and path…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-06-26 Jingwen Wei

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) can be used as aerial wireless base stations when cellular networks go down. Prior studies on UAV-based wireless coverage typically consider downlink scenarios from an aerial base station to ground users. In…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-04-09 Hazim Shakhatreh , Abdallah Khreishah

In this paper, the optimal deployment of multiple unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) acting as flying base stations is investigated. Considering the downlink scenario, the goal is to minimize the total required transmit power of UAVs while…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-02-05 Mohammad Mozaffari , Walid Saad , Mehdi Bennis , Merouane Debbah

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) provide a novel means of extracting road and traffic information from video data. In particular, by analyzing objects in a video frame, UAVs can detect traffic characteristics and road incidents. Leveraging…

Applications · Statistics 2021-10-06 Cesar N. Yahia , Shannon E. Scott , Stephen D. Boyles , Christian G. Claudel

Owing to the controlling flexibility and cost-effectiveness, fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are expected to serve as flying base stations (BSs) in the air-ground integrated network. By exploiting the mobility of UAVs,…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-09-29 Xuezhen Yan , Xuming Fang , Cailian Deng , Xianbin Wang