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With growing interest in mmWave connectivity for UAVs, a basic question is whether networks intended for terrestrial users can provide sufficient aerial coverage as well. To assess this possibility, the paper proposes a novel evaluation…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-05-20 Seongjoon Kang , Marco Mezzavilla , Angel Lozano , Giovanni Geraci , William Xia , Sundeep Rangan , Vasilii Semkin , Giuseppe Loianno

Millimeter wave (mmWave) communications can potentially meet the high data-rate requirements of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) networks. However, as the prerequisite of mmWave communications, the narrow directional beam tracking is very…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-04-09 Jinglin Zhang , Wenjun Xu , Hui Gao , Miao Pan , Zhu Han , Ping Zhang

These days, unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-based millimeter wave (mmWave) communication systems have drawn a lot of attention due to the increasing demand for faster data rates. Given the susceptibility of mmWave signals to obstacles and…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-04-01 Subhadip Ghosh , Priyadarshi Mukherjee , Sasthi C. Ghosh

Millimeter wave (mmWave) and terahertz (THz) drones have the potential to enable several futuristic applications such as coverage extension, enhanced security monitoring, and disaster management. However, these drones need to deploy large…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-11-15 Gouranga Charan , Andrew Hredzak , Ahmed Alkhateeb

Millimeter-wave (mmWave) communication technology offers a potential and promising solution to support 5G and B5G wireless networks in dynamic scenarios and applications. However, mobility introduces many challenges as well as opportunities…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-05-20 Jing Li , Yong Niu , Hao Wu , Bo Ai , Sheng Chen , Zhiyong Feng , Zhangdui Zhong , Ning Wang

In this paper, a novel framework is proposed to enable air-to-ground channel modeling over millimeter wave (mmWave) frequencies in an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) wireless network. First, an effective channel estimation approach is…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-03-01 Qianqian Zhang , Aidin Ferdowsi , Walid Saad

Recently, the use of millimeter wave (mmW) frequencies has emerged as a promising solution for wirelessly connecting unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to ground users. However, employing UAVassisted directional mmW links is challenging due to…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-03-03 Mohammad Taghi Dabiri , Mohsen Rezaee , Behrouz Maham , Walid Saad , Choong Seon Hong

The use of Millimeter-wave (mmWave) spectrum in cellular communications has recently attracted growing interest to support the expected massive increase in traffic demands. However, the high path-loss at mmWave frequencies poses severe…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-07-08 Alberto Perez , Abdurrahman Fouda , Ahmed S. Ibrahim

Millimeter wave (mmWave) communication has attracted increasing attention as a promising technology for 5G networks. One of the key architectural features of mmWave is the use of massive antenna arrays at both the transmitter and the…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2018-10-02 Qing Xue , Xuming Fang , Ming Xiao

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs)-enabled aerial communication provides a flexible, reliable, and cost-effective solution for a range of wireless applications. However, due to the high line-of-sight (LoS) probability, aerial communications…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2024-04-12 Jiahui Li , Geng Sun , Qingqing Wu , Shuang Liang , Pengfei Wang , Dusit Niyato

Supporting high mobility in millimeter wave (mmWave) systems enables a wide range of important applications such as vehicular communications and wireless virtual/augmented reality. Realizing this in practice, though, requires overcoming…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-02-25 Ahmed Alkhateeb , Sam Alex , Paul Varkey , Ying Li , Qi Qu , Djordje Tujkovic

By using wireless connectivity through cellular base stations (BSs), swarms of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) can provide a plethora of services ranging from delivery of goods to surveillance. In particular, UAVs in a swarm can utilize…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-06-12 Tengchan Zeng , Mohammad Mozaffari , Omid Semiari , Walid Saad , Mehdi Bennis , Merouane Debbah

5G millimeter-wave (mmWave) cellular networks are in the early phase of commercial deployments and present a unique opportunity for robust, high-data-rate communication to unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). A fundamental question is whether…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-09-21 Seongjoon Kang , Marco Mezzavilla , Angel Lozano , Giovanni Geraci , Sundeep Rangan , Vasilii Semkin , William Xia , Giuseppe Loianno

Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) with the intrinsic three-dimensional (3D) mobility provides an ideal platform for implementing aerial movable antenna (AMA) system enabled by UAV swarm cooperation. Besides, AMA system is readily to achieve an…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-02-17 Haiquan Lu , Chao Feng , Yong Zeng , Shaodan Ma , Long Shi , Shi Jin , Rui Zhang

Envisioned for fifth generation (5G) systems, millimeter-wave (mmWave) communications are under very active research worldwide. Although pencil beams with accurate beamtracking may boost the throughput of mmWave systems, this poses great…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2019-08-29 Rafail Ismayilov , Megumi Kaneko , Takefumi Hiraguri , Kentaro Nishimori

This paper discusses the analysis of a fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-based millimeter wave (mmWave) backhaul link, that is offered as a cost-effective and easy deploy the solution to connect a disaster or remote area to the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-03-10 Mohammad Taghi Dabiri , Mazen Omar Hasna , Nizar Zorba , Tamer Khattab

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have gained a lot of popularity in diverse wireless communication fields. They can act as high-altitude flying relays to support communications between ground nodes due to their ability to provide…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2018-08-01 Hakim Ghazzai , Mahdi Ben Ghorbel , Andreas Kassler , Md. Jahangir Hossain

The next generations of vehicles will require data transmission rates in the order of terabytes per driving hour, to support advanced automotive services. This unprecedented amount of data to be exchanged goes beyond the capabilities of…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2018-03-06 Marco Giordani , Mattia Rebato , Andrea Zanella , Michele Zorzi

Recently millimeter-wave bands have been postulated as a means to accommodate the foreseen extreme bandwidth demands in vehicular communications, which result from the dissemination of sensory data to nearby vehicles for enhanced…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2018-12-11 Cristina Perfecto , Javier Del Ser , Mehdi Bennis

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are the emerging vital components of millimeter wave (mmWave) wireless systems. Accurate beam alignment is essential for efficient beam-based mmWave communications of UAVs with base stations (BSs).…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-10-14 Susarla Praneeth , Gouda Bikshapathi , Deng Yansha , Juntti Markku , Silven Olli , Tolli Antti