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This paper introduces a novel approach of utilizing the reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) for joint data modulation and signal beamforming in a multi-user downlink cellular network by leveraging the idea of backscatter communication.…
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The pervasiveness of the wireless cellular network can be a key enabler for the deployment of autonomous unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in beyond visual line of sight scenarios without human control. However, traditional cellular networks…
Driven by the recent advancement in unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) technology, this paper proposes a new wireless network architecture of \emph{coordinate multipoint (CoMP) in the sky} to harness both the benefits of interference mitigation…
This paper studies the UAV-enabled integrated sensing and communication (ISAC), in which UAVs are dispatched as aerial dual-functional access points (APs) for efficient ISAC. In particular, we consider a scenario with one UAV-AP equipped…
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,…
Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) corridors are sky lanes where UAVs fly through safely between their origin and destination. To ensure the successful operation of UAV corridors, beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) wireless connectivity within…
It is anticipated that integrating unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) with reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs), resulting in RIS-assisted UAV networks, will offer improved network connectivity against node failures for the beyond 5G…
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Providing guaranteed quality of service for cell-edge users remains a longstanding challenge in wireless networks. While coordinated interference management was proposed decades ago, its potential has been limited by computational…
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) technology is becoming increasingly used in a variety of applications such as video surveillance and deliveries. To enable safe and efficient use of UAVs, the devices will need to be connected into cellular…
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…
Communication with unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in current terrestrial networks suffers from poor signal strength due to the down-tilt of the access points (APs) that are optimized to serve ground users ends (GUEs). To solve this, one…
Aerial Base Stations (ABSs) have gained significant importance in the next generation of wireless networks for accommodating mobile ground users and flash crowds with high convenience and quality. However, to achieve an efficient ABS…
Mounting compact and lightweight base stations on unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) is a cost-effective and flexible solution to provide seamless coverage on the existing terrestrial networks. While the coverage probability in UAV-assisted…
Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) base stations (BSs) are reliable and efficient alternative to full fill the coverage and capacity requirements when the backbone network fails to provide such requirements due to disasters. In this paper, we…
A new generation of aerial vehicles is hopeful to be the next frontier for the transportation of people and goods, becoming even as important as ground users in the communication systems. To enhance the coverage of aerial users, appropriate…
Small cell networks are regarded as a promising candidate to meet the exponential growth of mobile data traffic in cellular networks. With a dense deployment of access points, spatial reuse will be improved, and uniform coverage can be…