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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…

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This paper outlines how an aerial telecommunications network can optimally meet the stringent needs of emergency relief and recovery operations. We propose a novel architecture, made of an integrated and highly dynamic multi-purpose aerial…

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For unforeseen emergencies, such as natural disasters and pandemic events, it is highly demanded to cope with the explosive growth of mobile data traffic in extremely critical environments. An Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) fleet is an…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2024-07-25 Zhuohui Yao , Wenchi Cheng , Wei Zhang , Tao Zhang , Hailin Zhang

In intelligent low-altitude networks, integrating monitoring tasks into communication unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) can consume resources and increase handoff latency for communication links. To address this challenge, we propose a…

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Low-altitude wireless networks (LAWNs) have the potential to revolutionize communications by supporting a range of applications, including urban parcel delivery, aerial inspections and air taxis. However, compared with traditional wireless…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2026-01-21 Chuang Zhang , Geng Sun , Yijing Lin , Weijie Yuan , Sinem Coleri , Dusit Niyato

The low-altitude intelligent networks (LAINs) emerge as a promising architecture for delivering low-latency and energy-efficient edge intelligence in dynamic and infrastructure-limited environments. By integrating unmanned aerial vehicles…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-12-16 Jiahao You , Ziye Jia , Can Cui , Chao Dong , Qihui Wu , Zhu Han

Wireless Multi-hop Networks (WMhNs) provide users with the facility to communicate while moving with whatever the node speed, the node density and the number of traffic flows they want, without any unwanted delay and/or disruption. This…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2013-06-05 N. Javaid , R. D. Khan , M. Ilahi , L. Ali , Z. A. Khan , U. Qasim

Due to the significant variations in unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) altitude and horizontal mobility, it becomes difficult for any single network to ensure continuous and reliable threedimensional coverage. Towards that end, the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-12-18 Jiayang Wan , Ke He , Yafei Wang , Fan Liu , Wenjin Wang , Shi Jin

Low-Altitude Wireless Networks (LAWNs), composed of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) and mobile terminals, are emerging as a critical extension of 6G. However, applying Large Language Models in LAWNs faces three major challenges: 1)…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-03-25 Li Dong , Feibo Jiang , Kezhi Wang , Cunhua Pan , Dong In Kim , Ekram Hossain

Inspired by the general Vision-and-Language Navigation (VLN) task, aerial VLN has attracted widespread attention, owing to its significant practical value in applications such as logistics delivery and urban inspection. However, existing…

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This paper introduces a high-performance artificial intelligence operating system tailored for low-altitude aviation, designed to address key challenges such as real-time task execution, computational efficiency, and seamless modular…

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Next generation of wireless local area networks (WLANs) will operate in dense, chaotic and highly dynamic scenarios that in a significant number of cases may result in a low user experience due to uncontrolled high interference levels.…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2019-09-13 Álvaro López-Raventós , Francesc Wilhelmi , Sergio Barrachina-Muñoz , Boris Bellalta

It is important that the wireless network is well optimized and planned, using the limited wireless spectrum resources, to serve the explosively growing traffic and diverse applications needs of end users. Considering the challenges of…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-09-15 Ying Li , Djordje Tujkovic , Po-Han Huang

Low-altitude wireless networks (LAWNs) are widely regarded as a cornerstone of the emerging low-altitude economy, yet they face significant challenges, including rapidly varying channels, diverse functional requirements, and dynamic…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-09-26 Wenchao Liu , Xuhui Zhang , Chunjie Wang , Jinke Ren , Weijie Yuan , Changsheng You

In this paper we consider a next generation edge architecture where traffic is routed via a proxy located close to the network edge (e.g. within a cloudlet). This creates freedom to implement new transport layer behaviour over the wireless…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2021-01-20 Francesco Gringoli , Douglas J. Leith

Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) are often deployed in hostile environments, which make such networks highly vulnerable and increase the risk of attacks against this type of network. WSN comprise of large number of sensor nodes with…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2013-06-20 Abdoulaye Diop , Yue Qi , Qin Wang , Shariq Hussain

The rise of the low-altitude economy (LAE) is propelling urban development and emerging industries by integrating advanced technologies to enhance efficiency, safety, and sustainability in low-altitude operations. The widespread adoption of…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-05-01 Yixian Wang , Geng Sun , Zemin Sun , Jiacheng Wang , Jiahui Li , Changyuan Zhao , Jing Wu , Shuang Liang , Minghao Yin , Pengfei Wang , Dusit Niyato , Sumei Sun , Dong In Kim

The advent and development in the field of Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) in recent years has seen the growth of extremely small and low-cost sensors that possess sensing, signal processing and wireless communication capabilities. These…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2016-11-15 M. S. Fareed , N. Javaid , S. Ahmed , S. Rehman , U. Qasim , Z. A. Khan

Aerial networks, composed of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) acting as Wi-Fi access points or cellular base stations, are emerging as an interesting solution to provide on-demand wireless connectivity to users, when there is no network…

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The evolution of Internet of Things (IoT) into multi-layered environments has positioned Low-Power Wide Area Networks (LPWANs), particularly Long Range (LoRa), as the backbone for connectivity across both surface and subterranean…

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