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Autonomous landing of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) in crowded scenarios is crucial for successful deployment of UAVs in populated areas, particularly in emergency landing situations where the highest priority is to avoid hurting people.…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-03-01 Javier González-Trejo , Diego Mercado-Ravell , Israel Becerra , Rafael Murrieta-Cid

Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-based base stations offer a promising solution in emergencies where the rapid deployment of cutting-edge networks is crucial for maximizing life-saving potential. Optimizing the strategic positioning of these…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-04-08 Mario Rico Ibanez , Azim Akhtarshenas , David Lopez-Perez , Giovanni Geraci

The proliferation of drones, or unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), has raised significant safety concerns due to their potential misuse in activities such as espionage, smuggling, and infrastructure disruption. This paper addresses the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-11-08 Stefan Glüge , Matthias Nyfeler , Ahmad Aghaebrahimian , Nicola Ramagnano , Christof Schüpbach

Cooperative communication using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) is a promising technology for infrastructureless wireless networks. One of the key challenges in UAV based communications is the backhaul throughput. In this paper, we propose…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2018-11-07 Samer Hanna , Han Yan , Danijela Cabric

Drone base stations (DBSs) can enhance network coverage and area capacity by moving supply towards demand when required. This degree of freedom could be especially useful for future applications with extreme demands, such as ultra reliable…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2017-09-22 Elham Kalantari , Irem Bor-Yaliniz , Abbas Yongacoglu , Halim Yanikomeroglu

Localization performance in wireless networks has been traditionally benchmarked using the Cramer-Rao lower bound (CRLB), given a fixed geometry of anchor nodes and a target. However, by endowing the target and anchor locations with…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2017-10-24 Christopher E. O'Lone , Harpreet S. Dhillon , R. M. Buehrer

In multi-robot systems (MRS), cooperative localization is a crucial task for enhancing system robustness and scalability, especially in GPS-denied or communication-limited environments. However, adversarial attacks, such as sensor…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-07-10 Tohid Kargar Tasooji , Ramviyas Parasuraman

Accurate and swift localization of the target is crucial in emergencies. However, accurate position data of a target mobile device, typically obtained from global navigation satellite systems (GNSS), cellular networks, or WiFi, may not…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-02-18 Halim Lee , Jiwon Seo

This paper studies a new latency optimization problem in unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs)-enabled federated learning (FL) with integrated sensing and communication. In this setup, distributed UAVs participate in model training using sensed…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-11-15 Shaba Shaon , Tien Nguyen , Lina Mohjazi , Aryan Kaushik , Dinh C. Nguyen

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) are suited as cost-effective and adaptable platforms for carrying Wi-Fi Access Points (APs) and cellular Base Stations (BSs). Implementing aerial networks in disaster management scenarios and crowded areas…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2024-12-16 Kamran Shafafi , Manuel Ricardo , Rui Campos

This paper concerns with the sensor management problem in collocated Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) radars. After deriving the Cramer-Rao Lower Bound (CRLB) as a performance measure, the antenna allocation problem is formulated as a…

Applications · Statistics 2016-11-15 A. A. Gorji , R. Tharmarasa , W. D. Blair , T. Kirubarajan

The use of Intelligent Reflective Surfaces (IRS) to assist communication and sensing has proven cost-effective in challenging scenarios. For sensing, IRS is shown to sense non-line-of-sight (NLOS) and stealth targets, albeit with…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-05-07 Sanjeeva Reddy S , Vinod Veera Reddy

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

Low Probability of Detection (LPD) communication aims to obscure the presence of radio frequency (RF) signals to evade surveillance. In the context of mobile surveillance utilizing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), achieving LPD…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-09-26 Sivaram Krishnan , Jihong Park , Gregory Sherman , Benjamin Campbell , Jinho Choi

In this paper, the problem of using one active unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and four passive UAVs to localize a 3D target UAV in real time is investigated. In the considered model, each passive UAV receives reflection signals from the…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2024-01-23 Yujiao Zhu , Mingzhe Chen , Sihua Wang , Ye Hu , Yuchen Liu , Changchuan Yin

Enabling passive sensing of the environment using cellular base stations (BSs) will be one of the disruptive features of the sixth-generation (6G) networks. However, accurate localization and positioning of objects are challenging to…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-01-26 Maximiliano Rivera Figueroa , Pradyumna Kumar Bishoyi , Marina Petrova

Multi-static backscatter networks (BNs) are strong candidates for joint communication and localization in the ambient IoT paradigm for 6G. Enabling real-time localization in large-scale multi-static deployments with thousands of devices…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-02-17 Tara Esmaeilbeig , Kartik Patel , Traian E. Abrudan , John Kimionis , Eleftherios Kampianakis , Michael S. Eggleston

In this paper, the optimization of deploying unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) over a reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs)-assisted visible light communication (VLC) system is studied. In the considered model, UAVs are required to…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-12-25 Yihan Cang , Ming Chen , Zhaohui Yang , Mingzhe Chen , Chongwen Huang

The increasing demand for data usage in wireless communications requires using wider bands in the spectrum, especially for backhaul links. Yet, allocations in the spectrum for non-communication systems inhibit merging bands to achieve wider…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-11-19 Kürşat Tekbıyık , Güneş Karabulut Kurt , Antoine Lesage-Landry

A crucial function for automated vehicle technologies is accurate localization. Lane-level accuracy is not readily available from low-cost Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) receivers because of factors such as multipath error and…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2017-03-28 Macheng Shen , Ding Zhao , Jing Sun , Huei Peng