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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

Despite the significant attention that aerial base stations (ABSs) have received recently, their practical implementation is severely weakened by their limited endurance due to the battery constraints of drones. To overcome this fundamental…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2025-11-20 Wen Shang , Yuan Liao , Vasilis Friderikos , Halim Yanikomeroglu

Providing ubiquitous connectivity to diverse device types is the key challenge for 5G and beyond 5G (B5G). Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are expected to be an important component of the upcoming wireless networks that can potentially…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2019-01-23 Bin Li , Zesong Fei , Yan Zhang

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs)-based applications, such as surveillance systems and wireless relays, are attracting increasing attention from academia and industrial fields. The high-performance aerial communication system is one of the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-02-02 Tao Yu , Kento Kajiwara , Kiyomichi Araki , Kei Sakaguchi

Near-space information networks (NSINs) composed of high-altitude platforms (HAPs) and high- and low-altitude unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are a new regime for providing quick, robust, and cost-efficient sensing and communication…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-05-13 Xianbin Cao , Xiaoning Su , Peng Yang , Yue Gao , Dapeng Oliver Wu , Tony Q. S. Quek

Providing seamless coverage under current cellular network technologies is surmountable only through gross overengineering. Alternatively, as an economically effective solution, the use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), augmented with the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-02-25 M. G. Khoshkholgh , Keivan Navaie , Halim Yanikomerogluy , V. C. M. Leung , Kang. G. Shin

This paper investigates security vulnerabilities and countermeasures for the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) Fifth Generation New Radio (5G-NR) Time Difference of Arrival (TDoA)-based unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) localization in…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-11-17 Zexin Fang , Bin Han , Zhu Han , Yufei Zhao , Yong Liang Guan , Hans D. Schotten

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are increasingly employed to perform high-risk tasks that require minimal human intervention. However, UAVs face escalating cybersecurity threats, particularly from GNSS spoofing attacks. While previous…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-03-13 Zhaoxuan Wang , Yang Li , Jie Zhang , Xingshuo Han , Kangbo Liu , Lyu Yang , yuan Zhou , Tianwei Zhang , Quan Pan

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…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-11-11 Wael Jaafar , Shimaa Naser , Sami Muhaidat , Paschalis C. Sofotasios , Halim Yanikomeroglu

To provide a reliable wireless uplink for users in a given ground area, one can deploy Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) as base stations (BSs). In another application, one can use UAVs to collect data from sensors on the ground. For a…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-11-19 Jun Guo , Philipp Walk , Hamid Jafarkhani

Recently, Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) based communications systems have attracted increasing research and commercial interest due to their cost effective deployment and ease of mobility.During natural disasters and emergencies, such…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2021-06-03 Sai Teja Suggala , Siddhartha Pothukuchi , Naimat Ali Khan

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are expected to be an important new class of users in the fifth generation (5G) and beyond 5G cellular networks. In particular, there are emerging UAV applications such as aerial photograph and data relaying…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-10-26 Liang Liu , Shuowen Zhang , Rui Zhang

Because of disaster, terrestrial base stations (TBS) would be partly crashed. Some user equipments (UE) would be unserved. Deploying unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) as aerial base stations is a method to cover UEs quickly. But existing…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-02-22 Shiye Zhao , Kaoru Ota , Mianxiong Dong

Aerial communication is gradually taking an assertive role within common societal behaviors by means of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), high-altitude platforms (HAPs), and fixed-wing aircrafts (FWAs). Such devices can assist general…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-05-19 Francesco Devoti , Placido Mursia , Vincenzo Sciancalepore , Xavier Costa-Perez

With growing interest in integrating terrestrial networks (TNs) and non-terrestrial networks (NTNs) to connect the unconnected, a key question is whether this new paradigm could also be opportunistically exploited to augment service in…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-08-05 Mohamed Benzaghta , Giovanni Geraci , Rasoul Nikbakht , David Lopez-Perez

Wireless Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) were introduced in the world of 4th generation networks (4G) as cellular users, and have attracted the interest of the wireless community ever since. In~5G, UAVs operate also as flying Base Stations…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2021-10-07 John Buczek , Lorenzo Bertizzolo , Stefano Basagni , Tommaso Melodia

With the fifth-generation (5G) mobile networks being actively standardized and deployed, many new vehicular communications technologies are developed to support and enrich various application scenarios. Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) enabled…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2018-10-17 Yiming Huo , Xiaodai Dong

Near-space communication network (NS-ComNet), as an indispensable component of sixth-generation (6G) and beyond mobile communication systems and the space-air-ground-sea integrated network (SAGSIN), demonstrates unique advantages in…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-05-20 Xinhua Liu , Zhen Gao , Ziwei Wan , Zhonghuai Wu , Tuan Li , Tianqi Mao , Xiao Liang , Dezhi Zheng , Jun Zhang

To reap the benefits of dense small base station (SBS) deployment, innovative backhaul solutions are needed in order to manage scenarios in which high-speed ground backhaul links are either unavailable or limited in capacity. In this paper,…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-07-31 Ursula Challita , Walid Saad

Many organizations recognize non-terrestrial networks (NTNs) as a key component to provide cost-effective and high-capacity connectivity in future 6th generation (6G) wireless networks. Despite this premise, there are still many questions…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2021-04-27 Marco Giordani , Michele Zorzi