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The purpose of this article is to bestow the reader with a timely study of UAV cellular communications, bridging the gap between the 3GPP standardization status quo and the more forward-looking research. Special emphasis is placed on the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-04-24 Giovanni Geraci , Adrian Garcia-Rodriguez , Lorenzo Galati Giordano , David López-Pérez , Emil Björnson

Synthetic datasets are beneficial for machine learning researchers due to the possibility of experimenting with new strategies and algorithms in the training and testing phases. These datasets can easily include more scenarios that might be…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2022-11-18 Joseanne Viana , Hamed Farkhari , Pedro Sebastiao , Sandra Lagen , Katerina Koutlia , Biljana Bojovic , Rui Dinis

In this paper, we propose a dual-unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-enabled secure communication and sensing (SCS) scheme for an air-to-ground integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) system, in which a dual-functional source UAV and jamming…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-05-20 Libiao Lou , Yuan Liu , Fotis Foukalas , Hongjiang Lei , Gaofeng Pan , Theodoros A. Tsiftsis , Hongwu Liu

Achieving end-to-end ultra-reliability and resiliency in mission critical communications is a major challenge for future wireless networks. Dual connectivity has been proposed by 3GPP as one of the viable solutions to fulfill the…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2020-05-20 Milad Ganjalizadeh , Piergiuseppe Di Marco , Jonas Kronander , Joachim Sachs , Marina Petrova

Autonomous systems, such as self-driving cars and drones, have made significant strides in recent years by leveraging visual inputs and machine learning for decision-making and control. Despite their impressive performance, these…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-10-31 Kaustav Chakraborty , Aryaman Gupta , Somil Bansal

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), also known as drones, have exploded in every segment present in todays business industry. They have scope in reinventing old businesses, and they are even developing new opportunities for various brands and…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2023-03-22 Hardik Sachdeva , Shivam Gupta , Anushka Misra , Khushbu Chauhan , Mayank Dave

In this paper, we consider the use of UAVs to provide wireless connectivity services, for example after failures of wireless network components or to simply provide additional bandwidth on demand, and introduce the concept of UAVs as a…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2020-05-06 Farid Naït-Abdesselam , Ahmad Alsharoa , Mohamed Selim , Daji Qiao , Ahmed E. Kamal

In recent years, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) have been utilized as effective platforms for carrying Wi-Fi Access Points (APs) and cellular Base Stations (BSs), enabling low-cost, agile, and flexible wireless networks with high Quality…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-07-25 Kamal Shayegan

The lack of authentication during the initial bootstrapping phase between cellular devices and base stations allows attackers to deploy fake base stations and send malicious messages to the devices. These attacks have been a long-existing…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-02-10 Yilu Dong , Rouzbeh Behnia , Attila A. Yavuz , Syed Rafiul Hussain

Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) corridor-assisted communication networks are expected to expand significantly in the upcoming years driven by several technological, regulatory, and societal trends. In this new type of networks, accurate and…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-04-29 Harris K. Armeniakos , Viktor Nikolaidis , Petros S. Bithas , Konstantinos Maliatsos , Athanasios G. Kanatas

For reliable and efficient communications of aerial platforms, such as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), the cellular network is envisioned to provide connectivity for the aerial and ground user equipment (GUE) simultaneously, which brings…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-02-15 Zhuangzhuang Cui , Ke Guan , İsmail Güvenç , Claude Oestges , Zhangdui Zhong

In this paper, we consider an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-enabled radio access network (RAN) with the UAV acting as an aerial platform to communicate with a set of ground users (GUs) in a variety of modes of practical interest, including…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-10-17 Jingwei Zhang , Yong Zeng , Rui Zhang

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) can be utilized as aerial base stations to provide communication service for remote mobile users due to their high mobility and flexible deployment. However, the line-of-sight (LoS) wireless links are…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-03-17 Xiongwei Wu , Qiang Li , Yawei Lu , H. Vincent Poor , Victor C. M. Leung , P. C. Ching

The use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) that serve as aerial base stations is expected to become predominant in the next decade. However, in order for this technology to unfold its full potential it is necessary to develop a fundamental…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-01-09 Mohammad Mahdi Azari , Fernando Rosas , Kwang-Cheng Chen , Sofie Pollin

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) as aerial base stations (BSs) are able to provide not only the communication service to ground users, but also the sensing functionality to localize targets of interests. In this paper, we consider an…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-07-08 Xiaoye Jing , Fan Liu , Christos Masouros , Yong Zeng

Cellular (C) setups facilitate the connectivity amongst the devices with better provisioning of services to its users. Vehicular networks are one of the representative setups that aim at expanding their functionalities by using the…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2019-09-18 Vishal Sharma , Jiyoon Kim , Yongho Ko , Ilsun You , Jung Taek Seo

This paper investigates a novel unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) secure communication system with the assistance of reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs), where an UAV and a ground user communicate with each other, while an eavesdropper…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-04-29 Li Sixian , Duo Bin , Marco Di Renzo , Tao Meixia , Yuan Xiaojun

Autonomous vehicles increasingly rely on deep learning-based perception and control, which impose substantial computational demands. Cloud-assisted architectures offload these functions to remote servers, enabling enhanced perception and…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-04-07 Maher Al Islam , Amr S. El-Wakeel

An integrated access and backhaul (IAB) network architecture can enable flexible and fast deployment of next-generation cellular networks. However, mutual interference between access and backhaul links, small inter-site distance and spatial…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-07-29 Abdurrahman Fouda , Ahmed S. Ibrahim , Ismail Guvenc , Monisha Ghosh

In unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) assisted millimeter wave (mmWave) communication, appropriate user-UAV association is crucial for improving system performance. In mmWave communication, user throughput largely depends on the line of sight…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-05-26 Siddhanta Parial , Sasthi C. Ghosh , Anil K. Ghosh