… , we propose to leverage free Space optics as backhaul and energizer for drone assisted
Networking (SoarNet) [7], [8] to provision emergency communications. As shown in Fig. 1, an …

… Ansari, “An FSO-based drone assisted mobile access network for emergency
communications,” IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering, vol. 7, no. 3, pp. …

… communications [16]–[18]. Many works have focused on optimizing DBS deployment in
FSO-based drone-assisted mobile networks. … for emergency communications,” IEEE Trans. Netw. …

… , where FSO communications is applied as the backhaul … the FSO based drone assisted
access network architecture and a … Applying an FSO based drone assisted network in a disaster …

… in disaster-struck scenarios, where all the MBSs in a disaster-… emergency communications.
Some works explored the backhaul-aware DBS placement in drone-assisted mobile networks…

… communications delay between MUs and working MBSs, the FSO-based droneassisted
mobile access network … disaster-struck area. Note that the limited flying time of a battery-powered …

… to provide secure communication services under emergency … network technology employing
the UAV-assisted mobile FSO … Gu et al., “Network topology reconfiguration for FSO-based …

… , disaster management, last-mile access, satellite-to-ground … of UAV-based relay-assisted
FSO communication links are … for secure FSO-based applications,’’ Photonics, vol. 8, no. 4, p. …

… Ansari, “An fso-based drone assisted mobile access network for emergency
communications,” IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering, vol. 7, no. 3, pp. …

… , filming, agriculture, disaster relief, and communications [1]. … An inherited advantage of
employing a UAV as an MBS is to … of average BER for RF and FSO-based backhaul. In particular, …