Help from above: UAV-empowered network resiliency in post-disaster scenarios

C Esposito, G Rizzo - 2022 IEEE 19th Annual Consumer …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Natural and man-made disasters have often consequences on service availability in a
wireless access network, provoking a progressively degraded performance or even the lack …

Optimal throughput management in UAV-based networks during disasters

L Chiaraviglio, L Amorosi, F Malandrino… - … -IEEE Conference on …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Small Cells (SCs) installed on board of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) are a promising
solution to provide wireless coverage to users escaping from an area affected by a disaster …

[HTML][HTML] Communication-enabled deep reinforcement learning to optimise energy-efficiency in UAV-assisted networks

B Omoniwa, B Galkin, I Dusparic - Vehicular Communications, 2023 - Elsevier
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are increasingly deployed to provide wireless
connectivity to static and mobile ground users in situations of increased network demand or …

Resource optimization in UAV‐assisted wireless networks—A comprehensive survey

M Basharat, M Naeem, Z Qadir… - Transactions on …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are inevitable to meet the requirements of future wireless
networks. Recently, researchers have investigated diverse issues related to UAV‐assisted …

Drone-assisted cellular networks: Optimal positioning and load management

TR Pijnappel, JL Van Den Berg… - 2021 IEEE 93rd …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The use of drone base stations offers an agile mechanism to safeguard coverage and
provide capacity relief when cellular networks are under stress. Such stress conditions can …

Energy minimization UAV trajectory design for delay-tolerant emergency communication

YA Sambo, PV Klaine, JPB Nadas… - 2019 IEEE International …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The increasing cases of wireless communication networks being partly (or even fully)
destroyed after the occurrence of natural disasters has made researchers focus on the use …

Post-disaster 4G/5G network rehabilitation using drones: Solving battery and backhaul issues

MY Selim, AE Kamal - 2018 IEEE Globecom Workshops (GC …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Drone-based communications is a novel and attractive area of research in cellular networks.
It provides several degrees of freedom in time (available on demand), space (mobile) and it …

Multi-UAV assisted network coverage optimization for rescue operations using reinforcement learning

OS Oubbati, H Badis, A Rachedi… - 2023 IEEE 20th …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Mobile communication networks could make a significant difference in rescuing affected
people in post-disaster scenarios. However, the existing communication infrastructures tend …

Trajectory optimization for UAV emergency communication with limited user equipment energy: A safe-DQN approach

T Zhang, J Lei, Y Liu, C Feng… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In post-disaster scenarios, it is challenging to provide reliable and flexible emergency
communications, especially when the mobile infrastructure is seriously damaged. This …

Joint Resource Allocation and Trajectory Design for Resilient Multi-UAV Communication Networks

L Ge, X Liang, H Zhang, P Dong… - IEEE Wireless …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In contrast to terrestrial wireless networks, dynamic Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV)
networks are susceptible to unexpected link failures arising from UAV breakdowns or the …