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 …

Drone base stations can help safeguard coverage and provide capacity relief when cellular
networks are under stress. Examples of such stress scenarios are events with massive …

Reliable mobile communications is of critical importance, and should be maintained even in
case of extremely crowded events or emergency scenarios. In such scenarios the …

Under normal circumstances wireless cellular networks provide adequate coverage and
capacity. However in case of site failures, due to for example an earthquake or flooding, it is …

In case of unexpected or temporary events, cellular networks can become quickly saturated.
A promising solution is using drones as flying base stations. In this article, we address the …

Modern wireless traffic demand pushes Internet Service Providers to develop effective
strategies to improve user experience. Since deploying dense Base Stations (BSs) is not …

This paper studies the feasibility of supporting drone operations using existent cellular
infrastructure. We propose an analytical framework that includes the effects of base station …

The use of drone base stations in wireless networks is studied by many researchers and it is
shown that DBSs offer significant potential for meeting user demands in various wireless …

Exploiting drones as flying base stations to assist the terrestrial cellular networks or replace
them is promising in 5G and beyond. One of the challenging problems is optimally deploying …

Using drones for cellular coverage enhancement is a recent technology that has shown a
great potential in various practical scenarios. However, one of the main challenges that …