In recent years, there has been a dramatic increase in the use of unmanned aerial vehicles
(UAVs), particularly for small UAVs, due to their affordable prices, wide availability, and …

This paper surveys the literature of opportunistic offloading. Opportunistic offloading refers to
offloading traffic originally transmitted through the cellular network to opportunistic network …

The engineering vision of relying on the “smart sky” for supporting air traffic and the “internet-
above-the-clouds” for in-flight entertainment has become imperative for the future aircraft …

Advanced air mobility (AAM) is an emerging sector in aviation aiming to offer secure,
efficient, and eco-friendly transportation utilizing electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) …

Future spacecraft will require a paradigm shift in the way information is transmitted, in light of
the continuous increase in the amount of data requiring space links. Current radio-frequency …

This survey studies the potential data link candidates for unmanned aircraft vehicles (UAVs).
There has been tremendous growth in different applications of UAVs such as lifesaving and …

The aeronautical networks attract the attention of both industry and academia since Internet
access during flights turns to the crucial demand from luxury with the evolving technology …

Providing Internet service above the clouds is of ever-increasing interest and in this context
aeronautical ad-hoc networking (AANET) constitutes a promising solution. However, the …

In order to meet the demands of “Internet above the clouds,” we propose a multiple-antenna
aided adaptive coding and modulation (ACM) for aeronautical communications. The …

The ground-based augmentation system (GBAS) is the cornerstone for enabling automated
landings without the instrument landing system (ILS). Currently, GBAS is evolving to GBAS …