Improving connectivity in 6G maritime communication networks with UAV swarms

N Nomikos, A Giannopoulos, A Kalafatelis… - IEEE …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The deployment of maritime communication networks (MCNs) enables Internet-of-Things
(IoT) applications, related to autonomous navigation, offshore facilities and smart ports. Still …

Uplink NOMA for UAV-aided maritime Internet-of-Things

N Nomikos, A Giannopoulos… - … Conference on the …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Maritime activities are vital for economic growth, being further accelerated by various
emerging maritime Internet of Things (IoT) use cases, including smart ports, autonomous …

Enabling 5G on the ocean: A hybrid satellite-UAV-terrestrial network solution

X Li, W Feng, J Wang, Y Chen, N Ge… - IEEE Wireless …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Current fifth generation (5G) cellular networks mainly focus on the terrestrial scenario. Due
to the difficulty of deploying communications infrastructure on the ocean, the performance of …

A survey on UAV-aided maritime communications: Deployment considerations, applications, and future challenges

N Nomikos, PK Gkonis, PS Bithas… - IEEE Open Journal of …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Maritime activities represent a major domain of economic growth with several emerging
maritime Internet of Things use cases, such as smart ports, autonomous navigation, and …

Performance analysis of multi-hop communication based on 5G sidelink for cooperative UAV swarms

D Mishra, A Trotta, M Di Felice… - 2021 IEEE International …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The ability of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to communicate and cooperate among
themselves in an aerial swarm network is of paramount importance for collaborative …

Cellular-connected UAVs over 5G: Deep reinforcement learning for interference management

U Challita, W Saad, C Bettstetter - arXiv preprint arXiv:1801.05500, 2018 - arxiv.org
In this paper, an interference-aware path planning scheme for a network of cellular-
connected unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) is proposed. In particular, each UAV aims at …

NOMA-based hybrid satellite-UAV-terrestrial networks for 6G maritime coverage

X Fang, W Feng, Y Wang, Y Chen, N Ge… - IEEE Transactions …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Current fifth-generation (5G) networks do not cover maritime areas, causing difficulties in
developing maritime Internet of Things (IoT). To tackle this problem, we establish a …

Simultaneous utilization of multiple radio access networks in ubiquitous 6G connectivity for autonomous ships: Opportunities and challenges

H Koo, C Ryoo, W Kim - Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2023 - mdpi.com
The growing significance of ubiquitous 6G connectivity within the maritime sector is a
consequence of its evolution into an era characterized by the adoption of autonomous ships …

Uav based 5g network: A practical survey study

M Abuzamak, H Kholidy - arXiv preprint arXiv:2212.13329, 2022 - arxiv.org
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are anticipated to significantly contribute to the
development of new wireless networks that could handle high-speed transmissions and …

A comprehensive overview on 5G-and-beyond networks with UAVs: From communications to sensing and intelligence

Q Wu, J Xu, Y Zeng, DWK Ng… - IEEE Journal on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Due to the advancements in cellular technologies and the dense deployment of cellular
infrastructure, integrating unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) into the fifth-generation (5G) and …