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 …

A tutorial on UAVs for wireless networks: Applications, challenges, and open problems

M Mozaffari, W Saad, M Bennis… - … surveys & tutorials, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The use of flying platforms such as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), popularly known as
drones, is rapidly growing. In particular, with their inherent attributes such as mobility …

Accessing from the sky: A tutorial on UAV communications for 5G and beyond

Y Zeng, Q Wu, R Zhang - Proceedings of the IEEE, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have found numerous applications and are expected to
bring fertile business opportunities in the next decade. Among various enabling …

Fundamental trade-offs in communication and trajectory design for UAV-enabled wireless network

Q Wu, L Liu, R Zhang - IEEE Wireless Communications, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) as aerial communication platforms is of high
practical value to future wireless systems such as 5G, especially for swift and on-demand …

Wireless communications with unmanned aerial vehicles: Opportunities and challenges

Y Zeng, R Zhang, TJ Lim - IEEE Communications magazine, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Wireless communication systems that include unmanned aerial vehicles promise to provide
cost-effective wireless connectivity for devices without infrastructure coverage. Compared to …

Softwarization of UAV networks: A survey of applications and future trends

OS Oubbati, M Atiquzzaman, TA Ahanger… - IEEE Access, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) have become increasingly important in assisting 5G and
beyond 5G (B5G) mobile networks. Indeed, UAVs have all the potentials to both satisfy the …

UAV communications for 5G and beyond: Recent advances and future trends

B Li, Z Fei, Y Zhang - IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Providing ubiquitous connectivity to diverse device types is the key challenge for 5G and
beyond 5G (B5G). Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are expected to be an important …

A service-based architecture for enabling UAV enhanced network services

O Bekkouche, K Samdanis, M Bagaa, T Taleb - IEEE Network, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article provides an overview of enhanced network services, while emphasizing the role
of UAVs as core network equipment with radio and backhaul capabilities. Initially, we …

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 …

Unmanned-aerial-vehicle-assisted wireless networks: Advancements, challenges, and solutions

M Dai, N Huang, Y Wu, J Gao… - IEEE Internet of Things …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The rapid development of communication and computing techniques enables unmanned
aerial vehicles (UAVs) to provide reliable and cost-effective wireless communication and …