Using network flying platforms (NFPs) as aerial relays has been emerging as a promising
solution for mobile backhaul frameworks in fifth generation and beyond wireless networks …

Applying interconnected networked flying platforms (NFPs) as fronthauling is a promising
solution to flexibly reconfigure the fronthaul network upon requests. Meanwhile, free space …

The presence of a super high rate, but also cost-efficient, easy-to-deploy, and scalable,
backhaul/fronthaul framework, is essential in the upcoming 5G wireless networks and …

The anticipated explosive growth of various Small Cells (SCs) urges the design of a high-
rate, reliable and resource-efficient fronthaul/backhaul framework in the forthcoming fifth …

Integrating terrestrial networks with burgeoning high-altitude platform stations (HAPSs) will
be a disruptive challenge for beyond-5G systems provisioning large-scale three …

We consider free-space optical (FSO) communication links for the backhaul connectivity of
small cells (SCs) where a UAV with an FSO apparatus can serve as a backhaul relay node …

In a free space optics (FSO)-based drone-assisted mobile network, a drone-mounted base
station (DBS) can be rapidly deployed over a place of interest to relay traffic between …

The deluge of date rate in today's networks imposes a cost burden on the backhaul network
design. Developing cost-efficient backhaul solutions becomes an exciting, yet challenging …

The evolving requirements of next-generation mobile communications networks can be met
by leveraging vertically deployed Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) platforms integrated with …

Drawing increasing attention, free-space optics (FSO) is a cost-effective technology to
support data intensive communications. Cooperative diversity is considered to be an …