Air-ground integrated mobile edge networks: Architecture, challenges, and opportunities

N Cheng, W Xu, W Shi, Y Zhou, N Lu… - IEEE …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The ever increasing mobile data demands have posed significant challenges in the current
radio access networks, while the emerging computation-heavy Internet of Things …

Drone assisted vehicular networks: Architecture, challenges and opportunities

W Shi, H Zhou, J Li, W Xu, N Zhang, X Shen - IEEE Network, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article introduces the DAVN, which provides ubiquitous connections for vehicles by
efficiently integrating the communication and networking technologies of drones and …

Joint UAV hovering altitude and power control for space-air-ground IoT networks

J Wang, C Jiang, Z Wei, C Pan… - IEEE Internet of Things …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have been widely used in both military and civilian
applications. Equipped with diverse communication payloads, UAVs cooperating with …

UAV relay in VANETs against smart jamming with reinforcement learning

L Xiao, X Lu, D Xu, Y Tang, L Wang… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Frequency hopping-based antijamming techniques are not always applicable in vehicular
ad hoc networks (VANETs) due to the high mobility of onboard units (OBUs) and the large …

Dual-UAV-enabled secure communications: Joint trajectory design and user scheduling

Y Cai, F Cui, Q Shi, M Zhao… - IEEE Journal on Selected …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we investigate a novel unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-enabled secure
communication system. Two UAVs are applied in this system where one UAV moves around …

Capacity characterization of UAV-enabled two-user broadcast channel

Q Wu, J Xu, R Zhang - IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have recently gained growing popularity in wireless
communications owing to their many advantages such as swift and cost-effective …

Non-orthogonal multiple access for unmanned aerial vehicle assisted communication

MF Sohail, CY Leow, S Won - IEEE Access, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The future wireless networks promise to provide ubiquitous connectivity to a multitude of
devices with diversified traffic patterns wherever and whenever needed. For the sake of …

Location-aided delay tolerant routing protocol in UAV networks for post-disaster operation

MY Arafat, S Moh - IEEE Access, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Wireless communication is essential for search and rescue operations in the aftermath of
natural disasters. In post-disaster scenarios, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) can be used …

Multiple drone-cell deployment analyses and optimization in drone assisted radio access networks

W Shi, J Li, W Xu, H Zhou, N Zhang, S Zhang… - IEEE …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we propose a drone assisted radio access networks architecture in which
drone-cells are leveraged to relay data between base stations and users. Based on the state …

Mobile edge computing for big-data-enabled electric vehicle charging

Y Cao, H Song, O Kaiwartya, B Zhou… - IEEE …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
As one of the key drivers of smart grid, EVs are environment-friendly to alleviate CO2
pollution. Big data analytics could enable the move from Internet of EVs, to optimized EV …