A survey of UAV-based data collection: Challenges, solutions and future perspectives

K Messaoudi, OS Oubbati, A Rachedi, A Lakas… - Journal of network and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Internet of Things (IoT) generates unlimited data, which should be collected and
forwarded towards a central controller (CC) for further processing and decision-making …

Intelligent surfaces empowered wireless network: Recent advances and the road to 6G

Q Wu, B Zheng, C You, L Zhu, K Shen… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Intelligent surfaces (ISs) have emerged as a key technology to empower a wide range of
appealing applications for wireless networks, due to their low cost, high energy efficiency …

Hybrid FSO/RF networks: A review of practical constraints, applications and challenges

SAH Mohsan, MA Khan, H Amjad - Optical Switching and Networking, 2023 - Elsevier
Radio frequency (RF) spectrum is highly occupied and adding further broadband channels
to fulfill the exiting user requirements has become difficult. Optical free-space …

RIS-assisted physical layer security in emerging RF and optical wireless communication systems: A comprehensive survey

MH Khoshafa, O Maraqa, JM Moualeu… - … Surveys & Tutorials, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Security and latency are crucial aspects in the design of future wireless networks. Physical
layer security (PLS) has received a growing interest from the research community in recent …

RIS-aided cell-free massive MIMO systems for 6G: Fundamentals, system design, and applications

E Shi, J Zhang, H Du, B Ai, C Yuen… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
An introduction of intelligent interconnectivity for people and things has posed higher
demands and more challenges for sixth-generation (6G) networks, such as high spectral …

Secrecy performance for RIS-based integrated satellite vehicle networks with a UAV relay and MRC eavesdropping

F Zhou, X Li, M Alazab, RH Jhaveri… - IEEE transactions on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This work investigates the secrecy issues for the secrecy reconfigurable intelligent surface-
based integrated satellite unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) relay networks with multiple …

Secure communication with UAV-enabled aerial RIS: Learning trajectory with reflection optimization

X Tang, T Jiang, J Liu, B Li, D Zhai… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) have manifested huge potential in enhancing
information security by actively intervening the wireless propagation, yet the security gain …

Cooperative multi-satellite and multi-RIS beamforming: Enhancing LEO SatCom and mitigating LEO-GEO intersystem interference

Z Zheng, W Jing, Z Lu, Q Wu, H Zhang… - IEEE Journal on …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Satellite communication (SatCom) is regarded as a key enabler for bridging connectivity and
capacity gaps in sixth-generation (6G) networks. However, the proliferation of Low Earth …

Free space optical communication: An enabling backhaul technology for 6G non-terrestrial networks

M Elamassie, M Uysal - Photonics, 2023 - mdpi.com
The deployment of non-terrestrial networks (NTNs) is envisioned to achieve global coverage
for 6G and beyond. In addition to space nodes, aerial NTN nodes such as high-altitude …

Joint optimization design of RIS-assisted hybrid FSO SAGINs using deep reinforcement learning

M Wu, K Guo, Z Lin, X Li, K An… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Satellite-aerial-ground integrated networks (SAGINs) have emerged as a promising
infrastructure for next-generation wireless networks. Considering the fading effects of …