A survey on millimeter-wave beamforming enabled UAV communications and networking

Z Xiao, L Zhu, Y Liu, P Yi, R Zhang… - … Surveys & Tutorials, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have found widespread commercial, civilian, and military
applications. Wireless communication has always been one of the core technologies for …

A survey on UAV-assisted wireless communications: Recent advances and future trends

X Gu, G Zhang - Computer Communications, 2023 - Elsevier
Due to their characteristics of mobility, flexibility and adaptive altitude, unmanned aerial
vehicles (UAVs), also known as drones, have immense potential applications in wireless …

A prospective look: Key enabling technologies, applications and open research topics in 6G networks

L Bariah, L Mohjazi, S Muhaidat, PC Sofotasios… - IEEE …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The fifth generation (5G) mobile networks are envisaged to enable a plethora of
breakthrough advancements in wireless technologies, providing support of a diverse set of …

UAV-assisted communications with RF energy harvesting: A comprehensive survey

GK Pandey, DS Gurjar, S Yadav… - … Surveys & Tutorials, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have recently achieved sky-rocketed prominence in
assisting various wireless communication scenarios due to their implicit characteristics like …

Antenna array enabled space/air/ground communications and networking for 6G

Z Xiao, Z Han, A Nallanathan, OA Dobre… - IEEE Journal on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Antenna arrays have a long history of more than 100 years and have evolved closely with
the development of electronic and information technologies, playing an indispensable role …

Robust 3D-trajectory and time switching optimization for dual-UAV-enabled secure communications

W Wang, X Li, R Wang, K Cumanan… - IEEE Journal on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper investigates a dual-unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-enabled secure
communication system, in which, a UAV moves around to send confidential messages to a …

Security threats and mitigation techniques in UAV communications: A comprehensive survey

GK Pandey, DS Gurjar, HH Nguyen, S Yadav - IEEE Access, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have been instrumental in enabling many new
applications and services, including military and rescue operations, aerial surveillance …

Joint optimization of UAV 3-D placement and path-loss factor for energy-efficient maximal coverage

S Shakoor, Z Kaleem, DT Do, OA Dobre… - IEEE Internet of …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is a key enabler for communication systems beyond the fifth
generation due to its applications in almost every field, including mobile communications …

UAV communications with WPT-aided cell-free massive MIMO systems

J Zheng, J Zhang, B Ai - IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Cell-free (CF) massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) is a promising solution to
provide uniform good performance for unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) communications. In …

Cooperative UAV enabled relaying systems: Joint trajectory and transmit power optimization

G Zhang, X Ou, M Cui, Q Wu, S Ma… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) can be used as aerial relays to provide quick and on-
demand wireless connections for the area without network coverage. Since a UAV's …