A comprehensive overview on 5G-and-beyond networks with UAVs: From communications to sensing and intelligence

Q Wu, J Xu, Y Zeng, DWK Ng… - IEEE Journal on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Due to the advancements in cellular technologies and the dense deployment of cellular
infrastructure, integrating unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) into the fifth-generation (5G) and …

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 …

Survey on aerial radio access networks: Toward a comprehensive 6G access infrastructure

NN Dao, QV Pham, NH Tu, TT Thanh… - … Surveys & Tutorials, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Current access infrastructures are characterized by heterogeneity, low latency, high
throughput, and high computational capability, enabling massive concurrent connections …

Addressing disasters in smart cities through UAVs path planning and 5G communications: A systematic review

Z Qadir, F Ullah, HS Munawar, F Al-Turjman - Computer Communications, 2021 - Elsevier
UAVs are increasingly incorporated in a wide range of domains such as disaster
management and rescue missions. UAV path planning deals with finding the most optimal or …

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 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 …

Machine learning empowered trajectory and passive beamforming design in UAV-RIS wireless networks

X Liu, Y Liu, Y Chen - IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A novel framework is proposed for integrating reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RIS) in
unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) enabled wireless networks, where an RIS is deployed for …

Joint computation and communication design for UAV-assisted mobile edge computing in IoT

T Zhang, Y Xu, J Loo, D Yang… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-assisted mobile edge computing (MEC) system is a
prominent concept, where a UAV equipped with an MEC server is deployed to serve a …

Sum-rate maximization for IRS-assisted UAV OFDMA communication systems

Z Wei, Y Cai, Z Sun, DWK Ng, J Yuan… - IEEE Transactions …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we consider the application of intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) in unmanned
aerial vehicle (UAV)-based orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) …

Joint trajectory and resource allocation design for energy-efficient secure UAV communication systems

Y Cai, Z Wei, R Li, DWK Ng… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we study the trajectory and resource allocation design for downlink energy-
efficient secure unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) communication systems, where an …