6G wireless communications networks: A comprehensive survey

M Alsabah, MA Naser, BM Mahmmod… - Ieee …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The commercial fifth-generation (5G) wireless communications networks have already been
deployed with the aim of providing high data rates. However, the rapid growth in the number …

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 …

Edge artificial intelligence for 6G: Vision, enabling technologies, and applications

KB Letaief, Y Shi, J Lu, J Lu - IEEE Journal on Selected Areas …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The thriving of artificial intelligence (AI) applications is driving the further evolution of
wireless networks. It has been envisioned that 6G will be transformative and will …

Foundations of user-centric cell-free massive MIMO

ÖT Demir, E Björnson… - Foundations and Trends …, 2021 - nowpublishers.com
Imagine a coverage area where each mobile device is communicating with a preferred set of
wireless access points (among many) that are selected based on its needs and cooperate to …

Robust and secure wireless communications via intelligent reflecting surfaces

X Yu, D Xu, Y Sun, DWK Ng… - IEEE Journal on Selected …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, intelligent reflecting surfaces (IRSs) are employed to enhance the physical
layer security in a challenging radio environment. In particular, a multi-antenna access point …

Intelligent reflecting surface aided MIMO broadcasting for simultaneous wireless information and power transfer

C Pan, H Ren, K Wang, M Elkashlan… - IEEE Journal on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
An intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) is invoked for enhancing the energy harvesting
performance of a simultaneous wireless information and power transfer (SWIPT) aided …

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 …

5G key technologies for smart railways

B Ai, AF Molisch, M Rupp, ZD Zhong - Proceedings of the IEEE, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Railway communications has attracted significant attention from both academia and
industries due to the booming development of railways, especially high-speed railways …

Joint active and passive beamforming optimization for intelligent reflecting surface assisted SWIPT under QoS constraints

Q Wu, R Zhang - IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) is a new and revolutionizing technology for achieving
spectrum and energy efficient wireless networks. By leveraging massive low-cost passive …

User-centric cell-free massive MIMO networks: A survey of opportunities, challenges and solutions

HA Ammar, R Adve, S Shahbazpanahi… - … Surveys & Tutorials, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Densification of network base stations is indispensable to achieve the stringent Quality of
Service (QoS) requirements of future mobile networks. However, with a dense deployment of …