6G Communication New Paradigm: The Integration of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles and Intelligent Reflecting Surfaces

Z Ning, T Li, Y Wu, X Wang, Q Wu… - … Surveys & Tutorials, 2025 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
With the continuous development of Intelligent Reflecting Surfaces (IRSs) and Unmanned
Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), their combination has become foundational technologies to …

A Systematic Review of Interference Mitigation Techniques in Current and Future UAV-Assisted Wireless Networks

H Shakhatreh, A Sawalmeh… - IEEE Open Journal …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-assisted wireless networks, the potential of the high
probability of line-of-sight links could be a disadvantage for other nearby wireless networks …

Energy-Efficient Device-to-Device Communications for Green Internet of Things Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicle-Mounted Intelligent Reflecting Surface

F Tan, S Pang, Y Cao, H Chen, T Lv - Drones, 2024 - mdpi.com
The Internet of Things (IoT) serves as a crucial element in interconnecting diverse devices
within the realm of smart technology. However, the energy consumption of IoT technology …

Intelligent-reflecting-surface-assisted UAV communications for 6G networks

Z Ning, T Li, Y Wu, X Wang, Q Wu, FR Yu… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2023 - arxiv.org
In 6th-Generation (6G) mobile networks, Intelligent Reflective Surfaces (IRSs) and
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) have emerged as promising technologies to address the …

Quantum-assisted adaptive beamforming in UASs network: Enhancing airborne communication via collaborative UASs for NextG IoT

S Arya, Y Wang - arXiv preprint arXiv:2401.15216, 2024 - arxiv.org
This paper introduces a novel quantum-based method for dynamic beamforming and re-
forming in Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UASs), specifically addressing the critical …

Outage Analysis of IRS-assisted UAV NOMA Downlink Wireless Networks

Y Liu, K Xiong, Y Zhu, HC Yang, P Fan… - IEEE Internet of …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article studies an intelligent reflecting surface (IRS)-assisted unmanned aerial vehicle
(UAV) network, where the ground users (GUs) desire to receive information from a UAV …

Distributed Resource Management and Task Scheduling in MEC Networks Against Intelligent Eavesdropping Jammer

S Liu, Y Xu, X Wang, W Li, G Li, Y Li… - IEEE Transactions …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper focuses on distributed resource management and task scheduling for multi-
access MEC networks against the intelligent eavesdropping jammer (IEJ). Due to the lack of …

Opportunistic Scheduling in IRS-Aided UAV Multi-User Wireless Communication Systems: Modeling and Analysis

N Choudhary, S Joshi, VK Chaubey - IEEE Access, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we present the performance analysis of an opportunistic scheduling-based
intelligent reflecting surface (IRS)-aided unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) multi-user wireless …

A Communication Anti-Jamming Scheme Assisted by RIS with Angular Response

J Wang, W Jiang, K Huang, X Sun - Entropy, 2023 - mdpi.com
By optimizing the reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) reflection coefficients, the channel
capacity of legitimate users can be increased, thereby enhancing the anti-jamming …

Future Trends and Emerging Threats in Drone Cybersecurity

SR Sindiramutty, NZ Jhanjhi, CE Tan… - … Issues and Challenges …, 2024 - igi-global.com
The rapid proliferation of drone technology has ushered in a new era of innovation and
convenience across various industries. However, this technological advancement has also …