What will the future of UAV cellular communications be? A flight from 5G to 6G

G Geraci, A Garcia-Rodriguez, MM Azari… - … surveys & tutorials, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
What will the future of UAV cellular communications be? In this tutorial article, we address
such a compelling yet difficult question by embarking on a journey from 5G to 6G and …

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 …

An overview of 5G advanced evolution in 3GPP release 18

X Lin - IEEE Communications Standards Magazine, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The 3rd generation partnership project (3GPP) radio access network (RAN) plenary recently
approved a work package for its Release 18, which represents a major evolution and is …

Communication and networking technologies for UAVs: A survey

A Sharma, P Vanjani, N Paliwal… - Journal of Network and …, 2020 - Elsevier
With the advancement in drone technology, in just a few years, drones will be assisting
humans in every domain. But there are many challenges to be tackled, communication …

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 …

URLLC and eMBB in 5G industrial IoT: A survey

BS Khan, S Jangsher, A Ahmed… - IEEE Open Journal of …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Fifth generation (5G)-industrial Internet of things (IIoT) is the integration of IIoT and a private
5G network. The IIoT is a concept that involves incorporating smart objects, gadgets, and …

Joint maneuver and beamforming design for UAV-enabled integrated sensing and communication

Z Lyu, G Zhu, J Xu - IEEE Transactions on Wireless …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper studies the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-enabled integrated sensing and
communication (ISAC), in which UAVs are dispatched as aerial dual-functional access …

Uplink cooperative NOMA for cellular-connected UAV

W Mei, R Zhang - IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Aerial-ground interference mitigation is a challenging issue in the emerging cellular-
connected unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) communications. Due to the strong line-of-sight …

An overview of reinforcement learning algorithms for handover management in 5G ultra-dense small cell networks

J Tanveer, A Haider, R Ali, A Kim - Applied Sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
The fifth generation (5G) wireless technology emerged with marvelous effort to state, design,
deployment and standardize the upcoming wireless network generation. Artificial …

A survey on cellular-connected UAVs: Design challenges, enabling 5G/B5G innovations, and experimental advancements

D Mishra, E Natalizio - Computer Networks, 2020 - Elsevier
As an emerging field of aerial robotics, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) have gained
significant research interest within the wireless networking research community. As soon as …