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 …

UAV-assisted physical layer security in multi-beam satellite-enabled vehicle communications

Z Yin, M Jia, N Cheng, W Wang, F Lyu… - IEEE Transactions …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we investigate unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) assisted physical layer security
in multi-beam satellite enabled vehicle communications. Particularly, the UAV is exploited as …

UAV relay-assisted emergency communications in IoT networks: Resource allocation and trajectory optimization

DH Tran, VD Nguyen, S Chatzinotas… - IEEE Transactions …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) communication has emerged as a prominent technology for
emergency communications (eg, natural disaster) in the Internet of Things (IoT) networks to …

A Comprehensive Survey on Full-Duplex Communication: Current Solutions, Future Trends, and Open Issues

M Mohammadi, Z Mobini… - … Surveys & Tutorials, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Full-duplex (FD) communication is a potential game changer for future wireless networks. It
allows for simultaneous transmit and receive operations over the same frequency band, a …

Height optimization and resource allocation for NOMA enhanced UAV-aided relay networks

D Zhai, H Li, X Tang, R Zhang, Z Ding… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we investigate the application of the non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA)
technique into the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) aided relay networks. Specifically, we first …

3D UAV trajectory and communication design for simultaneous uplink and downlink transmission

M Hua, L Yang, Q Wu… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we investigate the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-aided simultaneous uplink
and downlink transmission networks, where one UAV acting as a disseminator is connected …

Energy-efficient and secure air-to-ground communication with jittering UAV

H Wu, Y Wen, J Zhang, Z Wei… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV)-enabled communication platform is recognized as a
promising way for secure transmission in the air-to-air and air-to-ground (A2G) networks …

Energy-efficient resource allocation and trajectory design for UAV relaying systems

T Zhang, G Liu, H Zhang, W Kang… - IEEE Transactions …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Fuel-powered UAVs have long endurance of flight, heavy payload and adaptation to
extreme environment. The mechanical operation and communication power are supported …

Safeguarding UAV IoT communication systems against randomly located eavesdroppers

H Lei, D Wang, KH Park, IS Ansari… - IEEE Internet of …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) will be extensively utilized in various Internet of Things
(IoT) scenarios due to their flexible mobility and rapid on-demand deployment. It becomes …

Intelligent trajectory design for secure full-duplex MIMO-UAV relaying against active eavesdroppers: A model-free reinforcement learning approach

MT Mamaghani, Y Hong - IEEE Access, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) assisted wireless communication has recently been
recognized as an inevitably promising component of future wireless networks. Particularly …