Blockchain for 5G and beyond networks: A state of the art survey

DC Nguyen, PN Pathirana, M Ding… - Journal of Network and …, 2020 - Elsevier
The fifth generation (5G) wireless networks are on the way to be deployed around the world.
The 5G technologies target to support diverse vertical applications by connecting …

Survey on UAV cellular communications: Practical aspects, standardization advancements, regulation, and security challenges

A Fotouhi, H Qiang, M Ding, M Hassan… - … surveys & tutorials, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The rapid growth of consumer unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) is creating promising new
business opportunities for cellular operators. On the one hand, UAVs can be connected to …

Applications of blockchain in unmanned aerial vehicles: A review

T Alladi, V Chamola, N Sahu, M Guizani - Vehicular Communications, 2020 - Elsevier
The recent advancement in Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) in terms of manufacturing
processes, and communication and networking technology has led to a rise in their usage in …

Integration of blockchain and cloud of things: Architecture, applications and challenges

DC Nguyen, PN Pathirana, M Ding… - … surveys & tutorials, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The blockchain technology is taking the world by storm. Blockchain with its decentralized,
transparent and secure nature has emerged as a disruptive technology for the next …

Blockchain-envisioned UAV communication using 6G networks: Open issues, use cases, and future directions

S Aggarwal, N Kumar, S Tanwar - IEEE Internet of Things …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) can provide efficient and effective solutions for the
development of smart cities. They have been widely used in civilian and military …

Enhancing cellular communications for UAVs via intelligent reflective surface

D Ma, M Ding, M Hassan - 2020 IEEE Wireless …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Intelligent reflective surfaces (IRSs) capable of reconfiguring their electromagnetic
absorption and reflection properties in real-time are offering unprecedented opportunities to …

UAVs assessment in software-defined IoT networks: An overview

F Al-Turjman, M Abujubbeh, A Malekloo… - Computer …, 2020 - Elsevier
The technological advancements in the ubiquitous IoT era and the ever-growing desire of
communities to enforce smart cities with security and safety of user data as their priority, mini …

Optimal base station antenna downtilt in downlink cellular networks

J Yang, M Ding, G Mao, Z Lin… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Very recent studies showed that the area spectral efficiency (ASE) of downlink cellular
networks will continuously decrease and finally crash to zero as the base station (BS) …

On the 3-D placement of airborne base stations using tethered UAVs

MA Kishk, A Bader, MS Alouini - IEEE Transactions on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
One of the main challenges slowing the deployment of airborne base stations (BSs) using
unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) is the limited on-board energy and flight time. One …

A survey of game theory in unmanned aerial vehicles communications

ME Mkiramweni, C Yang, J Li… - … Surveys & Tutorials, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) can be deployed as wireless relays or aerial base
stations to improve network connectivity and coverage in cellular networks. UAVs can also …