A survey of air-to-ground propagation channel modeling for unmanned aerial vehicles

W Khawaja, I Guvenc, DW Matolak… - … Surveys & Tutorials, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In recent years, there has been a dramatic increase in the use of unmanned aerial vehicles
(UAVs), particularly for small UAVs, due to their affordable prices, wide availability, and …

A survey of using swarm intelligence algorithms in IoT

W Sun, M Tang, L Zhang, Z Huo, L Shu - Sensors, 2020 - mdpi.com
With the continuing advancements in technologies (such as machine to machine, wireless
telecommunications, artificial intelligence, and big data analysis), the Internet of Things (IoT) …

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 …

Beyond 5G with UAVs: Foundations of a 3D wireless cellular network

M Mozaffari, ATZ Kasgari, W Saad… - IEEE Transactions …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, a novel concept of three-dimensional (3D) cellular networks, that integrate
drone base stations (drone-BS) and cellular-connected drone users (drone-UEs), is …

Cellular-enabled UAV communication: A connectivity-constrained trajectory optimization perspective

S Zhang, Y Zeng, R Zhang - IEEE Transactions on …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Integrating the unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) into the cellular network is envisioned to
be a promising technology to significantly enhance the communication performance of both …

Deployment algorithms for UAV airborne networks toward on-demand coverage

H Zhao, H Wang, W Wu, J Wei - IEEE Journal on Selected …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Due to the flying nature of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), it is very attractive to deploy
UAVs as aerial base stations and construct airborne networks to provide service for on …

High-reliability and low-latency wireless communication for internet of things: Challenges, fundamentals, and enabling technologies

Z Ma, M Xiao, Y Xiao, Z Pang, HV Poor… - IEEE Internet of …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
As one of the key enabling technologies of emerging smart societies and industries (ie,
industry 4.0), the Internet of Things (IoT) has evolved significantly in both technologies and …

Energy-efficient multi-UAV-enabled multiaccess edge computing incorporating NOMA

X Zhang, J Zhang, J Xiong, L Zhou… - IEEE Internet of Things …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Multiaccess edge computing (MEC) is regarded as a promising solution to overcome the
limit on the computation capacity of mobile devices. This article investigates an energy …

Maritime coverage enhancement using UAVs coordinated with hybrid satellite-terrestrial networks

X Li, W Feng, Y Chen, CX Wang… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Due to the agile maneuverability, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have shown great
promise for on-demand communications. In practice, UAV-aided aerial base stations are not …

Understanding UAV cellular communications: From existing networks to massive MIMO

G Geraci, A Garcia-Rodriguez, LG Giordano… - Ieee …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The purpose of this paper is to bestow the reader with a timely study of UAV cellular
communications, bridging the gap between the 3GPP standardization status quo and the …