Cellular, wide-area, and non-terrestrial IoT: A survey on 5G advances and the road toward 6G

M Vaezi, A Azari, SR Khosravirad… - … Surveys & Tutorials, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The next wave of wireless technologies is proliferating in connecting things among
themselves as well as to humans. In the era of the Internet of Things (IoT), billions of …

Evolution of non-terrestrial networks from 5G to 6G: A survey

MM Azari, S Solanki, S Chatzinotas… - … surveys & tutorials, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Non-terrestrial networks (NTNs) traditionally have certain limited applications. However, the
recent technological advancements and manufacturing cost reduction opened up myriad …

Accessing from the sky: A tutorial on UAV communications for 5G and beyond

Y Zeng, Q Wu, R Zhang - Proceedings of the IEEE, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have found numerous applications and are expected to
bring fertile business opportunities in the next decade. Among various enabling …

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 …

A tutorial on UAVs for wireless networks: Applications, challenges, and open problems

M Mozaffari, W Saad, M Bennis… - … surveys & tutorials, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The use of flying platforms such as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), popularly known as
drones, is rapidly growing. In particular, with their inherent attributes such as mobility …

Interference management for cellular-connected UAVs: A deep reinforcement learning approach

U Challita, W Saad, C Bettstetter - IEEE Transactions on …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, an interference-aware path planning scheme for a network of cellular-
connected unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) is proposed. In particular, each UAV aims at …

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 …

FANET: Communication, mobility models and security issues

A Chriki, H Touati, H Snoussi, F Kamoun - Computer Networks, 2019 - Elsevier
In the last decades, technological progress in electronic and avionic systems, mainly device
miniaturization and cost reduction, has boosted the performance of the UAV (Unmanned …

Cognition in UAV-aided 5G and beyond communications: A survey

Z Ullah, F Al-Turjman, L Mostarda - IEEE Transactions on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In recent years, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have attained significant interest in
different applications including aerial surveillance, providing wireless coverage, precision …