A tutorial on environment-aware communications via channel knowledge map for 6G

Y Zeng, J Chen, J Xu, D Wu, X Xu, S Jin… - … Surveys & Tutorials, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Sixth-generation (6G) mobile communication networks are expected to have dense
infrastructures, large antenna size, wide bandwidth, cost-effective hardware, diversified …

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 …

Airborne communication networks: A survey

X Cao, P Yang, M Alzenad, X Xi, D Wu… - IEEE Journal on …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Owing to the explosive growth of requirements of rapid emergency communication response
and accurate observation services, airborne communication networks (ACNs) have received …

Throughput maximization for UAV-enabled wireless powered communication networks

L Xie, J Xu, R Zhang - IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper studies an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-enabled wireless powered
communication network (WPCN), in which a UAV is dispatched as a mobile access point …

An extensive survey on the Internet of Drones

P Boccadoro, D Striccoli, LA Grieco - Ad Hoc Networks, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The Internet of Drones (IoD) recently gained momentum due to its high adaptability
to a wide variety of complex scenarios. Indeed, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) can …

[HTML][HTML] Spectrum cartography techniques, challenges, opportunities, and applications: A survey

YS Reddy, A Kumar, OJ Pandey… - Pervasive and Mobile …, 2022 - Elsevier
The spectrum cartography finds applications in several areas such as cognitive radios,
spectrum aware communications, machine-type communications, Internet of Things …

Radio map-based 3D path planning for cellular-connected UAV

S Zhang, R Zhang - IEEE Transactions on Wireless …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we study the three-dimensional (3D) path planning for a cellular-connected
unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to minimize its flying distance from given initial to final …

Learning to communicate in UAV-aided wireless networks: Map-based approaches

O Esrafilian, R Gangula… - IEEE Internet of Things …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We consider a scenario where an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-mounted flying base
station is providing data communication services to a number of radio nodes spread over the …

3D urban UAV relay placement: Linear complexity algorithm and analysis

J Chen, U Mitra, D Gesbert - IEEE Transactions on Wireless …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Optimal unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) placement in a 3-dimensional (3D) space to build a
connection between a base station (BS) and a ground user is studied herein. A key …

Three-dimensional continuous movement control of drone cells for energy-efficient communication coverage

P Yang, X Cao, X Xi, W Du, Z Xiao… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper is concerned with the efficient movement control of multiple drone cells for
communication coverage. Although many works have been developed to cope with this …