What will the future of UAV cellular communications be? In this tutorial article, we address
such a compelling yet difficult question by embarking on a journey from 5G to 6G and …

Nonterrestrial communications have emerged as a key enabler for seamless connectivity in
the upcoming generation networks. This kind of network can support high data rate …

Reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) are 2-D metasurfaces, which can intelligently
manipulate electromagnetic waves by low-cost near passive reflecting elements. RIS is …

Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface (RIS) has grown rapidly due to its performance
improvement for wireless networks, and the integration of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) …

This paper studies the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) based multiple intelligent reflecting
surface (IRS) network, where the hovering UAV acts as a base station, and the IRS …

Data collection in massive Internet of Things networks requires novel and flexible methods.
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are foreseen as a means to collect data rapidly even in …

Using reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) to improve the coverage and the data rate of
future wireless networks is a viable option. These surfaces are constituted of a significant …

Reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RIS) have been presented as a solution to realize the
concept of smart radio environments, wherein uninterrupted coverage and extremely high …

The combination of drones and Intelligent Reflecting Surfaces (IRS) have emerged as
potential technologies for improving the performance of six Generation (6G) communication …

The performance of the envisioned 6G network is fundamentally constrained by the
uncontrollable and random wireless communication channel. Intelligent reflecting surfaces …