What will the future of UAV cellular communications be? A flight from 5G to 6G

G Geraci, A Garcia-Rodriguez, MM Azari… - … surveys & tutorials, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
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 …

A survey on millimeter-wave beamforming enabled UAV communications and networking

Z Xiao, L Zhu, Y Liu, P Yi, R Zhang… - … Surveys & Tutorials, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have found widespread commercial, civilian, and military
applications. Wireless communication has always been one of the core technologies for …

A survey of UAV-based data collection: Challenges, solutions and future perspectives

K Messaoudi, OS Oubbati, A Rachedi, A Lakas… - Journal of network and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Internet of Things (IoT) generates unlimited data, which should be collected and
forwarded towards a central controller (CC) for further processing and decision-making …

Intelligent reflecting surface-aided URLLC in a factory automation scenario

H Ren, K Wang, C Pan - IEEE Transactions on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Different from conventional wired line connections, industrial control through wireless
transmission is widely regarded as a promising solution due to its reduced cost, increased …

RIS-assisted UAV communications for IoT with wireless power transfer using deep reinforcement learning

KK Nguyen, A Masaracchia, V Sharma… - IEEE Journal of …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Many of the devices used in Internet-of-Things (IoT) applications are energy-limited, and
thus supplying energy while maintaining seamless connectivity for IoT devices is of …

Simultaneously transmitting and reflecting reconfigurable intelligent surface (STAR-RIS) assisted UAV communications

J Zhao, Y Zhu, X Mu, K Cai, Y Liu… - IEEE Journal on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A novel air-to-ground communication paradigm is conceived, where an unmanned aerial
vehicle (UAV)-mounted base station (BS) equipped with multiple antennas sends …

Capacity maximization in RIS-UAV networks: a DDQN-based trajectory and phase shift optimization approach

H Zhang, M Huang, H Zhou, X Wang… - IEEE Transactions …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface (RIS) has grown rapidly due to its performance
improvement for wireless networks, and the integration of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) …

UAV-assisted RIS for future wireless communications: A survey on optimization and performance analysis

AC Pogaku, DT Do, BM Lee, ND Nguyen - IEEE Access, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RIS), a device made of low-cost meta-surfaces that can
reflect or refract the signals in the desired manner, have the immense ability to enhance the …

Reliability theory and practice for unmanned aerial vehicles

L Xing, BW Johnson - IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Due to rapid advancements on the Internet of Things (IoT), unmanned aerial vehicles
(UAVs), also known as drones, are transforming numerous military and civil application …

Nonterrestrial communications assisted by reconfigurable intelligent surfaces

J Ye, J Qiao, A Kammoun… - Proceedings of the IEEE, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
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 …