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 …

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 key 6G challenge and opportunity—Connecting the base of the pyramid: A survey on rural connectivity

E Yaacoub, MS Alouini - Proceedings of the IEEE, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Providing connectivity to around half of the world population living in rural or underprivileged
areas is a tremendous challenge, but, at the same time, a unique opportunity. Access to the …

Interference management in 5G and beyond network: Requirements, challenges and future directions

MUA Siddiqui, F Qamar, F Ahmed, QN Nguyen… - IEEE …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In the modern technological world, wireless communication has taken a massive leap from
the conventional communication system to a new radio communication network. The novel …

How to ensure reliable connectivity for aerial vehicles over cellular networks

HC Nguyen, R Amorim, J Wigard, IZ Kovács… - Ieee …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Widely deployed cellular networks are an attractive solution to provide large scale radio
connectivity to unmanned aerial vehicles. One main prerequisite is that co-existence and …

A survey of prototype and experiment for UAV communications

Q Song, Y Zeng, J Xu, S Jin - Science China Information Sciences, 2021 - Springer
Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) communications have attracted significant attention from
both academia and industry. To facilitate the large-scale usage of UAVs for various …

Optimum deployment of multiple UAVs for coverage area maximization in the presence of co-channel interference

AA Khuwaja, G Zheng, Y Chen, W Feng - IEEE Access, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The use of the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) as the aerial base stations can provide
wireless communication services in the form of UAV-based small cells (USCs). Thus, the …

The essential guide to realizing 5G-connected UAVs with massive MIMO

A Garcia-Rodriguez, G Geraci… - IEEE …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
What will it take for drones, and the whole associated ecosystem, to take off? Arguably,
infallible C&C channels for safe and autonomous flying, and high-throughput links for multi …

A survey on the role of UAVs in the communication process: A technological perspective

G Alsuhli, A Fahim, Y Gadallah - Computer Communications, 2022 - Elsevier
Recently, the use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) has extended to include many
aspects of life such as the commercial, military, search and rescue, monitoring and …

IoT-enabled autonomous system collaboration for disaster-area management

A Girma, N Bahadori, M Sarkar… - IEEE/CAA Journal of …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Timely investigating post-disaster situations to locate survivors and secure hazardous
sources is critical, but also very challenging and risky. Despite first responders putting their …