Space-air-ground integrated network: A survey

J Liu, Y Shi, ZM Fadlullah, N Kato - … Communications Surveys & …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Space-air-ground integrated network (SAGIN), as an integration of satellite systems, aerial
networks, and terrestrial communications, has been becoming an emerging architecture and …

UAV base station location optimization for next generation wireless networks: Overview and future research directions

CT Cicek, H Gultekin, B Tavli… - 2019 1st International …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Unmanned aerial vehicles mounted base stations (UAV-BSs) are expected to become one
of the significant components of the Next Generation Wireless Networks (NGWNs). Rapid …

UAV trajectory planning for data collection from time-constrained IoT devices

M Samir, S Sharafeddine, CM Assi… - IEEE Transactions …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The global evolution of wireless technologies and intelligent sensing devices are
transforming the realization of smart cities. Among the myriad of use cases, there is a need …

Joint trajectory and precoding optimization for UAV-assisted NOMA networks

N Zhao, X Pang, Z Li, Y Chen, F Li… - IEEE Transactions …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The explosive data traffic and connections in 5G networks require the use of non-orthogonal
multiple access (NOMA) to accommodate more users. Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) can …

Cellular UAV-to-X communications: Design and optimization for multi-UAV networks

S Zhang, H Zhang, B Di, L Song - IEEE Transactions on …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we consider a single-cell cellular network with a number of cellular users
(CUs) and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), in which multiple UAVs upload their collected …

UAV trajectory optimization for data offloading at the edge of multiple cells

F Cheng, S Zhang, Z Li, Y Chen, N Zhao… - IEEE Transactions …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In future mobile networks, it is difficult for static base stations (BSs) to support the rapidly
increasing data services, especially for cell-edge users. Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is a …

Optimum placement of UAV as relays

Y Chen, W Feng, G Zheng - IEEE Communications Letters, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) as aerial base stations or relays are becoming
increasingly important in communications. In this letter, the optimum placement of a relaying …

UAV-aided offloading for cellular hotspot

J Lyu, Y Zeng, R Zhang - IEEE Transactions on Wireless …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In conventional terrestrial cellular networks, mobile terminals (MTs) at the cell edge often
pose a performance bottleneck due to their long distances from the serving ground base …

A deep reinforcement learning-based dynamic traffic offloading in space-air-ground integrated networks (SAGIN)

F Tang, H Hofner, N Kato, K Kaneko… - IEEE Journal on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Space-Air-Ground Integrated Networks (SAGIN) is considered as the key structure of the
next generation network. The space satellites and air nodes are the potential candidates to …

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 …