Swarm of UAVs for network management in 6G: A technical review

MA Khan, N Kumar, SAH Mohsan… - … on Network and …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Fifth-generation (5G) cellular networks have led to the implementation of beyond 5G (B5G)
networks, which are capable of incorporating autonomous services to swarm of unmanned …

A comprehensive overview on 5G-and-beyond networks with UAVs: From communications to sensing and intelligence

Q Wu, J Xu, Y Zeng, DWK Ng… - IEEE Journal on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Due to the advancements in cellular technologies and the dense deployment of cellular
infrastructure, integrating unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) into the fifth-generation (5G) and …

Reconfigurable intelligent surface assisted UAV communication: Joint trajectory design and passive beamforming

S Li, B Duo, X Yuan, YC Liang… - IEEE Wireless …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Thanks to the line-of-sight (LoS) transmission and flexibility, unmanned aerial vehicles
(UAVs) effectively improve the throughput of wireless networks. Nevertheless, the LoS links …

UAV-assisted physical layer security in multi-beam satellite-enabled vehicle communications

Z Yin, M Jia, N Cheng, W Wang, F Lyu… - IEEE Transactions …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we investigate unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) assisted physical layer security
in multi-beam satellite enabled vehicle communications. Particularly, the UAV is exploited as …

UAV relay-assisted emergency communications in IoT networks: Resource allocation and trajectory optimization

DH Tran, VD Nguyen, S Chatzinotas… - IEEE Transactions …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) communication has emerged as a prominent technology for
emergency communications (eg, natural disaster) in the Internet of Things (IoT) networks to …

Federated learning meets intelligence reflection surface in drones for enabling 6G networks: Challenges and opportunities

AV Shvetsov, SH Alsamhi, A Hawbani, S Kumar… - IEEE …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The combination of drones and Intelligent Reflecting Surfaces (IRS) have emerged as
potential technologies for improving the performance of six Generation (6G) communication …

Physical layer security for UAV communications: A comprehensive survey

J Wang, X Wang, R Gao, C Lei, W Feng… - China …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Due to its high mobility and flexible deployment, unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is drawing
unprecedented interest in both military and civil applications to enable agile and ubiquitous …

Multi-objective optimization approaches for physical layer secure communications based on collaborative beamforming in UAV networks

J Li, G Sun, H Kang, A Wang, S Liang… - IEEE/ACM …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) communications and networks are promising technologies
in the forthcoming 5G/6G wireless communications. However, they have challenges for …

Relaying in the Internet of Things (IoT): A survey

U Uyoata, J Mwangama, R Adeogun - IEEE Access, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The deployment of relays between Internet of Things (IoT) end devices and gateways can
improve link quality. In cellular-based IoT, relays have the potential to reduce base station …

Joint trajectory and resource optimization for UAV-aided two-way relay networks

Y Liang, L Xiao, D Yang, Y Liu… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-aided two-way relay networks with multiple terrestrial user
pairs is investigated, where a fix-wing UAV is served as a two-way relay to assist information …