6G wireless communications networks: A comprehensive survey

M Alsabah, MA Naser, BM Mahmmod… - Ieee …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The commercial fifth-generation (5G) wireless communications networks have already been
deployed with the aim of providing high data rates. However, the rapid growth in the number …

Cell-free massive MIMO: A survey

S Elhoushy, M Ibrahim… - … Surveys & Tutorials, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Towards a fully connected intelligent digital world, 5G and beyond networks experience a
new era of Internet of intelligence with connected people and things. This new era brings …

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 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 …

Survey on aerial radio access networks: Toward a comprehensive 6G access infrastructure

NN Dao, QV Pham, NH Tu, TT Thanh… - … Surveys & Tutorials, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Current access infrastructures are characterized by heterogeneity, low latency, high
throughput, and high computational capability, enabling massive concurrent connections …

A prospective look: Key enabling technologies, applications and open research topics in 6G networks

L Bariah, L Mohjazi, S Muhaidat, PC Sofotasios… - IEEE …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The fifth generation (5G) mobile networks are envisaged to enable a plethora of
breakthrough advancements in wireless technologies, providing support of a diverse set of …

UAV-to-UAV communications in cellular networks

MM Azari, G Geraci… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We consider a cellular network deployment where UAV-to-UAV (U2U) transmit-receive pairs
share the same spectrum with the uplink (UL) of cellular ground users (GUEs). For this …

Performance of cell-free massive MIMO with Rician fading and phase shifts

Ö Özdogan, E Björnson, J Zhang - IEEE Transactions on …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we study the uplink (UL) and downlink (DL) spectral efficiency (SE) of a cell-
free massive multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) system over Rician fading channels. The …

Mobility in the sky: Performance and mobility analysis for cellular-connected UAVs

R Amer, W Saad, N Marchetti - IEEE Transactions on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Providing connectivity to unmanned aerial vehicle-user equipment (UAV-UE), such as
drones or flying taxis, is a major challenge for tomorrow's cellular systems. In this paper, the …

UAV communications with WPT-aided cell-free massive MIMO systems

J Zheng, J Zhang, B Ai - IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Cell-free (CF) massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) is a promising solution to
provide uniform good performance for unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) communications. In …