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 …

UAV-to-ground communications: Channel modeling and UAV selection

PS Bithas, V Nikolaidis, AG Kanatas… - IEEE Transactions …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-enabled communications have been proposed as a critical
part of the beyond fifth-generation (5G) cellular networks. This type of communications is …

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 …

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 …

UAVs as mobile infrastructure: Addressing battery lifetime

B Galkin, J Kibilda, LA DaSilva - IEEE Communications …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
UAVs can play an important role in next generation cellular networks, acting as flying
infrastructure that can serve ground users when regular infrastructure is overloaded or …

On the 3-D placement of airborne base stations using tethered UAVs

MA Kishk, A Bader, MS Alouini - IEEE Transactions on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
One of the main challenges slowing the deployment of airborne base stations (BSs) using
unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) is the limited on-board energy and flight time. One …

Optimal deployment of tethered drones for maximum cellular coverage in user clusters

OM Bushnaq, MA Kishk, A Celik… - IEEE Transactions …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have recently received a significant interest to assist
terrestrial wireless networks thanks to their strong line-of-sight links and flexible/instant …

Resource management in UAV-assisted wireless networks: An optimization perspective

R Masroor, M Naeem, W Ejaz - Ad Hoc Networks, 2021 - Elsevier
Wireless networks are expected to provide connectivity to an increasing number of users
with heterogeneous requirements. Future wireless networks will integrate aerial and …

Performance evaluation of UAV-enabled cellular networks with battery-limited drones

Y Qin, MA Kishk, MS Alouini - IEEE Communications Letters, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) can be used as flying base stations (BSs) to offload
Macro-BSs in hotspots. However, due to the limited battery on-board, UAVs can typically …

Coverage analysis for UAV-assisted cellular networks in rural areas

M Matracia, MA Kishk, MS Alouini - IEEE Open Journal of …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Despite enhancement in rural areas is one of the main requirements in next generations of
wireless networks (ie, 5G and 6G), the low expected profit prevents telecommunication …