Evolution of non-terrestrial networks from 5G to 6G: A survey

MM Azari, S Solanki, S Chatzinotas… - … surveys & tutorials, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Non-terrestrial networks (NTNs) traditionally have certain limited applications. However, the
recent technological advancements and manufacturing cost reduction opened up myriad …

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 …

A survey on millimeter-wave beamforming enabled UAV communications and networking

Z Xiao, L Zhu, Y Liu, P Yi, R Zhang… - … Surveys & Tutorials, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have found widespread commercial, civilian, and military
applications. Wireless communication has always been one of the core technologies for …

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 communications for 5G and beyond: Recent advances and future trends

B Li, Z Fei, Y Zhang - IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Providing ubiquitous connectivity to diverse device types is the key challenge for 5G and
beyond 5G (B5G). Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are expected to be an important …

3D UAV trajectory design and frequency band allocation for energy-efficient and fair communication: A deep reinforcement learning approach

R Ding, F Gao, XS Shen - IEEE Transactions on Wireless …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV)-assisted communication has drawn increasing attention
recently. In this paper, we investigate 3D UAV trajectory design and band allocation problem …

UAV-enabled secure communications by multi-agent deep reinforcement learning

Y Zhang, Z Mou, F Gao, J Jiang… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) can be employed as aerial base stations to support
communication for the ground users (GUs). However, the aerial-to-ground (A2G) channel …

A survey on 5G millimeter wave communications for UAV-assisted wireless networks

L Zhang, H Zhao, S Hou, Z Zhao, H Xu, X Wu… - IEEE …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In recent years, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have received considerable attention from
regulators, industry and research community, due to rapid growth in a broad range of …

Energy-efficient design for mmWave-enabled NOMA-UAV networks

X Pang, J Tang, N Zhao, X Zhang, Y Qian - Science China Information …, 2021 - Springer
Owing to the recent advances of non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) and millimeter-
wave (mmWave), these two technologies are combined in unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) …

Resource scheduling based on deep reinforcement learning in UAV assisted emergency communication networks

C Wang, D Deng, L Xu, W Wang - IEEE Transactions on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) assisted emergency communication is an important
technique for future B5G/6G scenario. The UAV is usually considered as a mobile relay to …