A review of wireless communication using high-altitude platforms for extended coverage and capacity

SC Arum, D Grace, PD Mitchell - Computer Communications, 2020 - Elsevier
This paper provides an up-to-date review of wireless communications service provisioning
from High-Altitude Platforms (HAPs) in rural or remote areas exploiting cellular radio …

Scalable and ligthway bio-inspired coordination protocol for FANET in precision agriculture applications

F De Rango, G Potrino, M Tropea… - Computers & Electrical …, 2019 - Elsevier
The paper proposes a bio-inspired coordination protocol for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
(UAVs) management in the agriculture domain. In precision agriculture the presence of …

WiFi networks on drones

A Guillen-Perez, R Sanchez-Iborra… - … : ICTs for a …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The huge growth in the number of connected wireless devices leads to an increasing
demand for network connectivity. In this context, aerial networks may play an important role …

Concept design and performance evaluation of UAV-based backhaul link with antenna steering

J Pokorny, A Ometov, P Pascual… - Journal of …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
At present, cellular coverage in many rural areas remains intermittent. Mobile operators may
not be willing to deploy expensive network infrastructure to support low-demand regions. For …

[HTML][HTML] Deployment of an aerial platform system for rapid restoration of communications links after a disaster: a machine learning approach

FA Almalki, MC Angelides - Computing, 2020 - Springer
Having reliable telecommunication systems in the immediate aftermath of a catastrophic
event makes a huge difference in the combined effort by local authorities, local fire and …

[HTML][HTML] An enhanced design of a 5G MIMO antenna for fixed wireless aerial access

FA Almalki, MC Angelides - Cluster Computing, 2022 - Springer
A recent market prediction is that 5G Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) will more than double
over the next five years and trials at the same period in London suggest promising results …

[HTML][HTML] A new fanet simulator for managing drone networks and providing dynamic connectivity

M Tropea, P Fazio, F De Rango, N Cordeschi - Electronics, 2020 - mdpi.com
In the last decade, the attention on unmanned aerial vehicles has rapidly grown, due to their
ability to help in many human activities. Among their widespread benefits, one of the most …

Placement optimisation method for multi‐UAV relay communication

Y Hu, F Zhang, T Tian, D Ma - IET communications, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
With the popularisation of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) technology, relay communication
based on multi‐UAVs has advantages and application prospects. However, determining the …

Bio-inspired routing over fanet in emergency situations to support multimedia traffic

F De Rango, M Tropea, P Fazio - … of the ACM MobiHoc workshop on …, 2019 - dl.acm.org
A QoS routing to select the best paths among Drones supporting incoming calls and
multimedia traffic in emergency or critical situations is proposed. In situations where drones' …

Empirical evolution of a propagation model for low altitude platforms

FA Almalki, MC Angelides - 2017 Computing Conference, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper aims at optimizing empirically a propagation model for Low Altitude Platforms
that evolves from the Okumura propagation model. Optimization exploits predicted results …