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 …

Integration of hybrid networks, AI, ultra massive-MIMO, THz frequency, and FBMC modulation toward 6G requirements: A review

NA Alhaj, MF Jamlos, SA Manap, S Abdelsalam… - IEEE …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The fifth-generation (5G) wireless communications have been deployed in many countries
with the following features: wireless networks at 20 Gbps as peak data rate, a latency of 1 …

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 …

Secure 3D mobile UAV relaying for hybrid satellite-terrestrial networks

PK Sharma, DI Kim - IEEE Transactions on Wireless …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we propose a novel decode-and-forward (DF)-based secure 3D mobile
unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) relaying for hybrid satellite-terrestrial networks (HSTNs) in …

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 …

Performance of UAV-assisted multiuser terrestrial-satellite communication system over mixed FSO/RF channels

PK Singya, MS Alouini - IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this letter, performance of a multiantenna multiuser unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-
assisted terrestrial-satellite communication system over mixed free space optics …

Spectrum sharing for UAV communications: Spatial spectrum sensing and open issues

B Shang, V Marojevic, Y Yi… - IEEE Vehicular …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are attracting increasing attention for applications such as
video streaming, surveillance, and delivery using reliable line-of-sight (LOS) links …

Impacts of mobility models on RPL-based mobile IoT infrastructures: An evaluative comparison and survey

B Safaei, A Mohammadsalehi, KT Khoosani… - IEEE …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
With the widespread use of IoT applications and the increasing trend in the number of
connected smart devices, the concept of routing has become very challenging. In this …

UAV enabled content distribution for internet of connected vehicles in 5G heterogeneous networks

Z Su, M Dai, Q Xu, R Li, H Zhang - IEEE Transactions on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The increasing development of Internet of Things (IoT) has led to the emergence of Internet
of connected vehicles (IoCVs). These vehicles with various functionalities have the potential …

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 …