Leveraging UAVs to enable dynamic and smart aerial infrastructure for ITS and smart cities: An overview

MC Lucic, O Bouhamed, H Ghazzai, A Khanfor… - Drones, 2023 - mdpi.com
Micro-unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), also known as drones, have been recognized as
an emerging technology offering a plethora of applications touching various aspects of our …

Reconfigurable intelligent surfaces enabled vehicular communications: A comprehensive survey of recent advances and future challenges

M Deng, M Ahmed, A Wahid, AA Soofi… - IEEE Transactions …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This survey explores the transformative role of reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS)
technologies in vehicular communication systems. It begins by introducing key RIS concepts …

Deep-reinforcement-learning-based joint 3-D navigation and phase-shift control for mobile Internet of Vehicles assisted by RIS-equipped UAVs

M Eskandari, AV Savkin - IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are utilized to improve the performance of wireless
communication networks (WCNs), notably, in the context of Internet of Things (IoT) …

Deep deterministic policy gradient-based rate maximization for RIS-UAV-assisted vehicular communication networks

H Zhao, W Sun, Y Ni, W **a, G Gui… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) is a promising paradigm for implementing intelligent
reconfigurable wireless propagation environments in the 6G era. However, most of the …

[HTML][HTML] RIS-carried UAV communication: Current research, challenges, and future trends

N Rahmatov, H Baek - ICT Express, 2023 - Elsevier
Enhanced quality of service (QoS) and resource allocation are important measurements in a
mobile communication system. Compared to traditional mobile networks, 6G uses spectrum …

UAV trajectory and energy efficiency optimization in RIS-assisted multi-user air-to-ground communications networks

Y Yao, K Lv, S Huang, X Li, W **ang - Drones, 2023 - mdpi.com
An air-to-ground downlink communication network consisting of a reconfigurable intelligent
surface (RIS) and unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is proposed. In conjunction with a …

Multi-UAV navigation for optimized video surveillance of ground vehicles on uneven terrains

AV Savkin, H Huang - IEEE Transactions on Intelligent …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper addresses a trajectory planning problem for a team of UAVs following several
ground vehicles on uneven terrain for video surveillance. A model predictive control-based …

NOMA for STAR-RIS Assisted UAV Networks

J Lei, T Zhang, X Mu, Y Liu - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper proposes a novel simultaneously transmitting and reflecting reconfigurable
intelligent surface (STAR-RIS) assisted unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) non-orthogonal …

Energy-Efficient Symbiotic UAV-Enabled MEC Networks via RIS: Joint Trajectory and Phase-Shift Control Optimization

P Yang, X Deng, L Wang, S Lin, J Gui… - IEEE Transactions …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) can be employed as short-term aerial base stations or as
access points for User Equipments (UEs) to communicate with other UEs effectively …

Deep reinforcement learning for secrecy energy-efficient uav communication with reconfigurable intelligent surface

M Tham, YJ Wong, A Iqbal, NB Ramli… - 2023 IEEE Wireless …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper investigates the physical layer security (PLS) issue in reconfigurable intelligent
surface (RIS) aided millimeter-wave rotary-wing unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) …