A tutorial on UAVs for wireless networks: Applications, challenges, and open problems
The use of flying platforms such as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), popularly known as
drones, is rapidly growing. In particular, with their inherent attributes such as mobility …
drones, is rapidly growing. In particular, with their inherent attributes such as mobility …
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs): A survey on civil applications and key research challenges
The use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) is growing rapidly across many civil
application domains, including real-time monitoring, providing wireless coverage, remote …
application domains, including real-time monitoring, providing wireless coverage, remote …
UAV-enabled healthcare architecture: Issues and challenges
Abstract Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) have great potential to revolutionize the future of
automotive, energy, and healthcare sectors by working as wireless relays to improve …
automotive, energy, and healthcare sectors by working as wireless relays to improve …
Multiple UAV systems: A survey
Nowadays, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) are used in many different applications.
Using systems of multiple UAVs is the next obvious step in the process of applying this …
Using systems of multiple UAVs is the next obvious step in the process of applying this …
Multiple UAVs as relays: Multi-hop single link versus multiple dual-hop links
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have found many important applications in
communications. They can serve as either aerial base stations or mobile relays to improve …
communications. They can serve as either aerial base stations or mobile relays to improve …
Joint coverage, connectivity, and charging strategies for distributed UAV networks
This paper proposes deployment strategies for consumer unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs)
to maximize the stationary coverage of a target area and to guarantee the continuity of the …
to maximize the stationary coverage of a target area and to guarantee the continuity of the …
Energy efficient 3-D UAV control for persistent communication service and fairness: A deep reinforcement learning approach
Recently, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) as flying wireless communication platform have
attracted much attention. Benefiting from the mobility, UAV aerial base stations can be …
attracted much attention. Benefiting from the mobility, UAV aerial base stations can be …
Efficient 3D placement of a UAV using particle swarm optimization
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) can be used as aerial wireless base stations when
cellular networks go down. Prior studies on UAV-based wireless coverage typically consider …
cellular networks go down. Prior studies on UAV-based wireless coverage typically consider …
Communication aware UAV swarm surveillance based on hierarchical architecture
Multi-agent unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) teaming becomes an essential part in science
mission, modern warfare surveillance, and disaster rescuing. This paper proposes a …
mission, modern warfare surveillance, and disaster rescuing. This paper proposes a …
Energy efficiency and hover time optimization in UAV-based HetNets
In this article, we investigate the downlink performance of a three-tier heterogeneous
network (HetNet). The objective is to enhance the edge capacity of a macro cell by …
network (HetNet). The objective is to enhance the edge capacity of a macro cell by …