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 …

A survey of channel modeling for UAV communications

AA Khuwaja, Y Chen, N Zhao… - … Surveys & Tutorials, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have attracted great interest in rapid deployment for both
civil and military applications. UAV communication has its own distinctive channel …

A comprehensive survey on UAV communication channel modeling

C Yan, L Fu, J Zhang, J Wang - IEEE Access, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have stroke great interested both by the academic
community and the industrial community due to their diverse military applications and …

A survey on channel sounding technologies and measurements for UAV-assisted communications

K Mao, Q Zhu, CX Wang, X Ye… - IEEE Transactions …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have been widely used in both military and civilian
applications, where a stable communication link is vital for safe flight control and robust data …

A survey on spectrum management for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs)

MA Jasim, H Shakhatreh, N Siasi, AH Sawalmeh… - IEEE …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The operation of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) imposes various challenges on radio
spectrum management to achieve safe operation, efficient spectrum utilization, and …

Unleashing the potential of networked tethered flying platforms: Prospects, challenges, and applications

BEY Belmekki, MS Alouini - IEEE Open Journal of Vehicular …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Networked Tethered Flying Platforms (NTFPs) have gained growing interest in recent years
due to their versatility and cost-efficiency. These aerial platforms are linked to ground …

A survey of prototype and experiment for UAV communications

Q Song, Y Zeng, J Xu, S ** - Science China Information Sciences, 2021 - Springer
Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) communications have attracted significant attention from
both academia and industry. To facilitate the large-scale usage of UAVs for various …

Multiple access in aerial networks: From orthogonal and non-orthogonal to rate-splitting

W Jaafar, S Naser, S Muhaidat… - IEEE Open Journal …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Recently, interest on the utilization of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) has aroused.
Specifically, UAVs can be used in cellular networks as aerial users for delivery, surveillance …

Air-to-ground channel characterization for low-height UAVs in realistic network deployments

J Rodríguez-Piñeiro… - … on Antennas and …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Due to the decrease in cost, size, and weight, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are
becoming more and more popular for general-purpose civil and commercial applications …

UAV selection and link switching policy for hybrid tethered UAV-assisted communication

VU Pai, B Sainath - IEEE Communications Letters, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have been a frontier of communication technology
research for their unique advantages. Their mobility and flexibility enable their use in next …