What will the future of UAV cellular communications be? A flight from 5G to 6G

G Geraci, A Garcia-Rodriguez, MM Azari… - … surveys & tutorials, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
What will the future of UAV cellular communications be? In this tutorial article, we address
such a compelling yet difficult question by embarking on a journey from 5G to 6G and …

Accessing from the sky: A tutorial on UAV communications for 5G and beyond

Y Zeng, Q Wu, R Zhang - Proceedings of the IEEE, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have found numerous applications and are expected to
bring fertile business opportunities in the next decade. Among various enabling …

Survey on UAV cellular communications: Practical aspects, standardization advancements, regulation, and security challenges

A Fotouhi, H Qiang, M Ding, M Hassan… - … surveys & tutorials, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The rapid growth of consumer unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) is creating promising new
business opportunities for cellular operators. On the one hand, UAVs can be connected to …

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 …

Cognition in UAV-aided 5G and beyond communications: A survey

Z Ullah, F Al-Turjman, L Mostarda - IEEE Transactions on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In recent years, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have attained significant interest in
different applications including aerial surveillance, providing wireless coverage, precision …

Uplink cooperative NOMA for cellular-connected UAV

W Mei, R Zhang - IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Signal …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Aerial-ground interference mitigation is a challenging issue in the emerging cellular-
connected unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) communications. Due to the strong line-of-sight …

Cellular connectivity for UAVs: Network modeling, performance analysis, and design guidelines

MM Azari, F Rosas, S Pollin - IEEE Transactions on Wireless …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The growing use of aerial user equipments (UEs) in various applications requires ubiquitous
and reliable connectivity for safe control and data exchange between these devices and …

Understanding UAV cellular communications: From existing networks to massive MIMO

G Geraci, A Garcia-Rodriguez, LG Giordano… - Ieee …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The purpose of this paper is to bestow the reader with a timely study of UAV cellular
communications, bridging the gap between the 3GPP standardization status quo and the …

Deep reinforcement learning for UAV navigation through massive MIMO technique

H Huang, Y Yang, H Wang, Z Ding… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) technique has been recognized as a promising solution
in future wireless connectivity from the sky, and UAV navigation is one of the most significant …

UAV-enabled multi-pair massive MIMO-NOMA relay systems with low-resolution ADCs/DACs

X Li, M Zhang, H Chen, C Han, L Li… - IEEE Transactions …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this article, we consider an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-enabled massive multiple-
input multiple-out (MIMO) non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) full-duplex (FD) two-way …