Spatial Configuration of Agile Wireless Networks With Drone-BSs and User-in-the-loop

Bor-Yaliniz, Irem; El-Keyi, Amr; Yanıkömeroğlu, Halim

doi:10.1109/twc.2018.2874230

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“…In [122], a dense urban scenario is considered where the existing cellular network falls short in satisfying the users' requested QoSs. A UAV assistant BS is designed in the network to handle the users that could not be served by the main network due to overload.…”

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Potential Data Link Candidates for Civilian Unmanned Aircraft Systems: A Survey

Zolanvari

Jain

Salman

2020

IEEE Commun. Surv. Tutorials

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This survey studies the potential data link candidates for unmanned aircraft vehicles (UAVs). There has been tremendous growth in different applications of UAVs such as lifesaving and rescue missions, commercial use, recreations, etc. Unlike the traditional wireless communications, the data links for these systems do not have any general standardized framework yet to ensure safe co-existence of UAVs with other flying vehicles. This motivated us to provide a comprehensive survey of potential data link technologies available for UAVs. Our goal is to study the current trends and available candidates and carry out a comprehensive comparison among them. The contribution of this survey is to highlight the strength and weakness of the current data link options and their suitability to satisfy the UAVs communication requirements. Satellite links, cellular technologies, Wi-Fi and several similar wireless technologies are studied thoroughly in this paper. We also focus on several available promising standards that can be modified for these data links. Then, we discuss standard-related organizations that are working actively in the area of civilian unmanned systems. Finally, we bring up some future challenges in this area with several potential solutions to motivate further research work. Index Terms-Unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), unmanned aircraft vehicle (UAV), civilian applications, data link, satellite communication, cellular communication, aviation standards, standard bodies, future challenges. SATCOM Provider ATC Pilot Cellular Provider Satellite UAV Cellular Tower Fig. 1 2 2) Network RequirementsThere are several survey papers discussing the requirements for UAS data link such as [2], and [9][10][11][12][13][14]. For example, the requirements for the UASs based on four different areas of missions, communication networks, communication data links, navigation, and surveillance are discussed in [2]. Several detailed discussions about the communication data link requirements such as range, velocity, latency, reliability, availability, integrity, security, and bit rate are provided. As another instance, a survey of UAVs communication requirements has been studied in [9]. These requirements are based on four categories of UAV applications (i.e., search and rescue, area coverage, delivery/transportation, and construction). Moreover, the important requirements and considerations regarding the network layer of UAV communications have been discussed in [14]. 3) Channel ModelingChannel modeling must be studied for designing and evaluating proper UAV data links for different applications. There have been several research work and surveys on channel modeling for UAV communications, such as [15][16][17][18]. For instance, a comprehensive survey on channel modeling for UAV communications is provided in [15]. Different channel modeling approaches along with the associated challenges have been studied. 4) Our ContributionWe have studied the existing survey papers on the aforementioned issues related to the UAV data links. In this s...

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Potential Data Link Candidates for Civilian Unmanned Aircraft Systems: A Survey

Zolanvari

Jain

Salman

2020

IEEE Commun. Surv. Tutorials

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“…For instance, the work in [9] proposed a channel model that considers more information about the environment such as the city layout, blocking/obstacle information, reflection, and propagation. In [10], Bor et al proposed a spatial network scheme that uses UAVs for access point configurations. That work also showed joint spatial network configuration that consists of 3D placement and incentive design for the user-in-the-loop.…”

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Resource and Placement Optimization for Multiple UAVs using Backhaul Tethered Balloons

Alzidaneen

Alsharoa

Alouini

2020

IEEE Wireless Commun. Lett.

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This paper studies the improvement of the achievable end-to-end data rate of ground users assisted with unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and tethered balloons (TBs). The goal is to maximize the end-to-end throughput of a network suffering from the absence of terrestrial infrastructure. First, we solve an integer linear programming problem to optimize the associations. Then, we solve the UAVs' transmit powers optimally by converting the problem into a convex one. Subsequently, an efficient algorithm is proposed to optimize the UAVs' placement. Finally, our mathematical formalism is illustrated with some selected numerical results that show the advantages provided by our proposed scheme.

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“…To avoid such shortcomings of the existing wireless networks, FBSs are expected to help moving the excess capacity in the network towards where the demand occurs so that the network resources are utilized efficiently and the QoS improves significantly [4]. For example, it is proposed to offer limited incentives such as price reduction or high data rate to users with unsatisfactory coverage to move towards the better coverage regions served by FBSs [5].…”

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UAV Base Station Location Optimization for Next Generation Wireless Networks: Overview and Future Research Directions

Cicek

Gültekin

Tavlı

et al. 2019

2019 1st International Conference on Unmanned Vehicle Systems-Oman (UVS)

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Unmanned aerial vehicles mounted base stations (UAV-BSs) are expected to become one of the significant components of the Next Generation Wireless Networks (NGWNs). Rapid deployment, mobility, higher chances of unobstructed propagation path, and flexibility features of UAV-BSs have attracted significant attention. Despite, potentially, high gains brought by UAV-BSs in NGWNs, many challenges are also introduced by them. Optimal location assignment to UAV-BSs, arguably, is the most widely investigated problem in the literature on UAV-BSs in NGWNs. This paper presents a comprehensive survey of the literature on the location optimization of UAV-BSs in NGWNs. A generic optimization framework through a universal Mixed Integer Non-Linear Programming (MINLP) formulation is constructed and the specifications of its constituents are elaborated. The generic problem is classified into a novel taxonomy. Due to the highly challenging nature of the optimization problem a range of solutions are adopted in the literature which are also covered under the aforementioned classification. Furthermore, future research directions on UAV-BS location optimization in 5G and beyond non-terrestrial aerial communication systems are discussed.

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Spatial Configuration of Agile Wireless Networks With Drone-BSs and User-in-the-loop

Cited by 41 publications

References 82 publications

Potential Data Link Candidates for Civilian Unmanned Aircraft Systems: A Survey

Potential Data Link Candidates for Civilian Unmanned Aircraft Systems: A Survey

Resource and Placement Optimization for Multiple UAVs using Backhaul Tethered Balloons

UAV Base Station Location Optimization for Next Generation Wireless Networks: Overview and Future Research Directions

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