Wireless Communications with Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV)
A special issue of Sensors (ISSN 1424-8220). This special issue belongs to the section "Communications".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 10 September 2024 | Viewed by 1101
Special Issue Editors
Interests: distributed optimization and game; neural systems and autonomous agents
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
With their high mobility and low cost, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), also commonly known as drones or remotely piloted aircrafts, have found a wide range of applications during the past few decades. The use of UAVs for achieving high-speed wireless communications is expected to play an important role in future communication systems. This is mainly because: 1) on-demand UAV systems are more cost-effective and can be much more swiftly deployed; 2) with the aid of low-altitude UAVs, short-range line-of-sight communication links can be established in most scenarios; and 3) the maneuverability of UAVs offers new opportunities for performance enhancement.
Despite the many promising benefits, wireless communications with UAVs are also faced with several new design challenges. For example: 1) additional control and non-payload communications links with much more stringent latency and security requirements are needed in UAV systems for supporting safety-critical functions; 2) the high-mobility environment of UAV systems generally results in highly dynamic network topologies; 3) the size, weight, and power constraints of UAVs could limit their communication, computation, and endurance capabilities; and 4) due to the mobility of UAVs as well as the lack of fixed backhaul links and centralized control, effective interference management techniques specifically designed for UAV-aided cellular coverage are needed. Thus, this area still deserves attention and research.
Prof. Dr. Peng Yi
Prof. Dr. Qingwen Liu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs)
- wireless communications
- high mobility
- network topologies
- interference management
