UAV Assisted Wireless Communications

Dear Colleagues,

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV), also known as drones, have seen recently an increasing interest in a wide range of domains due to the numerous advantages they present, in terms of mobility, flexibility, and easy deployment.

With the challenges faced by communication networks to handle the growing demand and various services, UAVs represent an interesting solution to many problems, ranging from ensuring coverage in emergency situations and rural areas to network densification for highly dense areas. However, to be deployed, several challenges need to be addressed, such as limited energy, backhaul link, mobility and handover, etc.

The scope of this Special Issue is to address the potential research areas in UAV-assisted communications. We seek the submission of high-quality, original and unpublished manuscripts on topics including, but not limited to:

• Channel modeling for air-to-ground and air-to-air communication
• Channel reliability for drone based communication
• 5G communication for UAV
• Physical layer design for drone based communication
• Power consumption and energy harvesting models
• Positioning optimization
• Information and communication reliability
• Mobility impacts at different flying altitudes
• Models and algorithms for control of UAV networks
• UAV traffic management
• Test bed results for UAV communication
• Regulatory Issues

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Md. Jahangir Hossain
Dr. Mahdi Ben Ghorbel
Guest Editors

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