The chapter provides an extensive exploration of the role of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) in enhancing wireless communication systems. Beginning with an introduction, the chapter delves into the classification and attributes of UAVs, outlining their varied functions and capabilities. Subsequently, it discusses the integration of UAVs into wireless networks, presenting an overview of different UAV types, communication interfaces, and attributes of the UAVs-Base Station (BS) control link. Addressing the communication challenges in UAV systems, the chapter explores the complexities associated with limited bandwidth, non-line-of-sight operations, latency, and security concerns. Furthermore, it elucidates UAV communication and control architectures, elucidating how data and commands are exchanged between ground stations and UAVs, or among UAVs themselves. Highlighting applications of UAV communication, the chapter underscores their utility in various sectors such as disaster response, surveillance, and agriculture. It further analyzes the performance of communication scenarios involving single UAV, deriving outage probability and average symbol error rate, and presenting numerical and simulation results. Finally, the chapter discusses future directions and challenges in the field, outlining potential avenues for research and development to further leverage the capabilities of UAV-assisted wireless communications.
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Assisted Wireless Communications: Enabling Connectivity and Applications
Transactions on Computer Systems & Networks
2025-06-11
43 pages
Article/Chapter (Book)
Electronic Resource
English