TY - GEN
T1 - UAV-assisted 5G Networks for Optimised Coverage under Dynamic Traffic Load
AU - Ahmad, Iftikhar
AU - Kaur, Jaspreet
AU - Abbas, Hasan T.
AU - Abbasi, Qammer H.
AU - Zoha, Ahmed
AU - Ali Imran, Muhammad
AU - Hussain, Sajjad
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 IEEE.
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - Cellular communication researchers and engineers are both interested in the potential use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) as aerial base stations. In comparison to terrestrial communications or systems based on high-altitude networks, on-demand wireless systems using low-altitude UAVs can be deployed faster, can be reconfigured more easily, and will likely have better communication channels due to short-range line of sight links. The goal of this paper is to evaluate the use of UAVs in next-generation wireless networks, specifically as a flying base station. Ray-tracing simulations are used to simulate the coverage of a UAV-aided base station (UAV-BS) in a scenario with a fixed base station at the University of Glasgow, UK. The results imply that the UAV-BS will be of tremendous benefit to 5G network communication, such as capacity expansion in metropolitan regions, better coverage in rural areas, and network densification.
AB - Cellular communication researchers and engineers are both interested in the potential use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) as aerial base stations. In comparison to terrestrial communications or systems based on high-altitude networks, on-demand wireless systems using low-altitude UAVs can be deployed faster, can be reconfigured more easily, and will likely have better communication channels due to short-range line of sight links. The goal of this paper is to evaluate the use of UAVs in next-generation wireless networks, specifically as a flying base station. Ray-tracing simulations are used to simulate the coverage of a UAV-aided base station (UAV-BS) in a scenario with a fixed base station at the University of Glasgow, UK. The results imply that the UAV-BS will be of tremendous benefit to 5G network communication, such as capacity expansion in metropolitan regions, better coverage in rural areas, and network densification.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85139774110
U2 - 10.1109/AP-S/USNC-URSI47032.2022.9886848
DO - 10.1109/AP-S/USNC-URSI47032.2022.9886848
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85139774110
T3 - 2022 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting, AP-S/URSI 2022 - Proceedings
SP - 1692
EP - 1693
BT - 2022 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting, AP-S/URSI 2022 - Proceedings
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 2022 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation and USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting, AP-S/URSI 2022
Y2 - 10 July 2022 through 15 July 2022
ER -