The Rise of UAV Fleet Technologies for Emergency Wireless Communications in Harsh Environments

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Hauptverfasser: Yao, Zhuohui, Cheng, Wenchi, Zhang, Wei, Zhang, Tao, Zhang, Hailin
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author Yao, Zhuohui
Cheng, Wenchi
Zhang, Wei
Zhang, Tao
Zhang, Hailin
author_facet Yao, Zhuohui
Cheng, Wenchi
Zhang, Wei
Zhang, Tao
Zhang, Hailin
contents For unforeseen emergencies, such as natural disasters and pandemic events, it is highly demanded to cope with the explosive growth of mobile data traffic in extremely critical environments. An Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) fleet is an effective way to facilitate the Emergency wireless COmmunication NETwork (EcoNet). In this article, a MUlti-tier Heterogeneous UAV Network (MuHun), which is with different UAV fleets in different altitudes, is proposed to flexibly serve various emergencies. We refresh the key performance indicators of full coverage, network capacity, low latency, and energy efficiency in harsh environments. Then, we present the special challenges regarding shadowing-dominated complex channel model, energy supply limited short-endurance, various communication mechanisms coexistence, and communication island for underground users in UAV-based EcoNet, followed by the MuHun-based EcoNet architecture and its advantages. Furthermore, some potential solutions such as the new hybrid-channel adapted resource allocation, reconfigurable intelligent surface assisted UAV communications, competitive heterogenous-networks, and magnetic induction based air-to-ground/underground communications are discussed to effectively achieve full coverage, high capacity, high energy efficiency, and diverse qualities of services for EcoNets in harsh environments.
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spellingShingle The Rise of UAV Fleet Technologies for Emergency Wireless Communications in Harsh Environments
Yao, Zhuohui
Cheng, Wenchi
Zhang, Wei
Zhang, Tao
Zhang, Hailin
Emerging Technologies
Networking and Internet Architecture
Signal Processing
For unforeseen emergencies, such as natural disasters and pandemic events, it is highly demanded to cope with the explosive growth of mobile data traffic in extremely critical environments. An Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) fleet is an effective way to facilitate the Emergency wireless COmmunication NETwork (EcoNet). In this article, a MUlti-tier Heterogeneous UAV Network (MuHun), which is with different UAV fleets in different altitudes, is proposed to flexibly serve various emergencies. We refresh the key performance indicators of full coverage, network capacity, low latency, and energy efficiency in harsh environments. Then, we present the special challenges regarding shadowing-dominated complex channel model, energy supply limited short-endurance, various communication mechanisms coexistence, and communication island for underground users in UAV-based EcoNet, followed by the MuHun-based EcoNet architecture and its advantages. Furthermore, some potential solutions such as the new hybrid-channel adapted resource allocation, reconfigurable intelligent surface assisted UAV communications, competitive heterogenous-networks, and magnetic induction based air-to-ground/underground communications are discussed to effectively achieve full coverage, high capacity, high energy efficiency, and diverse qualities of services for EcoNets in harsh environments.
title The Rise of UAV Fleet Technologies for Emergency Wireless Communications in Harsh Environments
topic Emerging Technologies
Networking and Internet Architecture
Signal Processing
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.17044