Outage Probability Analysis of NOMA Enabled Hierarchical UAV Networks with Non-Linear Energy Harvesting

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Auteurs principaux: Khennoufa, Faicel, Abdellatif, Khelil, Ozturk, Metin, Yanikomeroglu, Halim, Alfattani, Safwan
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author Khennoufa, Faicel
Abdellatif, Khelil
Ozturk, Metin
Yanikomeroglu, Halim
Alfattani, Safwan
author_facet Khennoufa, Faicel
Abdellatif, Khelil
Ozturk, Metin
Yanikomeroglu, Halim
Alfattani, Safwan
contents Uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAVs) are expected to enhance connectivity, extend network coverage, and support advanced communication services in sixth-generation (6G) cellular networks, particularly in public and civil domains. Although multi-UAV systems enhance connectivity for IoT networks more than single-UAV systems, energy-efficient communication systems and the integration of energy harvesting (EH) are crucial for their widespread adoption and effectiveness. In this regard, this paper proposes a hierarchical ad hoc UAV network with non-linear EH and non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) to enhance both energy and cost efficiency. The proposed system consists of two UAV layers: a cluster head UAV (CHU), which acts as the source, and cluster member UAVs (CMUs), which serve as relays and are capable of harvesting energy from a terrestrial power beacon. For the considered IoT network architecture, the outage probability expressions of ground Internet of things (IoT) devices, each CMU, and the overall outage probability of the proposed system are derived over Nakagami-m fading channels with practical constraints such as hardware impairments and non-linear EH. We compare the proposed system against a non EH system, and our findings indicate that the proposed system outperforms the benchmark in terms of outage probability.
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spellingShingle Outage Probability Analysis of NOMA Enabled Hierarchical UAV Networks with Non-Linear Energy Harvesting
Khennoufa, Faicel
Abdellatif, Khelil
Ozturk, Metin
Yanikomeroglu, Halim
Alfattani, Safwan
Signal Processing
Uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAVs) are expected to enhance connectivity, extend network coverage, and support advanced communication services in sixth-generation (6G) cellular networks, particularly in public and civil domains. Although multi-UAV systems enhance connectivity for IoT networks more than single-UAV systems, energy-efficient communication systems and the integration of energy harvesting (EH) are crucial for their widespread adoption and effectiveness. In this regard, this paper proposes a hierarchical ad hoc UAV network with non-linear EH and non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) to enhance both energy and cost efficiency. The proposed system consists of two UAV layers: a cluster head UAV (CHU), which acts as the source, and cluster member UAVs (CMUs), which serve as relays and are capable of harvesting energy from a terrestrial power beacon. For the considered IoT network architecture, the outage probability expressions of ground Internet of things (IoT) devices, each CMU, and the overall outage probability of the proposed system are derived over Nakagami-m fading channels with practical constraints such as hardware impairments and non-linear EH. We compare the proposed system against a non EH system, and our findings indicate that the proposed system outperforms the benchmark in terms of outage probability.
title Outage Probability Analysis of NOMA Enabled Hierarchical UAV Networks with Non-Linear Energy Harvesting
topic Signal Processing
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.19214