NDLI: Drones in B5G/6G Networks as Flying Base Stations

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Drones in B5G/6G Networks as Flying Base Stations

Content Provider	MDPI
Author	Amponis, Georgios Lagkas, Thomas Zevgara, Maria Katsikas, Georgios Xirofotos, Thanos Moscholios, Ioannis Sarigiannidis, Panagiotis
Copyright Year	2022
Description	Advances in the fields of networking, broadband communications and demand for high-fidelity low-latency last-mile communications have rendered as-efficient-as-possible relaying methods more necessary than ever. This paper investigates the possibility of the utilization of cellular-enabled drones as aerial base stations in next-generation cellular networks. Flying ad hoc networks (FANETs) acting as clusters of deployable relays for the on-demand extension of broadband connectivity constitute a promising scenario in the domain of next-generation high-availability communications. Matters of mobility, handover efficiency, energy availability, optimal positioning and node localization as well as respective multi-objective optimizations are discussed in detail, with their core ideas defining the structure of the work at hand. This paper examines improvements to the existing cellular network core to support novel use-cases and lower the operation costs of diverse ad hoc deployments.
Starting Page	39
e-ISSN	2504446X
DOI	10.3390/drones6020039
Journal	Drones
Issue Number	2
Volume Number	6
Language	English
Publisher	MDPI
Publisher Date	2022-02-05
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	Drones Industrial Engineering Cellular-enabled Drones Aerial Base Stations 5g/b5g/6g Cellular Networks
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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