Maritime Coverage Enhancement Using UAVs Coordinated With Hybrid Satellite-Terrestrial Networks

• Published in: IEEE transactions on communications Vol. 68; no. 4; pp. 2355 - 2369
• Main Authors: Li, Xiangling, Feng, Wei, Chen, Yunfei, Wang, Cheng-Xiang, Ge, Ning
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York IEEE 01.04.2020; The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
• Subjects: Autonomous underwater vehicles; Broadband antennas; Broadband communication; Computer simulation; Convexity; Hybrid satellite-terrestrial network; Interference; Kinematics; Maneuverability; Marine vehicles; maritime communications; Maritime satellites; Oceans; Optimization; power allocation; Satellites; Trajectory; unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV); Unmanned aerial vehicles

Due to the agile maneuverability, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have shown great promise for on-demand communications. In practice, UAV-aided aerial base stations are not separate. Instead, they rely on existing satellites/terrestrial systems for spectrum sharing and efficient backhaul. In this ca...