UAV assisted heterogeneous networks for public safety communications

• Published in: 2015 IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference Workshops (WCNCW) pp. 329 - 334
• Main Authors: Merwaday, Arvind, Guvenc, Ismail
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: IEEE 01.03.2015
• Subjects: Base stations; Broadband communication; Conferences; drone; Earthquakes; Interference; interference coordination; LTE; public safety communications (PSC); quadcopter; Safety; Throughput; UAVs; unmanned aerial base stations

Communications play an important role during public safety operations. Since the current communication technologies heavily rely on the backbone network, the failure of base stations (BSs) due to natural disasters or malevolent attacks causes communication difficulties for public safety and emergenc...