2021/05/08 by M. Gharib, Gharib, Mohammed, Shashidhar Nandadapu +3
Engineering · #Advanced MIMO Systems Optimization #FOS: Computer and information sciences #Networking and Internet Architecture (cs.NI) #Satellite Communication Systems #UAV Applications and Optimization
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2105.03778
openalex publication_date 2021/05/08 · openalex created_date 2022/07/25 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have been increasingly used in a wide area of\nmilitary and civilian applications such as data collection and monitoring. A\nreliable network for command and control, communication, and data transfer is\ncrucial, not only for mission purposes but also for safety concerns. The\nalready deployed cellular networks are appropriate candidates for UAV\ncommunication given the solid security and wide coverage of these networks.\nHowever, the reliability of such networks needs a comprehensive investigation.\nIn this paper, we use the long-term evolution (LTE) network as the\ninfrastructure for drone communication and data transfer, in a rural area. We\nstudy the communication characteristics of an LTE-connected drone during\nlow-altitude flights, for different altitudes and UAV speeds. We show that, in\nsuch areas, the higher elevation benefits from a better signal quality and\nexperiences a fewer number of handover processes. Higher speed flights also\nslightly degrade the communication performance.\n