Wireless Communications and Networking for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Cambridge University Press, 4/2/2020
EAN 9781108480741, ISBN10: 1108480748
Hardcover, 530 pages, 25.4 x 17.8 x 1.9 cm
Language: English
Originally published in English
A thorough treatment of UAV wireless communications and networking research challenges and opportunities. Detailed, step-by-step development of carefully selected research problems that pertain to UAV network performance analysis and optimization, physical layer design, trajectory path planning, resource management, multiple access, cooperative communications, standardization, control, and security is provided. Featuring discussion of practical applications including drone delivery systems, public safety, IoT, virtual reality, and smart cities, this is an essential tool for researchers, students, and engineers interested in broadening their knowledge of the deployment and operation of communication systems that integrate or rely on unmanned aerial vehicles.
1. Wireless communications and networking with unmanned aerial vehicles
an introduction
2. UAV applications and use cases
3. Aerial channel modeling and waveform design
4. Performance analysis and tradeoffs
5. Deployment of UAVs for wireless communications
6. Wireless-aware path planning for UAV networks
7. Resource management for UAV networks
8. Cooperative communications in UAV networks
9. From LTE to 5G NR-enabled UAV networks
10. Security of UAV networks.