Khemiri, Safa, Kishk, Mustafa A. and Alouini, Mohamed-Slim (2023) Coverage Analysis of Tethered UAV-Assisted Large-Scale Cellular Networks. IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, 59 (6). pp. 7890-7907. ISSN 0018-9251
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Abstract
One of the major challenges slowing down the use of unmanned
aerial vehicles (UAVs) as aerial base stations (ABSs) is the limited
onboard power supply, which reduces the flight time of a UAV. Using
a tether to provide UAVs with power can be considered a reasonable
compromise that will enhance the flight time while limiting the mobility of the UAV. In this article, we propose a system where ABSs are
deployed at the centers of user hotspots to offload the traffic and assist
terrestrial base stations. First, given the location of the ground station
in the user hotspot (user cluster) and the spatial distribution of users,
we compute the optimal inclination angle and length of the tether.
Using these results, we compute the densities of the tethered UAVs
deployed at different altitudes, which enables the tractable analysis
of the interference in the considered setup. Next, using tools from
stochastic geometry and an approach of dividing user clusters into
finite frames, we analyze the coverage probability as a function of the
maximum tether length, the density of accessible rooftops for UAV
ground station deployment, and the density of clusters. We verify
our findings using Monte Carlo simulations and draw multiple useful
insights. For instance, we show that it is actually better to deploy UAVs
at a fraction of the clusters, not all of them as it is usually assumed in
the literature.
Item Type: | Article |
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Keywords: | Autonomous aerial vehicles; Base stations; Buildings; Cellular communication; Clusters; Coverage probability; |
Academic Unit: | Faculty of Science and Engineering > Electronic Engineering Faculty of Science and Engineering > Research Institutes > Hamilton Institute |
Item ID: | 19077 |
Identification Number: | 10.1109/TAES.2023.3300296 |
Depositing User: | Mustafa Kishk |
Date Deposited: | 17 Oct 2024 13:35 |
Journal or Publication Title: | IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems |
Publisher: | IEEE |
Refereed: | Yes |
Related URLs: | |
URI: | https://mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/id/eprint/19077 |
Use Licence: | This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here |
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