Wireless Communications and Networking for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

by Walid Saad, Mehdi Bennis, Mohammad Mozaffari, Xingqin Lin

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781108480741
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	04/02/2020
Pages:	530
Product dimensions:	7.09(w) x 9.96(h) x 0.67(d)

About the Author

Walid Saad is a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Virginia Tech and an IEEE Fellow.

Mehdi Bennis is an Associate Professor at the University of Oulu, Finland.

Mohammad Mozaffari is an Experienced Researcher at Ericsson Research Silicon Valley.

Xingqin Lin is a Senior Researcher at Ericsson Research Silicon Valley.

Table of Contents

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.

Editorial Reviews

‘This book, written by the most prominent experts in the field, provides a complete in-depth analysis of UAV wireless communications. It should become a reference material for all the students, engineers and researchers who are building our next generation wireless communication networks.’ Merouane Debbah, CentraleSupélec

This is the most comprehensive book on the rapidly evolving field of wireless communications and networking for UAVs. The authors are among the researchers who have made the most profound contributions to this emerging field. Their impressive command on the subject matter results in a thorough presentation taking theory, practice, and industrial standards into account. A must-read for researchers and engineers working in this field.’ Halim Yanikomeroglu, Carleton University, Ottawa

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