UAV Communications: Modeling and Analyses

This book provides a comprehensive treatment of the performance evaluation of UAV communication systems, using stochastic geometry to explore the impact of the random positions of UAVs on transmission performance. The book focuses on engineering practice, with both modeling and analysis of UAV communication systems. It offers an in-depth study of several important UAV communication application scenarios, including UAV-terrestrial communication, UAV-to-UAV communication, satellite-UAV communication, and UAV relay communication.

One of the key features of the book is its systematic approach to addressing UAV communication issues and providing practical insights. The book is especially useful for readers interested in learning how to model and analyze the performance of UAV communications systems. It will benefit researchers, engineers, and graduate students in the fields of wireless communications, signal processing, and related areas.

Illustrates the relationship between the performance of UAV communication networks and system factors Presents how terminal random distribution influences information transmission in UAV systems Provides a comprehensive performance evaluation method of UAV communication systems

Autorentext

Gaofeng Pan
He received the B.Sc. degree in communication engineering from Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China, in 2005, and the Ph.D. degree in communication and information systems from Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu, China, in 2011. He is currently at the School of Cyberspace Science and Technology, Beijing Institute of Technology, China, as Professor. His research interests span special topics in communications theory, signal processing, and protocol design.

Xiaqing Miao
He is Assistant Professor and received the Ph.D. degree at the Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, P.R. China, in 2020. His research interests include wireless communication, channel coding, and signal processing.

Xuanhe Yang
He received the bachelor's degree from the School of Information Engineering, Zhengzhou University, China, in 2015. He is currently pursuing a Ph.D. degree in the Information and Electronics, Beijing Institute of Technology. His current research is focused on satellite communication, IoT technology, and physical-layer security.

Ziyi Yang

School of Cyberspace Science and Technology, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, China

Ziyi Yang (Member, IEEE) received the Ph.D. degree in electronic engineering from Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, China, in 2021. She is currently at the School of Cyberspace Science and Technology, Beijing Institute of Technology, China, as Special Associate Researcher. Her research interests include wireless communication, aerospace communication, green communication, signal processing, and convex optimization

Inhalt

Introduction to UAV Communications.- UAV-Terrestrial Communications.- UAV-to-UAV Communications.- Satellite-UAV Communications.- UAV Relay Communications