Wireless communication using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs): Optimal transport theory for hover time optimization

IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2017, Pages 8052-8066

  Mozaffari, Mohammad ^a   Saad, Walid ^a   Bennis, Mehdi ^b,c   Debbah, Mérouane ^d,e  

^a State University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^c Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^d Mathematical and Algorithmic Sciences Laboratory   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

Cell association; Drones; Hover time; Optimal transport theory; Optimization; UAV

Indexed keywords

BASE STATIONS; CELLS; COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); CONVEX OPTIMIZATION; CYTOLOGY; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GRAPHIC METHODS; OPTIMIZATION; STATISTICAL MECHANICS; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV); WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

CHANNEL ALLOCATION; DATA-COMMUNICATION; GRAPHICAL MODEL; TIME FACTORS; WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS;

BANDWIDTH;

EID: 85030757703     PISSN: 15361276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TWC.2017.2756644     Document Type: Article

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