4 papers
Disconnectivity-Aware Energy-Efficient Cargo-UAV Trajectory Planning with Minimum Handoffs
Nesrine Cherif, Wael Jaafar, Halim Yanikomeroglu +1
On-board battery consumption, cellular disconnectivity, and frequent handoff are key challenges for unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) based delivery missions, a.k.a., cargo-UAV. Indeed…
On the Optimal 3D Placement of a UAV Base Station for Maximal Coverage of UAV Users
Nesrine Cherif, Wael Jaafar, Halim Yanikomeroglu +1
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) can be users that support new applications, or be communication access points that serve terrestrial and/or aerial users. In this paper, we focus on…
Downlink Coverage and Rate Analysis of an Aerial User in Vertical Heterogeneous Networks (VHetNets)
Nesrine Cherif, Mohamed Alzenad, Halim Yanikomeroglu +1
In this paper, we analyze the downlink coverage probability and rate of an aerial user in vertical HetNets (VHetNets) comprising aerial base stations (aerial-BSs) and terrestrial-B…
Mixed Málaga- and Generalized- Dual-Hop FSO/RF Systems with Interference
Imène Trigui, Nesrine Cherif, Sofiène Affes +2
This paper investigates the impact of radio frequency (RF) cochannel interference (CCI) on the performance of dual-hop free-space optics (FSO)/RF relay networks. The considered FSO…