12 papers
UAV-Based 3D Spectrum Sensing: Insights on Altitude, Bandwidth, Trajectory, and Effective Antenna Patterns on REM Reconstruction
Mushfiqur Rahman, Sung Joon Maeng, Ismail Guvenc +4
Spectrum sensing and the generation of 3D Radio Environment Maps (REMs) are essential for enabling spectrum sharing within cognitive radio networks. While Uncrewed Aerial Vehicles…
PRB-RUPFormer: A Recursive Unified Probabilistic Transformer for Residual PRB Forecasting
Saad Masrur, Yuxuan Jiang, Matti Hiltunen +2
Accurate forecasting of residual Physical Resource Blocks (PRBs) is critical for proactive network slice provisioning, energy-efficient operation, and spectrum-aware decision makin…
Aerial Booster-Cell Enabled Inter-Cell Interference Coordination for 5G NR Networks
Md Sharif Hossen, Vijay K. Shah, Ismail Guvenc
Cellular-connected unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) operating in 5G New Radio (NR) macro networks experience severe and spatially non-uniform downlink interference. This is primaril…
Real-World LoRaWAN Performance and Propagation Modeling Using UAV, Helikite, and Vehicle-Based Measurements
Sergio Vargas Villar, Simran Singh, Ãzgür Ãzdemir +2
This paper presents a field-based evaluation of Long Range Wide Area Network (LoRaWAN) signal propagation conducted at two locations within the Aerial Experimentation and Research…
Elevation- and Tilt-Aware Shadow Fading Correlation Modeling for UAV Communications
Mushfiqur Rahman, Ismail Guvenc, Mihail Sichitiu +4
Future wireless networks demand a more accurate understanding of channel behavior to enable efficient communication with reduced interference. Uncrewed Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) are p…
TransfoREM: Transformer aided 3D Radio Environment Mapping
Gautham Reddy, Ismail Guvenc, Mihail L. Sichitiu +3
Providing reliable cellular connectivity to Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) is a key challenge, as existing terrestrial networks are deployed mainly for ground-level coverage. The c…