7 papers
Multi-Connectivity for UAVs: A Measurement Study of Integrating Cellular, Aerial Mesh, and LEO Satellite Links
Aygun Baltaci, Irshad A. Meer, Mustafa Ozger +2
Future uncrewed aerial vehicle (UAV) systems increasingly combine heterogeneous communication technologies, such as low-latency aerial mesh, terrestrial cellular, and satellite lin…
Energy Saving for Cell-Free Massive MIMO Networks: A Multi-Agent Deep Reinforcement Learning Approach
Qichen Wang, Keyu Li, Ozan Alp Topal +3
This paper focuses on energy savings in downlink operation of cell-free massive MIMO (CF mMIMO) networks under dynamic traffic conditions. We propose a multi-agent deep reinforceme…
Incremental Learning-Based Open-Set Classification of Unknown UAVs via RF Signal Semantics
Julie Liu, Irshad A. Meer, Cicek Cavdar +1
The proliferation of civilian and commercial unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) has heightened the demand for reliable radio frequency (RF)-based drone identification systems that can…
Handover Delay Minimization in Non-Terrestrial Networks: Impact of Open RAN Functional Splits
Siva Satya Sri Ganesh Seeram, Luca Feltrin, Mustafa Ozger +2
This paper addresses the challenge of optimizing handover (HO) performance in non-terrestrial networks (NTNs) to enhance user equipment (UE) effective service time, defined as the…
Explainable AI for UAV Mobility Management: A Deep Q-Network Approach for Handover Minimization
Irshad A. Meer, Bruno Hörmann, Mustafa Ozger +4
The integration of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) into cellular networks presents significant mobility management challenges, primarily due to frequent handovers caused by probabi…
Hierarchical Multi Agent DRL for Soft Handovers Between Edge Clouds in Open RAN
F. Giarrè, I. A. Meer, M. Masoudi +2
Multi-connectivity (MC) for aerial users via a set of ground access points offers the potential for highly reliable communication. Within an open radio access network (O-RAN) archi…