5 papers
Edge-Enabled UAV Swarm Deployment for Rapid Post-Disaster Search and Rescue
Alaa Awad Abdellatif, Helder Fontes, Andre Coelho +2
This paper presents an optimized Joint Radar-Communication (JRC) system utilizing multiple Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) to simultaneously achieve sensing and communication objec…
A4FN: an Agentic AI Architecture for Autonomous Flying Networks
André Coelho, Pedro Ribeiro, Helder Fontes +1
This position paper presents A4FN, an Agentic Artificial Intelligence (AI) architecture for intent-driven automation in Flying Networks (FNs) using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs)…
Context-aware Rate Adaptation for Predictive Flying Networks using Contextual Bandits
Ruben Queiros, Megumi Kaneko, Helder Fontes +1
The increasing complexity of wireless technologies, such as Wi-Fi, presents significant challenges for Rate Adaptation (RA) due to the large configuration space of transmission par…
Joint Channel Bandwidth Assignment and Relay Positioning for Predictive Flying Networks
Ruben Queiros, Megumi Kaneko, Helder Fontes +1
Flying Networks (FNs) have emerged as a promising solution to provide on-demand wireless connectivity when network coverage is insufficient or the communications infrastructure is…
On-demand 5G Private Networks using a Mobile Cell
André Coelho, José Ruela, Gonçalo Queirós +6
This paper proposes the Mobile Cell (MC) concept for on-demand 5G private networks. The MC is designed to extend, restore, and reinforce 5G wireless coverage and network capacity o…