Throughput Performance of Cellular-Connected UAV Coexisting with Terrestrial Users
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have opened up various applications with significant socioeconomic benefits, but require reliable connectivity for control and data transmission. In situations where obstacles separate aerial vehicles and ground operators, the cellular network can be used to establish...
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| description | Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have opened up various applications with significant socioeconomic benefits, but require reliable connectivity for control and data transmission. In situations where obstacles separate aerial vehicles and ground operators, the cellular network can be used to establish beyond the visual line of sight (BVLOS) communication links. However, the cellular network is designed to optimize terrestrial user performance, so investigating its connectivity performance for aerial users is crucial. This paper presents an investigation into the upper-bound throughput estimations of the cellular network based on practical RSS measurements for both aerial and terrestrial users occupying the network resources simultaneously, in a typical sub-urban environment in Malaysia. Actual measurements of received signal strength (RSS) were taken to quantify the throughput performance for each category of users. Results indicate that the cellular network is feasible as a communication link for UAVs at altitudes below 40 m. However, the overall throughput performance degrades when aerial users are present, and the probability of aerial user arrival must be kept at a minimum level beyond this height. Despite this, the mean aerial throughput outperforms the terrestrial throughput below 40 m. ? World Scientific Publishing Company. |
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| spelling | my.uniten.dspace-366312025-03-03T15:43:31Z Throughput Performance of Cellular-Connected UAV Coexisting with Terrestrial Users Kamal N.L.M. Sahwee Z. Norhashim N. Shah S.A. Hashim W. 57203894918 55524079500 55839965800 57217297665 11440260100 Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) Vehicle to vehicle communications Vehicle transmissions Wireless networks Aerial user Aerial vehicle Beyond the visual line of sight Cellular network Cellular-connected unmanned aerial vehicle Cellulars Line of Sight Lines-of-sight Received signal strength Visual line Antennas Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have opened up various applications with significant socioeconomic benefits, but require reliable connectivity for control and data transmission. In situations where obstacles separate aerial vehicles and ground operators, the cellular network can be used to establish beyond the visual line of sight (BVLOS) communication links. However, the cellular network is designed to optimize terrestrial user performance, so investigating its connectivity performance for aerial users is crucial. This paper presents an investigation into the upper-bound throughput estimations of the cellular network based on practical RSS measurements for both aerial and terrestrial users occupying the network resources simultaneously, in a typical sub-urban environment in Malaysia. Actual measurements of received signal strength (RSS) were taken to quantify the throughput performance for each category of users. Results indicate that the cellular network is feasible as a communication link for UAVs at altitudes below 40 m. However, the overall throughput performance degrades when aerial users are present, and the probability of aerial user arrival must be kept at a minimum level beyond this height. Despite this, the mean aerial throughput outperforms the terrestrial throughput below 40 m. ? World Scientific Publishing Company. Final 2025-03-03T07:43:31Z 2025-03-03T07:43:31Z 2024 Article 10.1142/S230138502442007X 2-s2.0-85186081224 https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85186081224&doi=10.1142%2fS230138502442007X&partnerID=40&md5=5d9d89967acb740f2390e066a26a3bc2 https://irepository.uniten.edu.my/handle/123456789/36631 12 3 535 543 World Scientific Scopus |
| spellingShingle | Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) Vehicle to vehicle communications Vehicle transmissions Wireless networks Aerial user Aerial vehicle Beyond the visual line of sight Cellular network Cellular-connected unmanned aerial vehicle Cellulars Line of Sight Lines-of-sight Received signal strength Visual line Antennas Kamal N.L.M. Sahwee Z. Norhashim N. Shah S.A. Hashim W. Throughput Performance of Cellular-Connected UAV Coexisting with Terrestrial Users |
| title | Throughput Performance of Cellular-Connected UAV Coexisting with Terrestrial Users |
| title_full | Throughput Performance of Cellular-Connected UAV Coexisting with Terrestrial Users |
| title_fullStr | Throughput Performance of Cellular-Connected UAV Coexisting with Terrestrial Users |
| title_full_unstemmed | Throughput Performance of Cellular-Connected UAV Coexisting with Terrestrial Users |
| title_short | Throughput Performance of Cellular-Connected UAV Coexisting with Terrestrial Users |
| title_sort | throughput performance of cellular-connected uav coexisting with terrestrial users |
| topic | Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) Vehicle to vehicle communications Vehicle transmissions Wireless networks Aerial user Aerial vehicle Beyond the visual line of sight Cellular network Cellular-connected unmanned aerial vehicle Cellulars Line of Sight Lines-of-sight Received signal strength Visual line Antennas |
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