Khawaja, Wahab and Guvenc, Ismail and Matolak, David and Schneckenburger, Nicolas and Fiebig, Uwe-Carsten (2019) A Survey of Air-to-Ground Propagation Channel Modeling for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles. IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials. IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. doi: 10.1109/COMST.2019.2915069. ISSN 1553-877X.
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Abstract
In recent years, there has been a dramatic increase in the use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), particularly for small UAVs, due to their affordable prices, wide availability, and relative ease of operability. Existing and future applications of UAVs include remote surveillance and monitoring, relief operations, package delivery, and communication back-haul infrastructure. Additionally, UAVs are envisioned as an important component of 5G wireless technology and beyond. The unique application scenarios for UAVs necessitate accurate air-to-ground (AG) propagation channel models for designing and evaluating UAV communication links for control/non-payload as well as payload data transmissions. These AG propagation models have not been investigated in detail, relative to terrestrial propagation models. In this paper, a comprehensive survey is provided on available AG channel measurement campaigns, large and small scale fading channel models, their limitations, and future research directions for UAV communication Scenarios.
Item URL in elib: | https://elib.dlr.de/128128/ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Document Type: | Article | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Title: | A Survey of Air-to-Ground Propagation Channel Modeling for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date: | 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Refereed publication: | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Open Access: | No | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gold Open Access: | No | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
In SCOPUS: | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
In ISI Web of Science: | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
DOI: | 10.1109/COMST.2019.2915069 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Publisher: | IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
ISSN: | 1553-877X | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Status: | Published | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Keywords: | air-to-ground (AG), channel measurement, channel modeling, drone, large and small scale fading, sounding, unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
HGF - Research field: | Aeronautics, Space and Transport | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
HGF - Program: | Aeronautics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
HGF - Program Themes: | air traffic management and operations | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
DLR - Research area: | Aeronautics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
DLR - Program: | L AO - Air Traffic Management and Operation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
DLR - Research theme (Project): | L - Air Traffic Concepts and Operation (old) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location: | Oberpfaffenhofen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Institutes and Institutions: | Institute of Communication and Navigation > Communications Systems | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Deposited By: | Fiebig, Dr.-Ing. Uwe-Carsten | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Deposited On: | 26 Jun 2019 15:00 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Modified: | 11 Dec 2019 13:32 |
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