Toward 6G with Connected Sky: UAVs and Beyond
Toward 6G with Connected Sky: UAVs and Beyond
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迈向互联天空的 6G：无人机及其他领域
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发表时间：
2021
影响因子：
11.2
通讯作者：
Stephen Hayes
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作者：
Mohammad Mozaffari;Xingqin Lin;Stephen Hayes
无人机（UAV）在广泛应用中的大规模和不断增长的使用预计将成为未来十年5G和6G无线网络的主要组成部分。要有效支持如此大规模的无人机部署，就需要提供可靠、安全且具有成本效益的无线连接。蜂窝网络在为作为飞行用户设备的无人机提供服务方面起着至关重要的作用。虽然蜂窝网络为无人机提供了有前途的连接解决方案，但实现强大的无人机操作面临着几个挑战。在这篇文章中，飞行无人机的广泛商业用途的主要障碍和设计考虑的概述沿着他们的潜在解决方案。此外，我们还讨论了蜂窝网络如何通过依赖其先进功能、网络智能、5G和6G之后的关键使能技术以及利用机器学习的新工具来支持无人机。最后，我们阐明了向高海拔地区提供无线服务以及将非地面网络与地面网络集成到6G中的无限连接。
The large-scale and ever-growing use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in a wide range of applications is foreseen to be a major part of beyond 5G and 6G wireless networks in the next decade. The effective support of such massive deployment of UAVs requires offering reliable, secure, and cost-effective wireless connectivity. Cellular networks play essential roles in serving UAVs acting as flying user equipments. While the cellular networks provide promising connectivity solutions for UAVs, enabling robust UAV operations faces several challenges. In this article, an overview of key barriers and design considerations of widespread commercial use of flying UAVs are presented along with their potential solutions. In addition, we discuss how cellular networks can support UAVs by relying on their advanced features, network intelligence, key enabling technologies for beyond 5G and 6G, and exploiting new tools from machine learning. Finally, we shed light on offering wireless services to high altitudes and the integration of non-terrestrial networks with terrestrial networks toward limitless connectivity in 6G.