• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제27권1호
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• pp.62-68
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• 2023

무인항공기 또는 드론(UAV or Drone)을 활용한 공중 통신중계기는 재난피해 지역, 군 작전 지역, 응급상황 발생 시 등의 임시 통신 서비스 지원에 활용되고 있다. 무인항공기를 활용한 공중 통신중계기는 원격 사용자 또는 임무 수행자에게 안정적인 통신 서비스를 제공하는 것을 목표로 하므로 최소 성능 요구사항을 보장하는 빠른 무인항공기의 배치가 중요하다. 무인항공기를 통신 시스템에서 활용하는 연구에서는 통신 성능을 극대화하는 무인항공기의 최적위치를 찾는 연구가 대부분이나, 위급상황 시에는 최적 위치보다는 무인항공기 배치 가능 영역을 빠르게 도출하고 통신 지원을 위한 빠른 배치가 더 중요하다. 본 논문에서는 무인항공기를 공중 통신중계기로 활용 시 각 상황에 따라 요구되는 통신 성능을 보장하는 무인항공기 배치 가능 영역을 도출하고, 이론적 분석을 통해 얻은 결과를 시뮬레이션 완전 탐색을 통해 검증하고자 한다.

• ETRI Journal
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• 제45권5호
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• pp.874-886
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• 2023

A joint resource-optimization scheme is investigated for nonorthogonal multiple access (NOMA)-enhanced scalable video coding (SVC) multicast in unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-assisted radio-access networks (RANs). This scheme allows a ground base station and UAVs to simultaneously multicast successive video layers in SVC with successive interference cancellation in NOMA. A video quality-maximization problem is formulated as a mixed-integer nonlinear programming problem to determine the UAV deployment and association, RAN spectrum allocation for multicast groups, and UAV transmit power. The optimization problem is decoupled into the UAV deployment-association, spectrum-partition, and UAV transmit-power-control subproblems. A heuristic strategy is designed to determine the UAV deployment and association patterns. An upgraded knapsack algorithm is developed to solve spectrum partition, followed by fast UAV power fine-tuning to further boost the performance. The simulation results confirm that the proposed scheme improves the average peak signal-to-noise ratio, aggregate videoreception rate, and spectrum utilization over various baselines.

• 전자통신동향분석
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• 제35권2호
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• pp.38-49
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• 2020

In recent years, the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) assisted mobile free space optical (FSO) communication technique has attracted considerable attention regarding its aims to provide improved communication conditions for fixed-to-fixed FSO network and promising fronthaul and backhaul solutions for 5G+ wireless networks. This can be attributed to its outstanding advantages such as fast deployment and flexible network configuration. The UAV-assisted mobile FSO system can be used to provide cost-effective internet services in rural and remote areas and in hotspot areas that are characterized by increased data traffic. Additionally, it can be used to provide secure communication services under emergency circumstances. In this report, we review recent R&D trends in wireless network technology employing the UAV-assisted mobile FSO technique and key technologies for mobile FSO wireless networks. Furthermore, we introduce drone-based mobile FSO terminals and control systems that we have developed.