The Essential guide to realizing 5G-Connected UAVs with massive MIMO

What will it take for drones—and the whole associated ecosystem—to take off? Arguably, infallible command and control (C&C) channels for safe and autonomous flying, and high-throughput links for multi-purpose live video streaming. And indeed, meeting these aspirations may entail a full cellu...

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Autores: García Rodríguez, Adrián, Geraci, Giovanni, López Pérez, David, Galati Giordano, Lorenzo, Ding, Ming, Björnson, Emil
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:España
Institución:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
OAI Identifier:oai:recercat.cat:10230/44040
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10230/44040
http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/MCOM.001.1800919
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Performance evaluation
Downlink
Interference
Uplink
Drones
Antennas
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Sumario:What will it take for drones—and the whole associated ecosystem—to take off? Arguably, infallible command and control (C&C) channels for safe and autonomous flying, and high-throughput links for multi-purpose live video streaming. And indeed, meeting these aspirations may entail a full cellular support, provided through 5G-and-beyond hardware and software upgrades by both mobile operators and manufacturers of these unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). In this article, we vouch for massive MIMO as the key building block to realize 5G-connected UAVs. Through the sheer evidence of 3GPPcompliant simulations, we demonstrate how massive MIMO can be enhanced by complementary network-based and UAVbased solutions, resulting in consistent UAV C&C support, large UAV uplink data rates, and harmonious coexistence with legacy ground users.