Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have become an essential component in many wireless communication systems because of their rapid deployment, mobility, and flexibility.
Ref No. | UAV Placement for | Pros | Cons | |||||||||||||
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[6] | Coverage maximization | Jointly optimizes the 3D UAV placement and path loss compensation factor | References [6] | 6 | [7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14 | ,7 | ] | ,8 | [ | ,9 | 15] | ,10 | [16] consider only the power constraints of the communication link between UAV and the ground user mobile station (MS) but do not consider the power constraints of the communication link between a UAV and the BS | References [,11,12,13,14,15,16] consider only the power constraints of the communication link between UAV and the ground user mobile station (MS) but do not consider the power constraints of the communication link between a UAV and the BS | ||
[7] | Minimizes the total transmit power required to provide wireless coverage for indoor users | |||||||||||||||
[8] | Maximizes the number of covered users with minimum transmission power | |||||||||||||||
[9] | Maximizes the number of served users with different quality-of-service requirements | |||||||||||||||
[10] | finds the optimum UAV altitude | |||||||||||||||
[11] | Throughput maximization | A joint trajectory and resource allocation algorithm | ||||||||||||||
[12] | A joint transmit power and trajectory optimization algorithm | |||||||||||||||
[13] | Optimizing the scheduling of multi-user communication and association jointly with the trajectory of UAVs and power control | |||||||||||||||
[14] | Joint optimization of Trajectory and resource allocation | |||||||||||||||
[15] | Algorithm for downlink sum-rate maximization | |||||||||||||||
[16] | Algorithm for UAV placement based on sparse recovery | |||||||||||||||
[17] | Throughput maximization | Maximizes the average achievable rate through the one-dimensional linear search | References [17][18][25] are proposed for UAVs to assist the cellular network. However, the antenna down-tilting and low height of the cellular base station (BS) limits the ability of the UAV relay station to reach high altitudes due to the power constraint on the path between a UAV and a BS. | References [17,18 | [19] | ,19 | [20] | ,20 | [21] | ,21 | [22] | ,22 | [23] | ,23 | [24] | ,24,25] are proposed for UAVs to assist the cellular network. However, the antenna down-tilting and low height of the cellular base station (BS) limits the ability of the UAV relay station to reach high altitudes due to the power constraint on the path between a UAV and a BS. |
[18] | The optimization problem is formulated to maximize the system throughput. | |||||||||||||||
[19] | An algorithm to find the UAV optimal position based on LOS information | |||||||||||||||
[20] | Explores the relationship between system throughput and placement of a UAV | |||||||||||||||
[21] | Jointly optimizes throughput and the UAV’s trajectory | |||||||||||||||
[22] | Sum logarithmic rate of the users maximize | An algorithm to find the 3D locations of UAVs besides the user-BS associations and bandwidth allocations of the wireless backhaul | ||||||||||||||
[23] | Data rate maximization | Algorithms for deploying a multi-relay network to maximize the end-to-end achievable rate | ||||||||||||||
[24] | Power loss, outage probability, and BER minimization | An approach to find the optimum altitude of UAV | ||||||||||||||
[25] | Optimizing the overall network delays | An approach to optimize the overall network delays |