Presentation 2023-01-19
[Short Paper] LoS-Aware Placement of UAVs in Urban Environments
Hiroyuki Asano, Hiraku Okada, Chedlia Ben Naila, Masaaki Katayama,
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Abstract(in English) This study discusses providing ground user equipments (UEs) with wireless connectivity via unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). Compared to ground-to-ground communication, air-to-ground communication offers high probabilities of line-of-sight (LoS) links, and thus it has various promising applications, including reliable communication in high-frequency bands, optical wireless communication, and wireless power transmission. However, some buildings may block the LoS link between UAVs and UEs in urban environments, making it important to take the LoS links into account in their placement. In addition, when using multiple UAVs, it is necessary to consider the effects of interference. Therefore, we formulate a placement optimization problem for UAVs that considers LoS propagation. Then, we compare the performance with that of the case without LoS considerations and evaluated the effects of interference through numerical examples.
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Keyword(in English) UAV / placement optimization / urban environments / line-of-sight propagation / interference
Paper # SeMI2022-72
Date of Issue 2023-01-12 (SeMI)

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Committee SeMI
Conference Date 2023/1/19(2days)
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Place (in English) Naruto grand hotel
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Chair Koji Yamamoto(Kyoto Univ.)
Vice Chair Kazuya Monden(Hitachi) / Yasunori Owada(NICT) / Shunsuke Saruwatari(Osaka Univ.)
Secretary Kazuya Monden(NTT DOCOMO) / Yasunori Owada(Tokyo Univ. of Agri. and Tech.) / Shunsuke Saruwatari(Osaka Univ.)
Assistant Yuki Matsuda(NAIST) / Akihito Taya(Aoyama Gakuin Univ.) / Takeshi Hirai(Osaka Univ.)

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Registration To Technical Committee on Sensor Network and Mobile Intelligence
Language JPN
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Title (in English) [Short Paper] LoS-Aware Placement of UAVs in Urban Environments
Sub Title (in English)
Keyword(1) UAV
Keyword(2) placement optimization
Keyword(3) urban environments
Keyword(4) line-of-sight propagation
Keyword(5) interference
1st Author's Name Hiroyuki Asano
1st Author's Affiliation Nagoya University(Nagoya Univ.)
2nd Author's Name Hiraku Okada
2nd Author's Affiliation Nagoya University(Nagoya Univ.)
3rd Author's Name Chedlia Ben Naila
3rd Author's Affiliation Nagoya University(Nagoya Univ.)
4th Author's Name Masaaki Katayama
4th Author's Affiliation Nagoya University(Nagoya Univ.)
Date 2023-01-19
Paper # SeMI2022-72
Volume (vol) vol.122
Number (no) SeMI-341
Page pp.pp.9-13(SeMI),
#Pages 5
Date of Issue 2023-01-12 (SeMI)