{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2113274749","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/taes.2011.5937283","title":"Wireless Relay Communications with Unmanned Aerial Vehicles: Performance and Optimization","display_name":"Wireless Relay Communications with Unmanned Aerial Vehicles: Performance and Optimization","publication_year":2011,"publication_date":"2011-07-01","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2113274749","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/taes.2011.5937283","mag":"2113274749"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1109/taes.2011.5937283","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/taes.2011.5937283","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S193624734","display_name":"IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems","issn_l":"0018-9251","issn":["0018-9251","1557-9603","2371-9877"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319808","host_organization_name":"Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319808"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems","raw_type":"journal-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5100890243","display_name":"Pengcheng Zhan","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I55279860","display_name":"L-3 Communications (United States)","ror":"https://ror.org/000nwmh60","country_code":"US","type":"company","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I55279860"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Pengcheng Zhan","raw_affiliation_strings":["Quantenna Communications, Inc., Fremont, CA, USA","Quantenna Commun., Fremont, CA, USA"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Quantenna Communications, Inc., Fremont, CA, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I55279860"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Quantenna Commun., Fremont, CA, USA","institution_ids":[]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5001247903","display_name":"Kai Yu","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5453-8725"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I1306339040","display_name":"Ericsson (Sweden)","ror":"https://ror.org/05a7rhx54","country_code":"SE","type":"company","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I1306339040"]}],"countries":["SE"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Kai Yu","raw_affiliation_strings":["Ericsson AB, Stockholm, Sweden","Ericsson AB, STOCKHOLM, Sweden"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Ericsson AB, Stockholm, Sweden","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I1306339040"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Ericsson AB, STOCKHOLM, Sweden","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I1306339040"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5027055000","display_name":"A. Lee Swindlehurst","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0521-3107"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I204250578","display_name":"University of California, Irvine","ror":"https://ror.org/04gyf1771","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I204250578"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"A. Lee Swindlehurst","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA","Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Univ. of California at Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA#TAB#"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I204250578"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Univ. of California at Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA#TAB#","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I204250578"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":2,"institutions_distinct_count":3,"corresponding_author_ids":[],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":13.5308,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":398,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.99010137,"is_in_top_1_percent":true,"is_in_top_10_percent":true},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":98,"max":100},"biblio":{"volume":"47","issue":"3","first_page":"2068","last_page":"2085"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10796","display_name":"Cooperative Communication and Network Coding","score":0.9998999834060669,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1705","display_name":"Computer Networks and Communications"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10796","display_name":"Cooperative Communication and Network Coding","score":0.9998999834060669,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1705","display_name":"Computer Networks and Communications"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11133","display_name":"UAV Applications and Optimization","score":0.9976999759674072,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2202","display_name":"Aerospace Engineering"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/22","display_name":"Engineering"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11458","display_name":"Advanced Wireless Communication Technologies","score":0.9944000244140625,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2208","display_name":"Electrical and Electronic Engineering"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/22","display_name":"Engineering"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/relay","display_name":"Relay","score":0.8495813608169556},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/telecommunications-link","display_name":"Telecommunications link","score":0.6688927412033081},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/heading","display_name":"Heading (navigation)","score":0.6535383462905884},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.5930365324020386},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/offset","display_name":"Offset (computer science)","score":0.538529634475708},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/node","display_name":"Node (physics)","score":0.5257395505905151},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/wireless","display_name":"Wireless","score":0.5043619871139526},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/real-time-computing","display_name":"Real-time computing","score":0.4645070731639862},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/base-station","display_name":"Base station","score":0.4571293890476227},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/wireless-network","display_name":"Wireless network","score":0.4502968192100525},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-network","display_name":"Computer network","score":0.44634389877319336},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/topology","display_name":"Topology (electrical circuits)","score":0.36423125863075256},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/control-theory","display_name":"Control theory (sociology)","score":0.3568444848060608},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/engineering","display_name":"Engineering","score":0.24791878461837769},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/electrical-engineering","display_name":"Electrical engineering","score":0.1486903429031372},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/telecommunications","display_name":"Telecommunications","score":0.14779174327850342},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/control","display_name":"Control (management)","score":0.13066887855529785}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2778156585","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q174053","display_name":"Relay","level":3,"score":0.8495813608169556},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C138660444","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5607897","display_name":"Telecommunications link","level":2,"score":0.6688927412033081},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2776937971","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4384217","display_name":"Heading (navigation)","level":2,"score":0.6535383462905884},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.5930365324020386},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C175291020","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1156822","display_name":"Offset (computer science)","level":2,"score":0.538529634475708},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C62611344","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1062658","display_name":"Node (physics)","level":2,"score":0.5257395505905151},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C555944384","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q249","display_name":"Wireless","level":2,"score":0.5043619871139526},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C79403827","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3988","display_name":"Real-time computing","level":1,"score":0.4645070731639862},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C68649174","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1379116","display_name":"Base station","level":2,"score":0.4571293890476227},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C108037233","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11375","display_name":"Wireless network","level":3,"score":0.4502968192100525},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C31258907","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1301371","display_name":"Computer network","level":1,"score":0.44634389877319336},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C184720557","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7825049","display_name":"Topology (electrical circuits)","level":2,"score":0.36423125863075256},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C47446073","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5165890","display_name":"Control theory (sociology)","level":3,"score":0.3568444848060608},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C127413603","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11023","display_name":"Engineering","level":0,"score":0.24791878461837769},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C119599485","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q43035","display_name":"Electrical engineering","level":1,"score":0.1486903429031372},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C76155785","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q418","display_name":"Telecommunications","level":1,"score":0.14779174327850342},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2775924081","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q55608371","display_name":"Control (management)","level":2,"score":0.13066887855529785},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C121332964","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q413","display_name":"Physics","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C146978453","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3798668","display_name":"Aerospace engineering","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C62520636","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q944","display_name":"Quantum mechanics","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C163258240","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25342","display_name":"Power (physics)","level":2,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C199360897","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9143","display_name":"Programming language","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C154945302","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11660","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C66938386","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q633538","display_name":"Structural engineering","level":1,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":2,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1109/taes.2011.5937283","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/taes.2011.5937283","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S193624734","display_name":"IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems","issn_l":"0018-9251","issn":["0018-9251","1557-9603","2371-9877"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319808","host_organization_name":"Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319808"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems","raw_type":"journal-article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:CiteSeerX.psu:10.1.1.728.1708","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.728.1708","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"http://newport.eecs.uci.edu/%7Eswindle/pubs/WirelessRelayCommunications.pdf","raw_type":"text"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[{"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/7","score":0.41999998688697815,"display_name":"Affordable and clean energy"}],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":false,"pdf":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":33,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W1499544424","https://openalex.org/W1508642566","https://openalex.org/W1563714736","https://openalex.org/W2096927504","https://openalex.org/W2097288410","https://openalex.org/W2098044019","https://openalex.org/W2098567664","https://openalex.org/W2098969228","https://openalex.org/W2101871422","https://openalex.org/W2104057862","https://openalex.org/W2107080958","https://openalex.org/W2109191808","https://openalex.org/W2110659753","https://openalex.org/W2110682353","https://openalex.org/W2114227162","https://openalex.org/W2121367139","https://openalex.org/W2121951643","https://openalex.org/W2124232488","https://openalex.org/W2142886823","https://openalex.org/W2143137285","https://openalex.org/W2145417574","https://openalex.org/W2151287854","https://openalex.org/W2160580939","https://openalex.org/W2166903471","https://openalex.org/W2168847332","https://openalex.org/W2168859073","https://openalex.org/W2170596266","https://openalex.org/W2170738062","https://openalex.org/W2798333393","https://openalex.org/W3128611524","https://openalex.org/W6674617413","https://openalex.org/W6674779624","https://openalex.org/W6678581093"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W4244052565","https://openalex.org/W2358719579","https://openalex.org/W4252778923","https://openalex.org/W2385042721","https://openalex.org/W4365807906","https://openalex.org/W2157864637","https://openalex.org/W4223416141","https://openalex.org/W2546639359","https://openalex.org/W2972242150","https://openalex.org/W1922070205"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"In":[0],"this":[1,107],"paper,":[2],"we":[3,49,109,149],"investigate":[4,150],"a":[5,22,69,93,111,134,170],"communication":[6],"system":[7],"in":[8,74],"which":[9],"unmanned":[10],"aerial":[11],"vehicles":[12],"(UAVs)":[13],"are":[14,163],"used":[15],"as":[16,92,161,180],"relays":[17,160],"between":[18,60],"ground-based":[19],"terminals":[20],"and":[21,64,67,153,168,177],"network":[23,122,185],"base":[24],"station.":[25],"We":[26,84],"develop":[27,110],"an":[28,96],"algorithm":[29,173],"for":[30,57,72,114,157],"optimizing":[31],"the":[32,35,41,51,58,61,65,77,80,87,101,104,115,120,127,138,145,151,166,181,184],"performance":[33],"of":[34,40,76,79,103,129,183],"ground-to-relay":[36],"links":[37,59],"through":[38],"control":[39,155],"UAV":[42,116,140,159],"heading":[43,102,117,154],"angle.":[44],"To":[45],"quantify":[46],"link":[47,132,147],"performance,":[48],"define":[50],"ergodic":[52],"normalized":[53],"transmission":[54],"rate":[55,124,128],"(ENTR)":[56],"ground":[62],"nodes":[63],"relay,":[66],"derive":[68],"closed-form":[70,112],"expression":[71,113],"it":[73],"terms":[75],"eigenvalues":[78],"channel":[81],"correlation":[82],"matrix.":[83],"show":[85],"that":[86,98,118,174],"ENTR":[88],"can":[89],"be":[90],"approximated":[91],"sinusoid":[94],"with":[95],"offset":[97],"depends":[99],"on":[100],"UAV.":[105],"Using":[106],"observation,":[108],"maximizes":[119],"uplink":[121],"data":[123],"while":[125],"keeping":[126],"each":[130],"individual":[131],"above":[133],"certain":[135],"threshold.":[136],"When":[137],"current":[139],"relay":[141,178],"assignments":[142,179],"cannot":[143],"meet":[144],"minimum":[146],"requirements,":[148],"deployment":[152],"problem":[156],"new":[158],"they":[162],"added":[164],"to":[165],"network,":[167],"propose":[169],"smart":[171],"handoff":[172],"updates":[175],"node":[176],"topology":[182],"evolves.":[186]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2026,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":14},{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":21},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":30},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":34},{"year":2021,"cited_by_count":25},{"year":2020,"cited_by_count":48},{"year":2019,"cited_by_count":76},{"year":2018,"cited_by_count":45},{"year":2017,"cited_by_count":29},{"year":2016,"cited_by_count":25},{"year":2015,"cited_by_count":11},{"year":2014,"cited_by_count":16},{"year":2013,"cited_by_count":10},{"year":2012,"cited_by_count":8}],"updated_date":"2026-06-11T09:08:48.828518","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}