Description
Date depot: 18 octobre 2021
Titre: Enabling Ultra-Reliable Drone Cellular Communications in 6G Networks
Directeur de thèse:
David GESBERT (Eurecom)
Encadrant :
Nicola PIOVESAN (HUAWEI France)
Encadrant :
David LOPEZ PEREZ (ITEAM)
Domaine scientifique: Sciences et technologies de l'information et de la communication
Thématique CNRS : Systèmes et réseaux
Resumé: Drones, a.k.a. unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), are envisioned to shape the future of technology, providing fast and touchless delivery services, acting as small cells for cellular coverage boost, and even automating logistics in Industry 4.0 environments. For these technological and commercial visions to turn into reality, UAVs will require reliable remote control, fast wireless connectivity, and efficient mobility management. This is currently not feasible because cellular networks are optimized to serve mobile devices located at ground level and inside buildings. The research aims at enabling ultra-reliable cellular communications in the sky by developing and analyzing novel techniques in the optimization of cellular networks, including, but not limited to, the design of:
a) Optimization schemes, based on mathematical and/or machine learning approaches, which leverage available data, to tune the existing ground cellular networks for aerial communications;
b) New cellular network architectures to enhance the performance of wireless communications in the sky; and
c) New wireless communication techniques/features that can be implemented at current and/or future cellular base stations and aerial devices to improve the reliability of their communications
Doctorant.e: Bernabe' Matteo