Title
A Survey of Air-to-Ground Propagation Channel Modeling for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Abstract
In recent years, there has been a dramatic increase in the use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), particularly for small UAVs, due to their affordable prices, ease of availability, and ease of operability. Existing and future applications of UAVs include remote surveillance and monitoring, relief operations, package delivery, and communication backhaul infrastructure. Additionally, UAVs are envisioned as an important component of 5G wireless technology and beyond. The unique application scenarios for UAVs necessitate accurate air-to-ground (AG) propagation channel models for designing and evaluating UAV communication links for control/non-payload as well as payload data transmissions. These AG propagation models have not been investigated in detail when compared to terrestrial propagation models. In this paper, a comprehensive survey is provided on available AG channel measurement campaigns, large and small scale fading channel models, their limitations, and future research directions for UAV communication scenarios.
Year
DOI
Venue
2019
10.1109/COMST.2019.2915069
IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials
Keywords
Field
DocType
Atmospheric modeling,Channel models,Loss measurement,Unmanned aerial vehicles,Fading channels,Frequency measurement,L-band
Channel models,Wireless,Backhaul (telecommunications),Computer science,Fading,Communication channel,Operability,Real-time computing,Payload
Journal
Volume
Issue
Citations 
21
3
49
PageRank 
References 
Authors
1.16
32
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Wahab Khawaja1491.50
Ismail Güvenç22041153.03
Matolak, D.W.316818.16
Uwe-Carsten Fiebig417254.24
Nicolas Schneckenberger5491.16