Self-Energized UAV-assisted Communications for 5G Wireless Networks

Self-Energized UAV-assisted Communications for 5G Wireless Networks (SEAN) granted in 2019, with partners from National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli (India), National Research Tomsk Polytechnic University (Russia) and University of New Lisbon (Portugal). Its main purpose is to engage in research activities related to Green communications based Unmanned Ariel Vehicle (UAV) -assisted Communications system development for 5G Networks using machine learning technologies. The project will also train 03 young researchers (PhD students) to become experts in key technologies for future mobile telecommunication systems. Each student will spend at least 06 months in partner countries. In this way, the outcome of the research will directly benefit the partner countries, while the young researchers gain experience in an international research environment.

 

In this research project, we will design an adaptive digital beamforming algorithm to obtain optimal data rate in the air-to-ground channel by reducing the interference from other base stations serving the adjacent cell. Reduced interference will also result in a larger coverage area which is vital for IoT enables devices. Also, a novel unified energy harvesting algorithm by resorting to interference exploitation will be designed. This helps UAV to energize during the communication process, which results in extended operational time.