TY - GEN
T1 - Aerial Base Stations
T2 - 2023 IEEE Global Communications Conference, GLOBECOM 2023
AU - Sri Ganesh Seeram, Siva Satya
AU - Zhang, Shuai
AU - Ozger, Mustafa
AU - Grabs, Andre
AU - Holis, Jaroslav
AU - Cavdar, Cicek
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 IEEE.
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - Aerial base stations (ABSs) have emerged as a promising solution to meet the high traffic demands of future wireless networks. Nevertheless, their practical implementation requires efficient utilization of limited payload and onboard energy. Understanding the power consumption streams, such as mechanical and communication power, and their relationship to the payload is crucial for analyzing its feasibility. Specifically, we focus on rotary-wing drones (RWDs), fixed-wing drones (FWDs), and high-altitude platforms (HAPs), analyzing their energy consumption models and key performance metrics such as power consumption, energy harvested-to-consumption ratio, and service time with varying wingspans, battery capacities, and regions. Our findings indicate that FWDs have longer service times and HAPs have energy harvested-to-consumption ratios greater than one, indicating theoretically infinite service time, especially when deployed in near-equator regions or have a large wingspan. Additionally, we investigate the case study of RWD-BS deployment, assessing aerial network dimensioning aspects such as ABS coverage radius based on altitude, environment, and frequency of operation. Our findings provide valuable insights for researchers and telecom operators, facilitating effective cost planning by determining the number of ABSs and backup batteries required for uninterrupted operations.
AB - Aerial base stations (ABSs) have emerged as a promising solution to meet the high traffic demands of future wireless networks. Nevertheless, their practical implementation requires efficient utilization of limited payload and onboard energy. Understanding the power consumption streams, such as mechanical and communication power, and their relationship to the payload is crucial for analyzing its feasibility. Specifically, we focus on rotary-wing drones (RWDs), fixed-wing drones (FWDs), and high-altitude platforms (HAPs), analyzing their energy consumption models and key performance metrics such as power consumption, energy harvested-to-consumption ratio, and service time with varying wingspans, battery capacities, and regions. Our findings indicate that FWDs have longer service times and HAPs have energy harvested-to-consumption ratios greater than one, indicating theoretically infinite service time, especially when deployed in near-equator regions or have a large wingspan. Additionally, we investigate the case study of RWD-BS deployment, assessing aerial network dimensioning aspects such as ABS coverage radius based on altitude, environment, and frequency of operation. Our findings provide valuable insights for researchers and telecom operators, facilitating effective cost planning by determining the number of ABSs and backup batteries required for uninterrupted operations.
KW - aerial base stations
KW - aerial network
KW - energy harvesting
KW - power consumption
KW - service time
KW - Unmanned aerial vehicles
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U2 - 10.1109/GLOBECOM54140.2023.10437128
DO - 10.1109/GLOBECOM54140.2023.10437128
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85187316816
T3 - Proceedings - IEEE Global Communications Conference, GLOBECOM
SP - 5049
EP - 5054
BT - GLOBECOM 2023 - 2023 IEEE Global Communications Conference
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Y2 - 4 December 2023 through 8 December 2023
ER -