Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Cellular Communications

lt;p>Agbotiname Lucky Imoize (Senior Member, IEEE) is a Lecturer in the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, University of Lagos, Nigeria. He received B.Eng (Honours) in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Ambrose Alli University, Nigeria in 2008, and M.Sc in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from the University of Lagos, Nigeria in 2012. Before joining the University of Lagos, he was a Lecturer at Bells University of Technology, Nigeria. He worked as a core network products manager at ZTE Nigeria Limited from 2011-2012 and as a Network Switching Subsystem Engineer at Globacom, Nigeria, from 2012-2017. Imoize was awarded the Fulbright Fellowship as a Visiting Research Scholar at the Wireless@VT Lab in the Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Virginia Tech., USA, where he worked under the supervision of Prof. R. Michael Buehrer from 2017-2018. He is currently a Research Scholar at Ruhr University Bochum, Germany, under the Nigerian Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF) and the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) through the Nigerian-German Postgraduate Program. He is a Registered Engineer with the Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN) and a Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE) member. He has co-edited one book and coauthored over 80 papers in peer-reviewed journals and conferences. His research interests are beyond 5G and 6G wireless communications, chaotic communications, and wireless security systems.

Prof. Sardar M. N. Islam (Naz) is currently a Professor, ISILC,  Leader of the Decision Sciences and Modelling Program; Victoria University, Australia. He is also a Distinguished Visiting Professor of Artificial Intelligence, UnSri and a Distinguished Visiting Professor, AURAK 2019-2021. Professor Sardar M. N. Islam adopts a global and humanistic approach in his research and academic works. He has undertaken rigorous scientific studies of emerging computer science issues and other related disciplines. His scholarly work has gained international acclaim resulting in many; Honours and Awards, visiting or adjunct professorial appointments, editorial roles in journals and keynote speeches at international conferences in several countries. He has published 31 scholarly academic books in different disciplines, including computer science. Each of these books makes significant scientific contributions to the literature. These books are published by prestigious publishers, and most books are published in highly regarded book series. He has also published over 250 articles, including some of the top leading international journal articles in his specialized research areas, including computer science. 

Dr. T. Poongodi is currently working as a Professor in the School of Computing Science & Engineering at the Galgotias University, Delhi-NCR, India. She received her Ph.D. degree in Information Technology (Information and Communication Engineering) from Anna University, Tamil Nadu, India. Her current research interests include Network Security, Wireless Ad Hoc and Sensor Networks, Internet of Things (IoT), Computer Networks, and Blockchain Technology for emerging communication networks. Dr. Poongodi is the author of over 40+ book chapters, including some reputed publishers such as Springer, Elsevier, IET, Wiley, De-Gruyter, CRC Press, IGI global and 30+ international journals and conferences. She has published 10+ books on the Internet of Things, Data Analytics, Blockchain Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Healthcare Informatics, published by reputed publishers such as Springer, IET, Wiley, CRC Taylor & Francis, and Apple Academic Press. She adopts a universal and humanistic approach in her academic and research works. She has undertaken meticulous scientific studies of emergi

Chapter1. Historical Perspectives and Introduction to UAV Cellular Communications.- Chapter2. UAV Cellular Communication in 5G New Radio Wireless Standards.- Chapter3. 5G NR Massive Mimo for Efficient and Robust UAV Cellular Communications.- Chapter4. Intelligent Reflecting Surface assisted UAV Communication System.- Chapter5. Artificial Intelligence Empowered Models for UAV Communications.- Chapter6. Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces (RIS) Assisted UAV Cellular Communication.- Chapter7. Cell-Free Massive MIMO Architecture for UAV Cellular Communications.- Chapter8. Unmanned Aerial Vehicle-Assisted Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface for Energy Efficient and Reliable Communication.- Chapter9. Blockchain Technology Enabling UAV Cellular Communications.- Chapter10. Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Cellular Communication Operating in Non-terrestrial Networks.- Chapter11. Design and Performance Issues in UAV Cellular Communications.- Chapter12. Evolution and Significance of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles.- Chapter13. An Overview of Energy Consumption for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Cellular Communications.