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Title: Trajectory and Power Optimization in sub-THz band for UAV Communications
Vapor loss and molecular absorption make the transmission distance in sub-Terahertz bands a challenge, especially in mobile statues such as UAVs communication. The molecular absorption element is an essential part of the path loss in THz communication channel modeling that cannot be neglected. Along this direction, we investigated the UAV trajectories in sub-THz band. To maximize the secrecy rate of the UAVs communication, an optimization problem has been proposed to jointly optimize the trajectory and transmit power. To enhance the obtained average secrecy rate, MIMO communication and a cooperative UAV jammer strategy were used in this paper. Also, analysis and simulations results were presented to show the performance of UAV-ground communication at THz communications. Finally, Secrecy Outage Probability was obtained for each UAV trajectories in different flight periods to examine the performance of physical layer security added to the UAVground communication at sub-THz communication.  more » « less
Award ID(s):
2022448
PAR ID:
10341856
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Date Published:
Journal Name:
Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC 2022)
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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