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_id: '16278'
abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: Currently, the coexistence of multiple users and devices challenges the network's
    ability to reliably connect them. This article proposes a novel communication
    architecture that satisfies the requirements of fifth-generation (5G) mobile network
    applications. In particular, this architecture extends and combines ultra-dense
    networking (UDN), multi-access edge computing (MEC), and virtual infrastructure
    manager (VIM) concepts to provide a flexible network of moving radio access (RA)
    nodes, flying or moving to areas where users and devices struggle for connectivity
    and data rate. Furthermore, advances in radio communications and non-orthogonal
    multiple access (NOMA), virtualization technologies and energy-awareness mechanisms
    are integrated towards a mobile UDN that not only allows RA nodes to follow the
    user but also enables the virtualized network functions (VNFs) to adapt to user
    mobility by migrating from one node to another. Performance evaluation shows that
    the underlying network improves connectivity of users and devices through the
    flexible deployment of moving RA nodes and the use of NOMA.
article_number: '100250'
author:
- first_name: Nikolaos
  full_name: Nomikos, Nikolaos
  last_name: Nomikos
- first_name: Emmanouel T.
  full_name: Michailidis, Emmanouel T.
  last_name: Michailidis
- first_name: Panagiotis
  full_name: Trakadas, Panagiotis
  last_name: Trakadas
- first_name: Demosthenes
  full_name: Vouyioukas, Demosthenes
  last_name: Vouyioukas
- first_name: Holger
  full_name: Karl, Holger
  id: '126'
  last_name: Karl
- first_name: Josep
  full_name: Martrat, Josep
  last_name: Martrat
- first_name: Theodore
  full_name: Zahariadis, Theodore
  last_name: Zahariadis
- first_name: Konstantinos
  full_name: Papadopoulos, Konstantinos
  last_name: Papadopoulos
- first_name: Stamatis
  full_name: Voliotis, Stamatis
  last_name: Voliotis
citation:
  ama: Nomikos N, Michailidis ET, Trakadas P, et al. A UAV-based moving 5G RAN for
    massive connectivity of mobile users and IoT devices. <i>Vehicular Communications</i>.
    2020. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vehcom.2020.100250">10.1016/j.vehcom.2020.100250</a>
  apa: Nomikos, N., Michailidis, E. T., Trakadas, P., Vouyioukas, D., Karl, H., Martrat,
    J., … Voliotis, S. (2020). A UAV-based moving 5G RAN for massive connectivity
    of mobile users and IoT devices. <i>Vehicular Communications</i>. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vehcom.2020.100250">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vehcom.2020.100250</a>
  bibtex: '@article{Nomikos_Michailidis_Trakadas_Vouyioukas_Karl_Martrat_Zahariadis_Papadopoulos_Voliotis_2020,
    title={A UAV-based moving 5G RAN for massive connectivity of mobile users and
    IoT devices}, DOI={<a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vehcom.2020.100250">10.1016/j.vehcom.2020.100250</a>},
    number={100250}, journal={Vehicular Communications}, author={Nomikos, Nikolaos
    and Michailidis, Emmanouel T. and Trakadas, Panagiotis and Vouyioukas, Demosthenes
    and Karl, Holger and Martrat, Josep and Zahariadis, Theodore and Papadopoulos,
    Konstantinos and Voliotis, Stamatis}, year={2020} }'
  chicago: Nomikos, Nikolaos, Emmanouel T. Michailidis, Panagiotis Trakadas, Demosthenes
    Vouyioukas, Holger Karl, Josep Martrat, Theodore Zahariadis, Konstantinos Papadopoulos,
    and Stamatis Voliotis. “A UAV-Based Moving 5G RAN for Massive Connectivity of
    Mobile Users and IoT Devices.” <i>Vehicular Communications</i>, 2020. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vehcom.2020.100250">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vehcom.2020.100250</a>.
  ieee: N. Nomikos <i>et al.</i>, “A UAV-based moving 5G RAN for massive connectivity
    of mobile users and IoT devices,” <i>Vehicular Communications</i>, 2020.
  mla: Nomikos, Nikolaos, et al. “A UAV-Based Moving 5G RAN for Massive Connectivity
    of Mobile Users and IoT Devices.” <i>Vehicular Communications</i>, 100250, 2020,
    doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vehcom.2020.100250">10.1016/j.vehcom.2020.100250</a>.
  short: N. Nomikos, E.T. Michailidis, P. Trakadas, D. Vouyioukas, H. Karl, J. Martrat,
    T. Zahariadis, K. Papadopoulos, S. Voliotis, Vehicular Communications (2020).
date_created: 2020-03-10T15:59:56Z
date_updated: 2022-01-06T06:52:48Z
department:
- _id: '75'
doi: 10.1016/j.vehcom.2020.100250
language:
- iso: eng
publication: Vehicular Communications
publication_identifier:
  issn:
  - 2214-2096
publication_status: published
status: public
title: A UAV-based moving 5G RAN for massive connectivity of mobile users and IoT
  devices
type: journal_article
user_id: '126'
year: '2020'
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