Optimum battery weight for maximizing available energy in UAV-enabled wireless communications

Hua Yan; Shuang Hua Yang; Yunfei Chen; Suhaib A. Fahmy

doi:10.1109/LWC.2021.3069078

Optimum battery weight for maximizing available energy in UAV-enabled wireless communications

Hua Yan, Shuang Hua Yang, Yunfei Chen, Suhaib A. Fahmy

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Abstract

Battery-powered unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have been widely used as enablers of wireless networks. In this letter, the optimal battery weight for UAV-enabled wireless sensor networks is studied. The energy available for communication by considering propulsion energy consumption is maximized. Both numerical and approximate solutions to the optimal battery weight are derived. Numerical results show that both vertical and horizontal flight speeds and the gross weight of the UAV have great impact on the optimal battery weight.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1410-1413
Number of pages	4
Journal	IEEE Wireless Communications Letters
Volume	10
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/LWC.2021.3069078
Publication status	Published - 26 Mar 2021
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Battery capacity
electric propulsion system (EPS)
power consumption
unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)

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