UAV-Assisted IRS System With Energy Harvesting: Enhanced Reliability in Critical Scenarios for 5G/6G Wireless Communication

This paper proposes an UAV-assisted intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) system for improving the network performance between ground-to-ground (G2G) users in 5G/6G wireless communication. This work may be applicable for packet delivery in bustling urban areas, especially where G2G links are in deep...

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Main Authors: Pankaj Kumar, Santhosha Kamath, Sam Darshi, Jen-Yi Pan, Muhammad Iqbal, Samar Shailendra, Vijay Mohan
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Santhosha Kamath
Sam Darshi
Jen-Yi Pan
Muhammad Iqbal
Samar Shailendra
Vijay Mohan
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description This paper proposes an UAV-assisted intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) system for improving the network performance between ground-to-ground (G2G) users in 5G/6G wireless communication. This work may be applicable for packet delivery in bustling urban areas, especially where G2G links are in deep fade. For energizing the IRS elements and controlling the processing units of the UAV, radio-frequency (RF)-based energy harvesting (EH) is proposed at UAV, where the dynamic power splitting factor depends on the height-dependent Nakagami-m shaping parameter (m). The mathematical framework for the proposal includes the height-dependent Nakagami-m fading to represent small-scale fading and height-dependent path-loss exponent to model large-scale fading. We develop the expression for spectral efficiency and derive a closed-form expression of an outage probability for the proposed scenario by considering Nakagami-m channel among A2G links. The analytical results are validated with simulation results, and the work is compared with the existing state-of-the-art.
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spelling doaj-art-4e2bd7d02a65493d8ccada62207e90942025-08-20T03:44:32ZengIEEEIEEE Access2169-35362025-01-0113533565336510.1109/ACCESS.2025.355248510930936UAV-Assisted IRS System With Energy Harvesting: Enhanced Reliability in Critical Scenarios for 5G/6G Wireless CommunicationPankaj Kumar0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2824-0551Santhosha Kamath1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1956-1727Sam Darshi2https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6254-0270Jen-Yi Pan3https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0365-5996Muhammad Iqbal4https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1603-0899Samar Shailendra5Vijay Mohan6https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1457-2651Department of Information and Communication Technology, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal, IndiaDepartment of Information and Communication Technology, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal, IndiaDepartment of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Ropar, Rupnagar, Punjab, IndiaDepartment of Communication Engineering, National Chung Cheng University, Min-Hsiung, Chia-Yi, TaiwanDepartment of Communication Engineering, National Chung Cheng University, Min-Hsiung, Chia-Yi, TaiwanDepartment of Telecommunication and Networking, Melbourne Institute of Technology, Melbourne, AustraliaDepartment of Mechatronics, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal, IndiaThis paper proposes an UAV-assisted intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) system for improving the network performance between ground-to-ground (G2G) users in 5G/6G wireless communication. This work may be applicable for packet delivery in bustling urban areas, especially where G2G links are in deep fade. For energizing the IRS elements and controlling the processing units of the UAV, radio-frequency (RF)-based energy harvesting (EH) is proposed at UAV, where the dynamic power splitting factor depends on the height-dependent Nakagami-m shaping parameter (m). The mathematical framework for the proposal includes the height-dependent Nakagami-m fading to represent small-scale fading and height-dependent path-loss exponent to model large-scale fading. We develop the expression for spectral efficiency and derive a closed-form expression of an outage probability for the proposed scenario by considering Nakagami-m channel among A2G links. The analytical results are validated with simulation results, and the work is compared with the existing state-of-the-art.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10930936/UAVIRSenergy harvestingNakagami-m channelspectral efficiencyoutage probability
spellingShingle Pankaj Kumar
Santhosha Kamath
Sam Darshi
Jen-Yi Pan
Muhammad Iqbal
Samar Shailendra
Vijay Mohan
UAV-Assisted IRS System With Energy Harvesting: Enhanced Reliability in Critical Scenarios for 5G/6G Wireless Communication
IEEE Access
UAV
IRS
energy harvesting
Nakagami-m channel
spectral efficiency
outage probability
title UAV-Assisted IRS System With Energy Harvesting: Enhanced Reliability in Critical Scenarios for 5G/6G Wireless Communication
title_full UAV-Assisted IRS System With Energy Harvesting: Enhanced Reliability in Critical Scenarios for 5G/6G Wireless Communication
title_fullStr UAV-Assisted IRS System With Energy Harvesting: Enhanced Reliability in Critical Scenarios for 5G/6G Wireless Communication
title_full_unstemmed UAV-Assisted IRS System With Energy Harvesting: Enhanced Reliability in Critical Scenarios for 5G/6G Wireless Communication
title_short UAV-Assisted IRS System With Energy Harvesting: Enhanced Reliability in Critical Scenarios for 5G/6G Wireless Communication
title_sort uav assisted irs system with energy harvesting enhanced reliability in critical scenarios for 5g 6g wireless communication
topic UAV
IRS
energy harvesting
Nakagami-m channel
spectral efficiency
outage probability
url https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10930936/
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