Average Coverage Probability for Base-Station-to-UAV Communications Over 6G Multiple Access Wireless Networks

While the fifth generation (5G) of wireless networks is currently being rolled out, wireless networks still need further development to meet the requirements of dramatically increasing numbers of users and new applications and the resulting traffic expected in the coming decade and beyond. The sixth generation (6G) of wireless networks is envisioned to respond to this by providing services with massive access, ultra-reliability, low latency, intelligence, and security while maximizing the spectral/energy/cost efficiency. Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have attracted considerable research attention due to their mobility and ability to line-of-sight (LoS) coverage in areas that suffer from low channel quality. However, how to characterize a UAV’s coverage area is a challenging problem and has not been thoroughly studied. To address this issue, in this paper we investigate the coverage performance of base station (BS) to UAV communications with a number of interfering mobile users. We first establish a Nakagami-m fading channel model for BS-toUAV wireless communications. Then, we derive a closed-form expression for the UAV’s average coverage probability under the scenario of interfering mobile users. Finally, numerical results confirm our derived analytical results and evaluate the UAV’s performance under different scenarios that anticipate 6G wireless networking models.