UAV-Assisted Wireless Communications in the 6G-and-Beyond Era: An Extensive Survey on Characteristics, Standardization and Regulations, Enabling Technologies, Challenges, and Future Directions

Mobasshir Mahbub, Mir Md Saym, Sarwar Jahan, Anup Kumar Paul, Alireza Vahid, Seyyedali Hosseinalipour, Bobby Barua, Hen-Geul Yeh, Raed M Shubair, Tarik Taleb, Aryan Kaushik, Mohammed H Alsharif, Shariful Islam, Russel Reza Mahmud, Dusit Niyato

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DOI: 10.1016/j.vehcom.2025.100977
Published: 2025
Container: Vehicular Communications
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@article{allodium:10.1016/j.vehcom.2025.100977,
  title = {UAV-Assisted Wireless Communications in the 6G-and-Beyond Era: An Extensive Survey on Characteristics, Standardization and Regulations, Enabling Technologies, Challenges, and Future Directions},
  author = {Mobasshir Mahbub and Mir Md Saym and Sarwar Jahan and Anup Kumar Paul and Alireza Vahid and Seyyedali Hosseinalipour and Bobby Barua and Hen-Geul Yeh and Raed M Shubair and Tarik Taleb and Aryan Kaushik and Mohammed H Alsharif and Shariful Islam and Russel Reza Mahmud and Dusit Niyato},
  year = {2025},
  journal = {Vehicular Communications},
  doi = {10.1016/j.vehcom.2025.100977},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vehcom.2025.100977}
}

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TY  - JOUR
TI  - UAV-Assisted Wireless Communications in the 6G-and-Beyond Era: An Extensive Survey on Characteristics, Standardization and Regulations, Enabling Technologies, Challenges, and Future Directions
AU  - Mobasshir Mahbub
AU  - Mir Md Saym
AU  - Sarwar Jahan
AU  - Anup Kumar Paul
AU  - Alireza Vahid
AU  - Seyyedali Hosseinalipour
AU  - Bobby Barua
AU  - Hen-Geul Yeh
AU  - Raed M Shubair
AU  - Tarik Taleb
AU  - Aryan Kaushik
AU  - Mohammed H Alsharif
AU  - Shariful Islam
AU  - Russel Reza Mahmud
AU  - Dusit Niyato
PY  - 2025
JO  - Vehicular Communications
DO  - 10.1016/j.vehcom.2025.100977
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Mahbub, M., Saym, M. M., Jahan, S., Paul, A. K., Vahid, A., Hosseinalipour, S., Barua, B., Yeh, H., Shubair, R. M., Taleb, T., Kaushik, A., Alsharif, M. H., Islam, S., Mahmud, R. R., & Niyato, D. (2025). UAV-Assisted Wireless Communications in the 6G-and-Beyond Era: An Extensive Survey on Characteristics, Standardization and Regulations, Enabling Technologies, Challenges, and Future Directions. Vehicular Communications. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vehcom.2025.100977

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