PV-Powered Base Stations Equipped by UAVs in Urban Areas

Recently, the application of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to support the base stations in cellular telecommunication networks attracts attentions. UAV-assisted base stations can provide the extra users’ demand in extreme and/ or unpredictable situations such as Olympic Games to avoid extra cost of installing ground base stations. In this paper, a PV-battery power system is presented to supply UAV-assisted base stations in cellular telecommunication networks in urban areas to prevent environmental issues as well as to reduce the cost of fulfilling the energy demand. First, the energy consumption profile of the batteries of UAVs is estimated. Afterwards, the impact of the PV system sizing and battery capacity are studied based on sensitivity analysis.