Assessing the Performance of Standard Mobility Models in Cellular Networks for Drones

Several well-known Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) mobility models that make use of cellular networks will be compared in this study. The acquisition of services for ground-based User Equipment (UE) from Drone Base Stations (DBSs) is the primary focus of the examination. The four distinguishable mobility models— Random Waypoint (RWP), Straight Line (SL), Random Stop (RS), and Random Walk (RW)—are analysed and compared in this work. The UDM and UIM are two service models that are researched in this study. The primary contribution of this work is the development of a thorough method for investigating the point process of DBSs across different mobility and service models. The study compares the basic SL mobility model to more complex models that incorporate curved trajectories and finds performance disparities between the two. It also looks at the average session and received pricing of standard user equipment (UEs). The results of this study shed light on how well drone mobility models perform in cellular network settings, which can help with the development and refinement of drone-optimized cellular networks.