The Data: Drones: Tomorrow's Cell Towers?

The future of wireless communication is today being sketched out in the skies and in space. A new generation of intelligent aerospace platforms—drones, airships, and satellites—will be part of tomorrow's 6G networks, acting as, in effect, base stations in the sky. They're expected to roll out in the earl 2030s.

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IEEE Spectrum
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2025-09-01
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https://doi.org/10.1109/mspec.2025.11150636
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Blockchain Technology Applications and Security
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The Data: Drones: Tomorrow's Cell Towers?

Margo Anderson
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Blockchain Technology Applications and Security
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The Data: Drones: Tomorrow's Cell Towers?

Margo Anderson
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Abstract

The future of wireless communication is today being sketched out in the skies and in space. A new generation of intelligent aerospace platforms—drones, airships, and satellites—will be part of tomorrow's 6G networks, acting as, in effect, base stations in the sky. They're expected to roll out in the earl 2030s.

IEEE SpectrumVol. 62(9)
Openalex Percentile: Top 65%
Blockchain Technology Applications and Security
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