Spectrum Challenges and Opportunities for UAV Communications
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) are emerging as key enablers for various applications such as advanced air mobility, emergency response, and rural connectivity. However, their safe and scalable integration into the National Airspace System (NAS) depends on resilient wireless communication and efficient spectrum management frameworks. This talk presents our ongoing research projects to address spectrum considerations for UAV applications. We will discuss experimental flight campaigns and testbed development at the University of Kansas to study Command and Control (C2) and payload communication links. We will highlight spectrum challenges unique to aerial platforms, including dynamic interference patterns and coexistence in shared bands. We will conclude by introducing new algorithms for agile spectrum sensing, AI-native scheduling, and multi-link connectivity, which are designed to meet the requirements of beyond-visual-line-of-sight (BVLOS) flight operations.
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- 1536 W 15th St
- Lawrence , Kansas
- United States 66045
- Building: LEEP2
- Room Number: 2425
- Starts 08 October 2025 05:00 AM UTC
- Ends 22 October 2025 08:00 PM UTC
- No Admission Charge
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Professor Morteza Hashemi of University of Kansas
Biography:
Morteza Hashemi is an Associate Professor with the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Kansas (KU), Lawrence, Kansas. He received his MSc and PhD degrees in Electrical Engineering from Boston University, and BSc degree from Sharif University of Technology. His research interests span the areas of UAV communications, spectrum science and engineering, networked systems, and wireless communications. He is a three-time recipient of the Bellows Scholar Award from KU (2021, 2022, 2025).