Delay Analysis of UAV Networks with Hybrid Wireless and Power Line Communication

Abstract

The unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) network has been widely studied for for various metrics, e.g., flexible and reliable. Among these metrics, delay is a major performance metric for UAV network. This paper models a UAV network with hybrid wirless and power line communication (PLC) where data is first relayed through a wireless channel and then transmitted through a PLC system. We analysis the delay performance of the hybrid network via SNC approach. Numerical results shows how various parameters affect the delay performance under the service capability derived.