Research Article

Time-Division Multiarray Beamforming for UAV Communication

Table 2

Notations of symbols in the paper.

SymbolMeaningSymbolMeaning

Positive integer fieldComplex number field
TransposeHermitian transport
Number of antenna arraysSpacing of antenna arrays
Number of antennas in an arraySpacing of array elements
Wavelength of the carrierSpeed of light
Carrier frequencyPower for transmitting symbols
Power for ANNormalized QPSK constellation mapping
Symbol durationTotal number of symbols in a packet
The noise variance received by LUSteering vector from LU to the nth antenna array
Steering vector from the nth antenna array to EveNoise variance received by Eve
Achievable rates of LUAverage SINR of Eve
Secrecy rateAchievable rates of Eve
Symbol error rateBit error rate