Deploying an Aerial Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface for Vehicle-to-Vehicle Communications (PL: Wykorzystanie powietrznych przełączalnych inteligentnych powierzchni do komunikacji międzypojazdowej)

Abstract: This paper addresses the deployment of a drone equipped with a reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS), creating a drone relay station (DRS) to enhance the connectivity of vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) pairs on the ground. The trajectory of the DRS is optimized to quickly reach the best location for maximizing throughput. Additionally, the presence of an interfering node is considered, and an analytical solution is derived to determine the optimal orientation of the DRS at each time step, minimizing interference to the receiver. Simulation results confirm the effectiveness of the proposed framework.