In this paper, a new relay system that uses the UAV as a relay station between the tethered UAV and ground user (TU2U2G) is proposed. The TU2U2G system uses a TUAV as a viable alternative to replace BS and provide seamless service over a cable that simultaneously supplies stable power and a reliable wired data-link connection from a ground control station. Compared to the BS, TUAV improves system coverage due to its high altitude. Also, it overcomes the antenna down-tilting, which increases the path loss between BS and UAV in the cellular system. In addition, it overcomes the UAV drawback of the batteries’ limited capacity. Therefore, TUAV can achieve the main requirements of a reliable cellular BS in terms of endurance, backhaul link quality, and the advantage of the UAV’s high altitude. After that, the optimization problem is formulated to maximize UAV relay station coverage under the power budget and maximum UAV height constraints. For simplicity, the 3D placement of the UAV is decoupled to the vertical and horizontal placement. Then, a 3D placement algorithm for the system is proposed. The UAV placement in the TU2U2G system compared to the cellular system shows better results in terms of optimum UAV height, maximum coverage radius, and maximum relaying distance.
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