This is a repository copy of Aerial base stations with opportunistic links for next generation emergency communications. White Rose Research Online URL for this paper: https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/130078/ Version: Accepted Version Article: Gomez, Karina, Sithamparanathan, Kandeepan, Vidal, Macià et al. (16 more authors) (2016) Aerial base stations with opportunistic links for next generation emergency communications. IEEE Communications Magazine. pp. 31-39. ISSN 0163-6804 https://doi.org/10.1109/MCOM.2016.7452263 Reuse Items deposited in White Rose Research Online are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved unless indicated otherwise. They may be downloaded and/or printed for private study, or other acts as permitted by national copyright laws. The publisher or other rights holders may allow further reproduction and re-use of the full text version. This is indicated by the licence information on the White Rose Research Online record for the item. Takedown If you consider content in White Rose Research Online to be in breach of UK law, please notify us by emailing
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[email protected] https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/ 1 Aerial Base Stations with Opportunistic Links for Next Generation Emergency Communications Karina Gomez, Sithamparanathan Kandeepan, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia Macià Mut Vidal, Vincent Boussemart, Raquel Ramos, Romain Hermenier, TriaGnoSys GmbH, Wessling, Germany Tinku Rasheed, Leonardi Goratti, Create-Net,