In this paper, we study data collection in mobile wireless sensor networks (WSNs) assisted
by unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). We focus on randomly deployed mobile sensors along a …

Abstract We consider Internet of Things (IoT) sensors deployed inside an area to be
monitored. Not all the sensors are connected via single-hop to the depot that requires the …

Drones can be used for several civil applications including search and rescue, coverage,
and aerial imaging. Newer applications like construction and delivery of goods are also …

Unmanned aerial vehicles are devices able to perform many different tasks that can help
human activity in many processes. One of the most important use regards the possibility of …

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) have recently o ered signi cant technological
achievements. The advancement in related applications predicts an extended need for …

The use of mobility in a Wireless Sensor Network has already been indicated as a feature
whose exploitation would increase the performances and the ease of mantainance in these …

An important problem in Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) is the occurrence of failures that
lead to the disconnection of parts of the network, compromising the final results achieved by …

This paper presents how to plan for and deploy a team of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs)
to collect data from wireless sensors while minimizing collection latency. We propose a …

This paper proposes a novel data acquisition framework in sensor networks using an
unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) with the goal of increasing the efficiency of the data …