First responders got wings: UAVs to the rescue of localization operations in beyond 5G systems

A Albanese, V Sciancalepore… - IEEE Communications …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Natural and human-made disasters have dramatically increased in recent decades. Given
the strong relationship between first responders' localization time and the final number of …

SARDO: An automated search-and-rescue drone-based solution for victims localization

A Albanese, V Sciancalepore… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Natural disasters affect millions of people every year. Finding missing persons in the
shortest possible time is of crucial importance to reduce the death toll. This task is especially …

A UAV-assisted search and localization strategy in non-line-of-sight scenarios

B Yuan, R He, B Ai, R Chen, G Wang… - IEEE Internet of …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Recently, unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-assisted ground targets localization is widely
used in search and rescue (SAR) scenes. In this article, we propose a UAV search and …

Towards uav-based absolute hierarchical localization in confined spaces

RY Brogaard, M Zajaczkowski, L Kovac… - … on Safety, Security …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
To perform safe, autonomous, visual inspections of maritime vessels, accurate and
lightweight localization of UAVs in dark and confined areas is required. Such visual …

An optimized UAV trajectory planning for localization in disaster scenarios

F Demiane, S Sharafeddine, O Farhat - Computer networks, 2020 - Elsevier
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are considered one of the most promising emerging
technologies to support rescue teams in disaster management and relief operations …

Autonomous UAV trajectory for localizing ground objects: A reinforcement learning approach

D Ebrahimi, S Sharafeddine, PH Ho… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Disaster management, search and rescue missions, and health monitoring are examples of
critical applications that require object localization with high precision and sometimes in a …

A review of radio frequency based localisation for aerial and ground robots with 5g future perspectives

M Kabiri, C Cimarelli, H Bavle, JL Sanchez-Lopez… - Sensors, 2022 - mdpi.com
Efficient localisation plays a vital role in many modern applications of Unmanned Ground
Vehicles (UGV) and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), which contributes to improved …

OTFS-superimposed PRACH-aided localization for UAV safety applications

F Linsalata, A Albanese… - 2021 IEEE Global …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The adoption of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) for public safety applications has
skyrocketed in the last years. Leveraging on Physical Random Access Channel (PRACH) …

Autonomous 3-D UAV localization using cellular networks: Deep supervised learning versus reinforcement learning approaches

G Afifi, Y Gadallah - IEEE Access, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are becoming an integral part of numerous commercial
and military applications. In many of these applications, the UAV is required to self-navigate …

RF signal source search and localization using an autonomous UAV with predefined waypoints

H Kwon, I Guvenc - 2023 IEEE 97th Vehicular Technology …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Localization of a radio frequency (RF) signal source has various use cases, ranging from
search and rescue, identification and deactivation of jammers, and tracking hostile activity …