Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are regarded as an emerging technology, which can be
effectively utilized to perform the data collection tasks in the Internet of Things (IoT) networks …

Thanks to the inherent characteristics of flexible mobility and autonomous operation,
unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) will inevitably be integrated into 5G/B5G cellular networks …

Thanks to their high-flexibility and low-operational cost, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs)
can be used to support mission-critical applications in the Internet of Things (IoT). However …

Unmanned-aerial-vehicle (UAV)-assisted data collection has been emerging as a prominent
application due to its flexibility, mobility, and low operational cost. However, under the …

This article proposes a multidimensional search space (or directional space) with more
degrees-of-freedom (DOFs) to increase the energy efficiency of limited-battery-powered …

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have emerged as a promising candidate solution for data
collection of large-scale wireless sensor networks (WSNs). In this paper, we investigate a …

Due to their high maneuverability and flexible deployment, unmanned aerial vehicles
(UAVs) could be an alternative option for a scenario where Internet of Things (IoT) devices …

Intelligent transportation systems are thriving thanks to a wide range of technological
advances, namely 5G communications, the Internet of Things (IoT), artificial intelligence, and …

Abstract In recent years, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) can effectively alleviate the
problems of unstable links and low transmission efficiency, which have been applied for …

In this paper, a UAV-assisted wireless powered communication system for IoT network is
studied. Specifically, the UAV performs as base station (BS) to collect the sensory …