The advent of the Internet of Things (IoT) era, where billions of devices and sensors are
becoming more and more connected and ubiquitous, is putting a strain on traditional …

High-altitude platforms (HAPs) are aircraft, usually unmanned airships or airplanes
positioned above 20 km, in the stratosphere, in order to compose a telecommunications …

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) can provide efficient and effective solutions for the
development of smart cities. They have been widely used in civilian and military …

The Internet of Things (IoT) is a fast-evolving cutting-edge ecosystem in which the central
notion is the arrangement of a diverse number of smart things so that they may be handled …

With millions of devices connected together, the Internet of Things (IoT) has become an
emerging technology for future wireless networks. The ever-increasing number of smart …

High Altitude Platform Stations (HAPs) is a new and promising technology which can serve a
large number of users at low-cost and quick access to modern wireless communication …

Aerial telecommunications have been investigated for three decades through the design
and evaluation of stratospheric platforms able to offer multiple types of wireless services …

This article proposes a generic scheme that integrates blockchain (BC) and unmanned
aerial vehicles (UAVs) through a fifth-generation (5G) Tactile Internet (TI) service to leverage …

With proliferation of smart devices and wireless applications, the recent few years have
witnessed data surge. These massive data needs to be stored, transmitted, and processed …

Providing" connectivity from the sky" is the new innovative trend in wireless communications.
High and low altitude platforms, drones, aircrafts, and airships are being considered as …