Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are widely applied in smart city applications such as
urban sensing and delivery, due to the UAVs' agility, low cost and not being restricted by …

Stimulated by the dramatical service demand in the logistics industry, logistics trucks
employed in last-mile parcel delivery bring critical public concerns, such as heavy cost …

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) are widely employed in smart city. However, the limited
battery capacity is one of the UAV's most critical obstacles to monitoring mission. Recently …

UAVs' high mobility and extensive coverage make them widely used as task performers in
mobile crowd sensing (MCS). However, due to the limitation of the battery capacity, the flying …

The response time to emergency situations in urban areas is considered as a crucial key in
limiting material damage or even saving human lives. Thanks to their “bird's eye view” and …

This contribution presents a solution to improve the performances of micro unmanned aerial
vehicles (UAVs) by increasing their missions coverage in terms of distance and time. This is …

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) evolution has shown potential in many applications of
wireless communication because of their high coverage, promising rates, and flexible …

A smart transportation system (ie, intelligent transportation system) refers to a transportation
critical infrastructure system that integrates advanced technologies (eg, networking …

In this paper, the high-altitude UAVs (HA-UAVs) act as a data collector that receives critical
data from low-altitude UAV (LA-UAVs) in regular intervals, whereas the LA-UAVs are used …

Accidents are inevitable in the transportation systems; however, harnessing the big data
generated from traffic accidents can significantly enhance the intelligence of the …