The use of drones, formally known as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), has significantly
increased across a variety of applications over the past few years. This is due to the rapid …

The unmanned aerial vehicle formation plays a crucial role in numerous applications, such
as reconnaissance, agricultural plant protection, and electric power inspection. This paper …

In this paper, we study the statistical characterization and modeling of distributed multi-
reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS)-aided wireless systems. Specifically, we consider a …

Due to its flexibility and high maneuverability, Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) is able to
quickly provide wireless connections to the ground vehicles in mobile environment. In this …

Maritime activities represent a major domain of economic growth with several emerging
maritime Internet of Things use cases, such as smart ports, autonomous navigation, and …

Data collection in massive Internet of Things networks requires novel and flexible methods.
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are foreseen as a means to collect data rapidly even in …

Replacing base stations with unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to serve the communication
of ground users has attracted a lot of attention recently. In this paper, we study the joint …

The use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) or drones has grown rapidly in both civilian
and military operations over the last few decades. Multi-UAV systems are preferred to single …

Disasters, either manmade or natural, call for rapid and timely actions. Due to disaster, all of
the communication infrastructures are destroyed, and there is no way for connection …

Owing to the factors such as controllable mobility, ready-to-use technology, low cost, easy
implementation, and so on, unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) possesses tremendous potential …