Mobile edge computing (MEC), as a promising technology, provides proximate and prompt
computing service for mobile users on various applications. With appropriate incentives …

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) acting as flying base stations (FlyBSs) are considered as
an efficient tool to enhance the capacity of future mobile networks and to facilitate the …

Abstract Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) are well-developed technologies that were first
utilized for military applications such as border monitoring and reconnaissance in hostile …

Due to their high flexibility, high maneuverability, and line-of-sight (LOS) predominant
channel, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) serving as flying base stations have received a …

With the growing demand for communications in remote and dispersed areas, Internet-of-
Remote Things (IoRT) networks with joint unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) access and …

With the development of hardware and communication technology, Internet-of-Things (IoT)
devices have become more powerful in computing, caching, and communication. The …

This paper analyzes the network architecture of the Iridium system, Orbcomm system,
Narrow Band-Internet of Things (NB-IoT) and Long Range Radio (Lo Ra) in the satellite 5G …

As a candidate trust management scheme, trust models based on the cloud theory are
always taken into account when detecting malicious attacks in Underwater Acoustic Sensor …

The soaring data traffic brings tremendous pressure on core networks. Collaborative
caching among edge servers and user devices has been regarded as a promising …

Owing to their intrinsic advantages of seamless coverage and of high data rate, space-air-
ground communications networks (SAGCN) are recognized as one of the emerging …