Due to the advancements in cellular technologies and the dense deployment of cellular
infrastructure, integrating unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) into the fifth-generation (5G) and …

Abstract Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), as a recently emerging technology, enabled a
new breed of unprecedented applications in different domains. This technology's ongoing …

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) have become increasingly important in assisting 5G and
beyond 5G (B5G) mobile networks. Indeed, UAVs have all the potentials to both satisfy the …

Technology solutions must effectively balance economic growth, social equity, and
environmental integrity to achieve a sustainable society. Notably, although the Internet of …

In order to mitigate the double near-far effect, we focus on a mobile wireless-powered
communication network (WPCN), where sensor nodes harvest energy from the radio …

This work presents non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) enabled energy-efficient
alternating optimization framework for backscatter aided wireless powered uplink sensors …

The advent of the Internet of Things (IoT), with thousands of connected, heterogeneous, and
energy-constrained devices, enables new application domains and improves our everyday …

Reliable energy supply remains a crucial challenge in the Internet of Things (IoT). Although
relying on batteries is cost-effective for a few devices, it is neither a scalable nor a …

Intelligent vehicular networks (IVNs) have drawn substantial interests in recent years due to
its great potential in enabling diverse applications in the fifth-generation (5G) and beyond …

Wireless-powered Internet of Things (IoT) systems allow small IoT devices to operate without
accompanying dedicated power sources. A well-known protocol for such networks utilizes …