The current opportunities and challenges in drone technology

M Emimi, M Khaleel, A Alkrash - Int. J. Electr. Eng. and Sustain., 2023 - ijees.org
The process of globalization is being significantly influenced by the integration of
technology, and among the technological advancements, drone technology stands out as a …

Non-Terrestrial Networks for Energy-Efficient Connectivity of Remote IoT Devices in the 6G Era: A Survey

S Plastras, D Tsoumatidis, DN Skoutas, A Rouskas… - Sensors, 2024 - mdpi.com
The Internet of Things (IoT) is gaining popularity and market share, driven by its ability to
connect devices and systems that were previously siloed, enabling new applications and …

Use of drone photogrammetry as an innovative, competency-based architecture teaching process

J Rábago, M Portuguez-Castro - Drones, 2023 - mdpi.com
The use of drones is becoming increasingly popular in various fields. In the case of
education, initiatives have emerged in which they are included as tools to develop student's …

Complementarity, interoperability, and level of integration of humanitarian drones with emerging digital technologies: A state-of-the-art systematic literature review of …

E Aretoulaki, ST Ponis, G Plakas - Drones, 2023 - mdpi.com
The adoption of drones and other emerging digital technologies (DTs) has proven essential
in revolutionizing humanitarian logistics as standalone solutions. However, the …

[HTML][HTML] An innovative clustering hierarchical protocol for data collection from remote wireless sensor networks based internet of things applications

SL Shah, ZH Abbas, G Abbas, F Muhammad… - Sensors, 2023 - mdpi.com
Recently, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have emerged as a viable solution for data
collection from remote Internet of Things (IoT) applications. However, the successful …

TUBER: Time-aware UAV-based energy-efficient reconfigurable routing scheme for smart wireless livestock sensor network

HREH Bouchekara, AF Salami, YA Sha'aban, M Nahas… - Plos one, 2024 - journals.plos.org
This paper is a follow-up to a recent work by the authors on recoverable UAV-based energy-
efficient reconfigurable routing (RUBER) scheme for addressing sensor node and route …

AI Empowered Intelligent Search for Path Planning in UAV-Assisted Data Collection Networks

X Li, M Tao, S Yang, MA Jan, J Du… - IEEE Internet of Things …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) assisted data collection has been extensively employed in
various application scenarios, eg, non-terrestrial networks for disaster management …

Power usage effectiveness in stratosphere based computing platforms: Re-evaluation and need to re-establish performance benefits via an intelligent light server …

AA Periola - Wireless Personal Communications, 2023 - Springer
The need to reduce data center operational costs has necessitated siting cloud computing
platforms in cold locations such as the stratosphere. The stratosphere has also been found …

[HTML][HTML] Sum rate maximization in UAV-assisted data harvesting network supported by CF-mMIMO system exploiting statistical CSI

L Xu, Q Zhu, W Xia, J Zhang, G Zheng, H Zhu - Digital Communications and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) have been considered to have great potential in
supporting reliable and timely data harvesting for Sensor Nodes (SNs) from an Internet of …

Sustainable Networking Solutions in Remote IoT Environments: Use Cases, Challenges, and Solutions for Smart Agriculture

S Plastras, S Polymeni, DN Skoutas… - Re-visioning Geography …, 2023 - Springer
Smart agriculture has laid a solid foundation for the development of society and the growth
of national economies. However, due to the vast variety of cultivable lands, some of which …