The Internet of Things (IoT), which consists of a large number of small low-cost devices, has
become a leading solution for smart cities, smart agriculture, smart buildings, smart grids, e …

In recent years, unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) remote sensing has developed rapidly in
the field of farmland information monitoring. Real-time and accurate access to farmland …

Using network flying platforms (NFPs) as aerial relays has been emerging as a promising
solution for mobile backhaul frameworks in fifth generation and beyond wireless networks …

Internet of Things (IoT) devices usually lack perpetual power supply since they are generally
deployed at remote areas with limited battery capacities. Moreover, the computing power of …

This paper considers the problem of efficient network design for data collection from various
sensors in smart environments using flying base stations, which are realized using …

In a free space optics (FSO)-based drone-assisted mobile network, a drone-mounted base
station (DBS) can be rapidly deployed over a place of interest to relay traffic between …

In this article, we study the completion time minimization in an unmanned aerial vehicle
(UAV)-enabled Internet of Things (IoT) network, where the UAV tries to collect all the data …

Drone-mounted base-station (DBS) can empower 5G and beyond networks with additional
flexibility and maneuverability, and laser charging can potentially extend the DBS's flight …

Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-assisted heterogeneous network has drawn great research
interests as it can significantly improve the capacity and coverage of cellular networks. An …

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have seen remarkable improvements in their flight
capabilities and computational power. Their applications span various domains, such as …