With the continuous maturity of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) in materials,
communications, and other related technologies, the UAV industry has developed rapidly in …

Relay-assisted free-space optical (FSO) communication systems are exploited as a means
to mitigate the limiting effects of the turbulence induced atmospheric scintillation. However …

Abstract Internet of Video Things (IoVT) has become an emerging class of IoT systems that
are equipped with visual sensors at the front end. Most of such visual sensors are fixed one …

Timely investigating post-disaster situations to locate survivors and secure hazardous
sources is critical, but also very challenging and risky. Despite first responders putting their …

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 investigates the issue of cooperative real-time trajectory design for multiple
unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to support emergency communication in disaster areas …

Future mobile communication networks need Unmanned Aerial Vehicles as Base Stations
(UAVasBSs) with the fast-moving and long-term hovering capabilities to guarantee …

This article studies the routing problem in a cognitive unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) swarm
(CU-SWARM), which employs the cognitive radio into a swarm of UAVs within a three-layer …

In drone assisted mobile networks, a drone mounted base station (DBS) is deployed over a
hotspot area to help user equipments (UEs) download their traffic from the macro base …