Wireless sensor networks and multi-UAV systems for natural disaster management

M Erdelj, M Król, E Natalizio - Computer Networks, 2017 - Elsevier
This work identifies the role of Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) and Unmanned Aerial
Vehicles (UAV) in the context of natural disaster management. Main applications of systems …

A survey on position-based routing protocols for Flying Ad hoc Networks (FANETs)

OS Oubbati, A Lakas, F Zhou, M Güneş… - Vehicular …, 2017 - Elsevier
The last decade has seen a growing interest in the use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs)
for various applications and services. UAVs, or drones as referred to, have shown to be …

Internet of vehicles in big data era

W Xu, H Zhou, N Cheng, F Lyu, W Shi… - IEEE/CAA Journal of …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
As the rapid development of automotive telematics, modern vehicles are expected to be
connected through heterogeneous radio access technologies and are able to exchange …

Software defined space-air-ground integrated vehicular networks: Challenges and solutions

N Zhang, S Zhang, P Yang, O Alhussein… - IEEE …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article proposes a software defined spaceair-ground integrated network architecture for
supporting diverse vehicular services in a seamless, efficient, and cost-effective manner …

Taking drones to the next level: Cooperative distributed unmanned-aerial-vehicular networks for small and mini drones

J Wang, C Jiang, Z Han, Y Ren… - Ieee vehIcular …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have been widely used in both military and civilian
applications. However, the cooperation of small and mini drones in a network is capable of …

Intelligent UAV-assisted routing protocol for urban VANETs

OS Oubbati, A Lakas, F Zhou, M Güneş… - Computer …, 2017 - Elsevier
The process of routing in Vehicular Ad hoc Networks (VANET) is a challenging task in city
environments. Finding the shortest end-to-end connected path satisfying delay restriction …

Unmanned aerial vehicles as store-carry-forward nodes for vehicular networks

W Fawaz, R Atallah, C Assi, M Khabbaz - IEEE Access, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A fully connected vehicular ad hoc network (VANET) establishes a strong foundation for the
development of smart cities, where one of the main objectives is the improvement of the …

Long-range and broadband aerial communication using directional antennas (ACDA): Design and implementation

J Chen, J Xie, Y Gu, S Li, S Fu… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we design and implement a long-range and broadband aerial communication
system using directional antennas (ACDA). The system integrates Wi-Fi devices with aerial …

Anti-jamming communication game for UAV-aided VANETs

X Lu, D Xu, L Xiao, L Wang… - GLOBECOM 2017-2017 …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Vehicular ad-hoc networks (VANETs) are vulnerable to jamming attacks, and frequency
hopping-based anti-jamming techniques are not always applicable in VANETs due to the …

Modelling unmanned aerial vehicles base station in ground‐to‐air cooperative networks

S Jia, L Zhang - IET Communications, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
After disasters, road side units, which can provide wireless communications to vehicles, may
fail due to physical damages or power outages. Vehicle‐to‐vehicle communication also may …