UAV communications for 5G and beyond: Recent advances and future trends

B Li, Z Fei, Y Zhang - IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Providing ubiquitous connectivity to diverse device types is the key challenge for 5G and
beyond 5G (B5G). Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are expected to be an important …

Unmanned aerial vehicle for internet of everything: Opportunities and challenges

Y Liu, HN Dai, Q Wang, MK Shukla, M Imran - Computer communications, 2020 - Elsevier
The recent advances in information and communication technology (ICT) have further
extended Internet of Things (IoT) from the sole “things” aspect to the omnipotent role of …

Softwarization of UAV networks: A survey of applications and future trends

OS Oubbati, M Atiquzzaman, TA Ahanger… - IEEE Access, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
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 …

Software-defined networking for unmanned aerial vehicular networking and security: A survey

J McCoy, DB Rawat - Electronics, 2019 - mdpi.com
Despite the immense benefits offered by the utilization of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs)
in civilian and military applications, significant work needs to be done to ensure that these …

SwarmControl: An automated distributed control framework for self-optimizing drone networks

L Bertizzolo, S D'oro, L Ferranti, L Bonati… - … -IEEE Conference on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Networks of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), composed of hundreds, possibly thousands
of highly mobile and wirelessly connected flying drones will play a vital role in future Internet …

Optimal edge computing for infrastructure-assisted UAV systems

D Callegaro, M Levorato - IEEE Transactions on Vehicular …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The ability of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) to autonomously operate is constrained by
the severe limitations of their on-board resources. The limited processing capacity and …

An SDN framework for UAV backbone network towards knowledge centric networking

X Zhang, H Wang, H Zhao - IEEE INFOCOM 2018-IEEE …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Due to the flying nature of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), it is very attractive to deploy
UAV network as aerial base stations, relays or scouters. However, the management of UAV …

Optimal computation offloading in edge-assisted UAV systems

D Callegaro, M Levorato - 2018 IEEE Global Communications …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The ability of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) to autonomously operate is constrained by
the severe limitations of on-board resources. The limited processing speed and energy …

An SDN-based space-air-ground integrated network architecture and controller deployment strategy

H Qu, X Xu, J Zhao, P Yue - 2020 IEEE 3rd International …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Traditional networks can no longer provide better communication services. Unlike most
existing work that only focuses on single-layer satellite networks and unmanned aerial …

An SDN-based framework for load balancing and flight control in UAV networks

Z Latif, C Lee, K Sharif, F Li… - IEEE Consumer …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are gaining tremendous attention due to their flying
nature. To complete the task efficiently, multi-UAV systems are a good choice as compared …