UAV-assisted data collection for Internet of Things: A survey

Z Wei, M Zhu, N Zhang, L Wang, Y Zou… - IEEE Internet of …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Thanks to the advantages of flexible deployment and high mobility, unmanned aerial
vehicles (UAVs) have been widely applied in the areas of disaster management, agricultural …

A survey on coverage enhancement in cellular networks: Challenges and solutions for future deployments

R Borralho, A Mohamed, AU Quddus… - … Surveys & Tutorials, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Seamless and ubiquitous coverage are key factors for future cellular networks. Despite
capacity and data rates being the main topics under discussion when envisioning the Fifth …

Skyward bound: Empowering disaster resilience with multi-UAV-assisted B5G networks for enhanced connectivity and energy efficiency

A Saif, K Dimyati, KA Noordin, NA Mosali, GC Deepak… - Internet of Things, 2023 - Elsevier
It is not uncommon that cellular communication infrastructures will likely be in a failure state
when disaster strikes, eg, floods, earthquakes, and forest fires. Therefore, developing an …

Energy-efficient and fast data collection in UAV-aided wireless sensor networks for hilly terrains

RA Nazib, S Moh - IEEE Access, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Energy-constrained sensor nodes are often deployed in remote, hilly, and hard-to-reach
areas for civilian and military purposes. In such wireless sensor networks (WSNs), an …

A UAV-assisted data collection for wireless sensor networks: Autonomous navigation and scheduling

O Bouhamed, H Ghazzai, H Besbes, Y Massoud - IEEE Access, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Nowadays, Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) are playing a vital and sustainable role in
many verticals touching different aspects of our lives including civil, public, and military …

Internet of drones: Routing algorithms, techniques and challenges

SK Haider, A Nauman, MA Jamshed, A Jiang, S Batool… - Mathematics, 2022 - mdpi.com
In the past decades, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), also known as drones, have drawn
more attention in the academic domain and exploration in the research fields of wireless …

An efficient energy harvesting and optimal clustering technique for sustainable postdisaster emergency communication systems

A Saif, K Dimyati, KA Noordin, GC Deepak… - IEEE …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The energy consumption and coverage range of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are
major challenges in UAV-based postdisaster communications. To address these challenges …

Energy efficient UAV flight path model for cluster head selection in next-generation wireless sensor networks

SK Haider, A Jiang, A Almogren, AU Rehman… - Sensors, 2021 - mdpi.com
Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) are one of the fundamental infrastructures for Internet of
Things (IoTs) technology. Efficient energy consumption is one of the greatest challenges in …

Optimizing Energy-Efficiency in UAV-assisted Wireless Sensor Networks with Reinforcement Learning PPO2 Algorithm

A Sun, C Sun, J Du, D Wei - IEEE Sensors Journal, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The present study aims to investigate the problem of minimizing energy consumption in
unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-assisted wireless sensor networks (WSNs). In the current …

Improving Data Communication of Wireless Sensor Network Using Energy Efficient Adaptive Cluster-Head Selection Algorithm for Secure Routing

S Vijayalakshmi, G Kavithaa, NV Kousik - Wireless Personal …, 2023 - Springer
Energy, delay and distance are the most important parameters in the WSN (Wireless Sensor
Network) suitable for cluster head selection. Only the neighboring terminals communicate …