Help from the sky: Leveraging UAVs for disaster management

M Erdelj, E Natalizio, KR Chowdhury… - IEEE Pervasive …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article presents a vision for future unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV)-assisted disaster
management, considering the holistic functions of disaster prediction, assessment, and …

UAV-assisted disaster management: Applications and open issues

M Erdelj, E Natalizio - 2016 international conference on …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The fast-paced development of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) and their use in different
domains, opens a new paradigm on their use in natural disaster management. In UAV …

Unmanned aerial vehicles for disaster management

C Luo, W Miao, H Ullah, S McClean, G Parr… - … monitoring based on …, 2019 - Springer
This chapter highlights the communication and network technologies that contribute to UAV
disaster management systems, surveys the latest development of UAV-assisted disaster …

Emerging UAV technology for disaster detection, mitigation, response, and preparedness

A Khan, S Gupta, SK Gupta - Journal of Field Robotics, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract In recent years, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) have gained significant interest
in research groups due to the wide range of applications, such as disaster surveillance and …

Towards" drone-borne" disaster management: future application scenarios

TJ Tanzi, M Chandra, J Isnard, D Camara… - … VIII (Volume III-8), 2016 - hal.univ-reunion.fr
Information plays a key role in crisis management and relief efforts for natural disaster
scenarios. Given their flight properties, UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles) provide new and …

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 …

Enabling mobility in heterogeneous wireless sensor networks cooperating with UAVs for mission-critical management

AT Erman, L van Hoesel, P Havinga… - IEEE Wireless …, 2008 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Wireless sensor networks have the promise of revolutionizing the capture, processing, and
communication of mission-critical data for the use of first operational forces. Their low cost …

Communication and coordination for drone networks

E Yanmaz, M Quaritsch, S Yahyanejad… - Ad Hoc Networks: 8th …, 2017 - Springer
Small drones are being utilized in monitoring, delivery of goods, public safety, and disaster
management among other civil applications. Due to their sizes, capabilities, payload …

UAV assistance paradigm: State-of-the-art in applications and challenges

B Alzahrani, OS Oubbati, A Barnawi… - Journal of Network and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) are an emerging technology with the potential to
be used in industries and various sectors of human life to provide a wide range of …

Drone networks: Communications, coordination, and sensing

E Yanmaz, S Yahyanejad, B Rinner, H Hellwagner… - Ad Hoc Networks, 2018 - Elsevier
Small drones are being utilized in monitoring, transport, safety and disaster management,
and other domains. Envisioning that drones form autonomous networks incorporated into …