Integrated satellite-terrestrial networks toward 6G: Architectures, applications, and challenges

X Zhu, C Jiang - IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
With the increasing global communication demands and the development of Internet of
Things (IoT), extending the connectivity to rural and remote areas has become imperative for …

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 …

Space/aerial-assisted computing offloading for IoT applications: A learning-based approach

N Cheng, F Lyu, W Quan, C Zhou, H He… - IEEE Journal on …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Internet of Things (IoT) computing offloading is a challenging issue, especially in remote
areas where common edge/cloud infrastructure is unavailable. In this paper, we present a …

Energy-efficient UAV-assisted mobile edge computing: Resource allocation and trajectory optimization

M Li, N Cheng, J Gao, Y Wang, L Zhao… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we study unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) assisted mobile edge computing
(MEC) with the objective to optimize computation offloading with minimum UAV energy …

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 …

LVBS: Lightweight vehicular blockchain for secure data sharing in disaster rescue

Z Su, Y Wang, Q Xu, N Zhang - IEEE Transactions on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In disaster areas, a large amount of data (eg, rescue commands, road damage, and rescue
experience) should be delivered among ground rescuing vehicles for safe driving and …

Edge–cloud resource scheduling in space–air–ground-integrated networks for internet of vehicles

B Cao, J Zhang, X Liu, Z Sun, W Cao… - IEEE Internet of …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The space–air–ground-integrated network (SAGIN) can enhance the performance of the
Internet of Vehicles (IoV). However, the basic hardware differences among communication …

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 …

Air-ground integrated mobile edge networks: Architecture, challenges, and opportunities

N Cheng, W Xu, W Shi, Y Zhou, N Lu… - IEEE …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The ever increasing mobile data demands have posed significant challenges in the current
radio access networks, while the emerging computation-heavy Internet of Things …

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 …