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 of UAV-based data collection: Challenges, solutions and future perspectives

K Messaoudi, OS Oubbati, A Rachedi, A Lakas… - Journal of network and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Internet of Things (IoT) generates unlimited data, which should be collected and
forwarded towards a central controller (CC) for further processing and decision-making …

Accessing from the sky: A tutorial on UAV communications for 5G and beyond

Y Zeng, Q Wu, R Zhang - Proceedings of the IEEE, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have found numerous applications and are expected to
bring fertile business opportunities in the next decade. Among various enabling …

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 …

Optimal 3D-trajectory design and resource allocation for solar-powered UAV communication systems

Y Sun, D Xu, DWK Ng, L Dai… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we investigate the resource allocation algorithm design for multicarrier solar-
powered unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) communication systems. In particular, the UAV is …

A survey on 5G millimeter wave communications for UAV-assisted wireless networks

L Zhang, H Zhao, S Hou, Z Zhao, H Xu, X Wu… - IEEE …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In recent years, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have received considerable attention from
regulators, industry and research community, due to rapid growth in a broad range of …

3D trajectory optimization in Rician fading for UAV-enabled data harvesting

C You, R Zhang - IEEE Transactions on Wireless …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Dispatching unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to harvest sensing-data from distributed
sensors is expected to significantly improve the data collection efficiency in conventional …

Completion time and energy optimization in the UAV-enabled mobile-edge computing system

C Zhan, H Hu, X Sui, Z Liu… - IEEE Internet of Things …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Completion time and energy consumption of the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) are two
important design aspects in UAV-enabled applications. In this article, we consider a UAV …

Cellular-enabled UAV communication: A connectivity-constrained trajectory optimization perspective

S Zhang, Y Zeng, R Zhang - IEEE Transactions on …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Integrating the unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) into the cellular network is envisioned to
be a promising technology to significantly enhance the communication performance of both …

A survey of wireless networks for future aerial communications (FACOM)

A Baltaci, E Dinc, M Ozger, A Alabbasi… - … Surveys & Tutorials, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Electrification turned over a new leaf in aviation by introducing new types of aerial vehicles
along with new means of transportation. Addressing a plethora of use cases, drones are …