Green IoT for eco-friendly and sustainable smart cities: future directions and opportunities

FA Almalki, SH Alsamhi, R Sahal, J Hassan… - Mobile Networks and …, 2023‏ - Springer
The development of the Internet of Things (IoT) technology and their integration in smart
cities have changed the way we work and live, and enriched our society. However, IoT …

Drone-aided routing: A literature review

G Macrina, LDP Pugliese, F Guerriero… - … Research Part C …, 2020‏ - Elsevier
The interest in using drones in various applications has grown significantly in recent years.
The reasons are related to the continuous advances in technology, especially the advent of …

Communication and networking technologies for UAVs: A survey

A Sharma, P Vanjani, N Paliwal… - Journal of Network and …, 2020‏ - Elsevier
With the advancement in drone technology, in just a few years, drones will be assisting
humans in every domain. But there are many challenges to be tackled, communication …

Survey on UAV cellular communications: Practical aspects, standardization advancements, regulation, and security challenges

A Fotouhi, H Qiang, M Ding, M Hassan… - … surveys & tutorials, 2019‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The rapid growth of consumer unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) is creating promising new
business opportunities for cellular operators. On the one hand, UAVs can be connected to …

A tutorial on UAVs for wireless networks: Applications, challenges, and open problems

M Mozaffari, W Saad, M Bennis… - … surveys & tutorials, 2019‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The use of flying platforms such as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), popularly known as
drones, is rapidly growing. In particular, with their inherent attributes such as mobility …

[HTML][HTML] Green internet of things using UAVs in B5G networks: A review of applications and strategies

SH Alsamhi, F Afghah, R Sahal, A Hawbani… - Ad Hoc Networks, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Abstract Recently, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) present a promising advanced
technology that can enhance people life quality and smartness of cities dramatically and …

Survey on collaborative smart drones and internet of things for improving smartness of smart cities

SH Alsamhi, O Ma, MS Ansari, FA Almalki - Ieee Access, 2019‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Smart cities contain intelligent things which can intelligently automatically and
collaboratively enhance life quality, save people's lives, and act a sustainable resource …

UAV-assisted communications with RF energy harvesting: A comprehensive survey

GK Pandey, DS Gurjar, S Yadav… - … Surveys & Tutorials, 2024‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have recently achieved sky-rocketed prominence in
assisting various wireless communication scenarios due to their implicit characteristics like …

Optimal transport theory for power-efficient deployment of unmanned aerial vehicles

M Mozaffari, W Saad, M Bennis… - 2016 IEEE international …, 2016‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, the optimal deployment of multiple unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) acting as
flying base stations is investigated. Considering the downlink scenario, the goal is to …

A survey of energy efficient methods for UAV communication

H **, X **, Y Zhou, P Guo, J Ren, J Yao… - Vehicular …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are characterized by high flexibility and low deployment
costs. Therefore, UAVs, in recent years, have been widely used in all walks of life, such as …