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 …

AI for UAV-assisted IoT applications: A comprehensive review

N Cheng, S Wu, X Wang, Z Yin, C Li… - IEEE Internet of …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
With the rapid development of the Internet of Things (IoT), there are a dramatically
increasing number of devices, leading to the fact that only using terrestrial infrastructure can …

Hierarchical deep reinforcement learning for backscattering data collection with multiple UAVs

Y Zhang, Z Mou, F Gao, L **ng… - IEEE Internet of Things …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The emerging backscatter communication technology is recognized as a promising solution
to the battery problem of Internet of Things (IoT) devices. For example, the wireless sensor …

Distributed UAV-BSs trajectory optimization for user-level fair communication service with multi-agent deep reinforcement learning

Z Qin, Z Liu, G Han, C Lin, L Guo… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) have attacted much attention in the field of wireless
communication due to its agility and altitude. UAVs can be used as low-altitude aerial base …

Offline and online UAV-enabled data collection in time-constrained IoT networks

O Ghdiri, W Jaafar, S Alfattani… - IEEE Transactions …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Recently, unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) technology is endorsed to enable applications in
domains such as Internet of Things (IoT), wireless sensor networks, and cellular networks …

Performance analysis and optimization of RSMA enabled UAV-aided IBL and FBL communication with imperfect SIC and CSI

SK Singh, K Agrawal, K Singh… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this work, we investigate rate-splitting multiple access (RSMA) for a multiuser downlink
wireless network consisting of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-assisted base station (BS) …

Number and operation time minimization for multi-UAV-enabled data collection system with time windows

S Shen, K Yang, K Wang, G Zhang… - IEEE Internet of Things …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this article, we investigate multiple unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs)-enabled data
collection system in Internet of Things (IoT) networks with time windows, where multiple …

Energy-efficient multi-UAV data collection for IoT networks with time deadlines

O Ghdiri, W Jaafar, S Alfattani… - … 2020-2020 IEEE …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we focus on energy-efficient UAV-based IoT data collection in sensor networks
in which the sensed data have different time deadlines. In the investigated setting, the …

Deep Reinforcement Learning Enabled Multi-UAV Scheduling for Disaster Data Collection With Time-Varying Value

P Wan, G Xu, J Chen, Y Zhou - IEEE Transactions on Intelligent …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The congestion and disruption of information infrastructures frequently happen during
disasters, which would hinder the understanding of disaster scenarios, and thus impede …