Abstract Recently, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) present a promising advanced
technology that can enhance people life quality and smartness of cities dramatically and …

The days where swarms of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) will occupy our skies are fast
approaching due to the introduction of cost-efficient and reliable small aerial vehicles and …

The use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) is growing rapidly across many civil
application domains, including real-time monitoring, providing wireless coverage, remote …

Smart cities contain intelligent things which can intelligently automatically and
collaboratively enhance life quality, save people's lives, and act a sustainable resource …

The reliable prediction of coverage footprint resulting from an airborne wireless radio base
station, is at utmost importance, when it comes to the new emerging applications of air-to …

The throughput of a communication system depends on the data traffic load and the
available capacity to support that load. In an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-based …

Networked Tethered Flying Platforms (NTFPs) have gained growing interest in recent years
due to their versatility and cost-efficiency. These aerial platforms are linked to ground …

A modern-day society demands resilient, reliable, and smart urban infrastructure for effective
and in telligent operations and deployment. However, unexpected, high-impact, and low …

Due to the decrease in cost, size, and weight, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are
becoming more and more popular for general-purpose civil and commercial applications …

As of the end of 2019, 46.4% of the world's population does not have regular access to the
Internet. Bringing the more than 3.5 billion individuals still unconnected online is the primary …