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 …

Seamless and ubiquitous coverage are key factors for future cellular networks. Despite
capacity and data rates being the main topics under discussion when envisioning the Fifth …

It is not uncommon that cellular communication infrastructures will likely be in a failure state
when disaster strikes, eg, floods, earthquakes, and forest fires. Therefore, develo** an …

Nowadays, Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) are playing a vital and sustainable role in
many verticals touching different aspects of our lives including civil, public, and military …

Energy-constrained sensor nodes are often deployed in remote, hilly, and hard-to-reach
areas for civilian and military purposes. In such wireless sensor networks (WSNs), an …

In the past decades, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), also known as drones, have drawn
more attention in the academic domain and exploration in the research fields of wireless …

The energy consumption and coverage range of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are
major challenges in UAV-based postdisaster communications. To address these challenges …

The present study aims to investigate the problem of minimizing energy consumption in
unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-assisted wireless sensor networks (WSNs). In the current …

Wireless sensor networks (WSNs) are one of the fundamental infrastructures for Internet of
Things (IoTs) technology. Efficient energy consumption is one of the greatest challenges in …

Energy, delay and distance are the most important parameters in the WSN (Wireless Sensor
Network) suitable for cluster head selection. Only the neighboring terminals communicate …