Journal
DRONES
Volume 6, Issue 4, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/drones6040095
Keywords
wireless sensor networks; unmanned aerial vehicles; non-terrestrial networks; network architecture; mobility; trajectory planning
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- Shanghai Pujiang Talent Program [2020PJC107]
- Zhejiang Province Qianjiang Talent Program [QJD2002010]
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This article addresses the performance, capability, design factors, and challenges of UAV-aided wireless sensor networks (U-WSN), providing motivations and guidelines for future designs.
Although Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs)-aided wireless sensor networks (WSNs) have gained many applications, it is not for long that research works have been produced to define effective algorithms and protocols. In this article, we address the UAV-enabled WSN (U-WSN), explore the performance and the capability of the UAV, define the UAV functionalities as a communication node, and describe the architectures and the relevant typical technologies that emerge from this new paradigm. Furthermore, this article also identifies the main factors which influence the U-WSN design and analyzes the open issues and challenges in U-WSN. These insights may serve as motivations and guidelines for future designs of UAV-enabled WSNs.
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