Energy-Efficient UAV Routing for Wireless Sensor Networks

• Published in: IEEE transactions on vehicular technology Vol. 69; no. 2; pp. 1741 - 1750
• Main Authors: Baek, Jaeuk, Han, Sang Ik, Han, Youngnam
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York IEEE 01.02.2020; The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
• Subjects: Algorithms; Computational geometry; Computer simulation; Convexity; Data collection; Data communication; Data transmission; Energy; Energy consumption; Energy-efficient data collection; Erbium; Hovering; Internet of Things; Optimization; Residual energy; Robot sensing systems; Route selection; Sensors; UAV flight route; Unmanned aerial vehicles; Voronoi diagram; Voronoi graphs; Wireless networks; Wireless sensor network; Wireless sensor networks

Recently, an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) has been widely adopted to make efficient use of network resources in such areas as internet of things (IoT), sensor networks and three dimensional (3D) wireless networks. Especially, in wireless sensor networks (WSNs) where energy consumption of sensors in...