3D Trajectory Optimization in Rician Fading for UAV-Enabled Data Harvesting

• Published in: IEEE transactions on wireless communications Vol. 18; no. 6; pp. 3192 - 3207
• Main Authors: You, Changsheng, Zhang, Rui
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York IEEE 01.06.2019; The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
• Subjects: 3D trajectory optimization; Algorithms; Channels; Convexity; Data collection; data regression; Elevation; Fading; Fading channels; Harvesting; Line of sight; logistic function; Parameters; Reliability; Remote sensors; Rician channels; Scheduling; Statistical analysis; Three-dimensional displays; Trajectory; Trajectory optimization; UAV communication; Unmanned aerial vehicles; wireless sensor network; Wireless sensor networks

Dispatching unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to harvest sensing-data from distributed sensors is expected to significantly improve the data collection efficiency in conventional wireless sensor networks (WSNs). In this paper, we consider a UAV-enabled WSN, where a flying UAV is employed to collect da...