Routing Protocols for UAV-Aided Wireless Sensor Networks
Recently, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) attracted significant popularity in both military and civilian domains for various applications and services. Moreover, UAV-aided wireless sensor networks (UAWSNs) became one of the interesting hot research topics. This is mainly because UAWSNs can significa...
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| description | Recently, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) attracted significant popularity in both military and civilian domains for various applications and services. Moreover, UAV-aided wireless sensor networks (UAWSNs) became one of the interesting hot research topics. This is mainly because UAWSNs can significantly increase the network coverage and energy utilization compared to traditional wireless sensor networks (WSNs). However, the high mobility, dynamic path, and variable altitude of UAVs can cause not only unforeseen changes in the network topology but also connectivity and coverage problems, which can affect the routing performance of the network. Therefore, the design of a routing protocol for UAWSNs is a critical task. In this paper, the routing protocols for UAWSNs are extensively investigated and discussed. Firstly, we classify the existing routing protocols based on different network criteria. They are extensively reviewed and compared with each other in terms of advantages and limitation, routing metrics and policies, characteristics, difference performance factors, and different performance optimization factors. Furthermore, open research issues and challenges are summarized and discussed. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-520364923a374491baaf8ef939e5d0e12023-11-20T03:41:27ZengMDPI AGApplied Sciences2076-34172020-06-011012407710.3390/app10124077Routing Protocols for UAV-Aided Wireless Sensor NetworksMuhammad Yeasir Arafat0Md Arafat Habib1Sangman Moh2Department of Computer Engineering, Chosun University, 309 Pilmun-daero, Dong-gu, Gwangju 61452, KoreaDepartment of Computer Engineering, Chosun University, 309 Pilmun-daero, Dong-gu, Gwangju 61452, KoreaDepartment of Computer Engineering, Chosun University, 309 Pilmun-daero, Dong-gu, Gwangju 61452, KoreaRecently, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) attracted significant popularity in both military and civilian domains for various applications and services. Moreover, UAV-aided wireless sensor networks (UAWSNs) became one of the interesting hot research topics. This is mainly because UAWSNs can significantly increase the network coverage and energy utilization compared to traditional wireless sensor networks (WSNs). However, the high mobility, dynamic path, and variable altitude of UAVs can cause not only unforeseen changes in the network topology but also connectivity and coverage problems, which can affect the routing performance of the network. Therefore, the design of a routing protocol for UAWSNs is a critical task. In this paper, the routing protocols for UAWSNs are extensively investigated and discussed. Firstly, we classify the existing routing protocols based on different network criteria. They are extensively reviewed and compared with each other in terms of advantages and limitation, routing metrics and policies, characteristics, difference performance factors, and different performance optimization factors. Furthermore, open research issues and challenges are summarized and discussed.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/10/12/4077wireless sensor networkunmanned aerial vehicleUAV-aided wireless sensor networkrouting protocolenergy efficiency |
| spellingShingle | Muhammad Yeasir Arafat Md Arafat Habib Sangman Moh Routing Protocols for UAV-Aided Wireless Sensor Networks Applied Sciences wireless sensor network unmanned aerial vehicle UAV-aided wireless sensor network routing protocol energy efficiency |
| title | Routing Protocols for UAV-Aided Wireless Sensor Networks |
| title_full | Routing Protocols for UAV-Aided Wireless Sensor Networks |
| title_fullStr | Routing Protocols for UAV-Aided Wireless Sensor Networks |
| title_full_unstemmed | Routing Protocols for UAV-Aided Wireless Sensor Networks |
| title_short | Routing Protocols for UAV-Aided Wireless Sensor Networks |
| title_sort | routing protocols for uav aided wireless sensor networks |
| topic | wireless sensor network unmanned aerial vehicle UAV-aided wireless sensor network routing protocol energy efficiency |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/10/12/4077 |
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