IoT and UAV Integration in 5G Hybrid Terrestrial-Satellite Networks
The Fifth Generation of Mobile Communications (5G) will lead to the growth of use cases demanding higher capacity and a enhanced data rate, a lower latency, and a more flexible and scalable network able to offer better user Quality of Experience (QoE). The Internet of Things (IoT) is one of these us...
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| description | The Fifth Generation of Mobile Communications (5G) will lead to the growth of use cases demanding higher capacity and a enhanced data rate, a lower latency, and a more flexible and scalable network able to offer better user Quality of Experience (QoE). The Internet of Things (IoT) is one of these use cases. It has been spreading in the recent past few years, and it covers a wider range of possible application scenarios, such as smart city, smart factory, and smart agriculture, among many others. However, the limitations of the terrestrial network hinder the deployment of IoT devices and services. Besides, the existence of a plethora of different solutions (short vs. long range, commercialized vs. standardized, etc.), each of them based on different communication protocols and, in some cases, on different access infrastructures, makes the integration among them and with the upcoming 5G infrastructure more difficult. This paper discusses the huge set of IoT solutions available or still under standardization that will need to be integrated in the 5G framework. UAVs and satellites will be proposed as possible solutions to ease this integration, overcoming the limitations of the terrestrial infrastructure, such as the limited covered areas and the densification of the number of IoT devices per square kilometer. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e96e588ff406465684a033a2dde377952022-12-22T03:10:31ZengMDPI AGSensors1424-82202019-08-011917370410.3390/s19173704s19173704IoT and UAV Integration in 5G Hybrid Terrestrial-Satellite NetworksMario Marchese0Aya Moheddine1Fabio Patrone2SCNL Laboratory, Department of Electrical, Electronic, Telecommunications Engineering and Naval Architecture (DITEN), University of Genoa, 16126 Genoa, ItalySCNL Laboratory, Department of Electrical, Electronic, Telecommunications Engineering and Naval Architecture (DITEN), University of Genoa, 16126 Genoa, ItalySCNL Laboratory, Department of Electrical, Electronic, Telecommunications Engineering and Naval Architecture (DITEN), University of Genoa, 16126 Genoa, ItalyThe Fifth Generation of Mobile Communications (5G) will lead to the growth of use cases demanding higher capacity and a enhanced data rate, a lower latency, and a more flexible and scalable network able to offer better user Quality of Experience (QoE). The Internet of Things (IoT) is one of these use cases. It has been spreading in the recent past few years, and it covers a wider range of possible application scenarios, such as smart city, smart factory, and smart agriculture, among many others. However, the limitations of the terrestrial network hinder the deployment of IoT devices and services. Besides, the existence of a plethora of different solutions (short vs. long range, commercialized vs. standardized, etc.), each of them based on different communication protocols and, in some cases, on different access infrastructures, makes the integration among them and with the upcoming 5G infrastructure more difficult. This paper discusses the huge set of IoT solutions available or still under standardization that will need to be integrated in the 5G framework. UAVs and satellites will be proposed as possible solutions to ease this integration, overcoming the limitations of the terrestrial infrastructure, such as the limited covered areas and the densification of the number of IoT devices per square kilometer.https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/19/17/3704IoT5GUAVsatellite communications |
| spellingShingle | Mario Marchese Aya Moheddine Fabio Patrone IoT and UAV Integration in 5G Hybrid Terrestrial-Satellite Networks Sensors IoT 5G UAV satellite communications |
| title | IoT and UAV Integration in 5G Hybrid Terrestrial-Satellite Networks |
| title_full | IoT and UAV Integration in 5G Hybrid Terrestrial-Satellite Networks |
| title_fullStr | IoT and UAV Integration in 5G Hybrid Terrestrial-Satellite Networks |
| title_full_unstemmed | IoT and UAV Integration in 5G Hybrid Terrestrial-Satellite Networks |
| title_short | IoT and UAV Integration in 5G Hybrid Terrestrial-Satellite Networks |
| title_sort | iot and uav integration in 5g hybrid terrestrial satellite networks |
| topic | IoT 5G UAV satellite communications |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/19/17/3704 |
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