Survey and Analysis of Communication and Routing Mechanisms for Uavs in Wireless Sensor Networks

Abstract

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), commonly called drones, have seen much relevance in most disciplines because of their multiple uses such as in military operations, spying, monitoring the impact of climate change, and delivery. Emerging UAV communication technologies addressing the applications in next-generation wireless networks have been explored in this paper. Specifically, it investigates networking technologies that communicate successfully between UAVs, and routing strategies in UAV-assisted wireless sensor networks (WSNs). Networking and common communication technologies for UAV communication systems have been discussed in this survey paper. Drawing insights from recent academic and industrial literature, we have provided a comprehensive overview of UAV communication technologies, including IoT-enabled communication, ultra-reliable low-latency communication (URLLC), navigation strategies, and advancements driven by machine learning and artificial intelligence.

Department(s)

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Keywords and Phrases

Communication systems; Energy efficiency; Flying ad-hoc network (FANET); Latency; Multi-UAV system; Routing protocols; Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV); Wireless networks

International Standard Book Number (ISBN)

978-981963249-7

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

2367-3389; 2367-3370

Document Type

Article - Conference proceedings

Document Version

Citation

File Type

text

Language(s)

English

Rights

© 2025 Springer, All rights reserved.

Publication Date

01 Jan 2025

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