Advanced UAV-Based Applications for the Internet of Things (IoT)
A special issue of Sensors (ISSN 1424-8220). This special issue belongs to the section "Internet of Things".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 1 April 2027 | Viewed by 142
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The last decade has witnessed accelerated development of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) technologies. This has facilitated emerging UAV-based applications in numerous fields, including precision agriculture, energy harvesting, wireless power transmission, localization, and positioning, among others. The integration of UAV technologies and Internet of Things (IoT)/Artificial Intelligence of Things (AIoT) is a cornerstone for the development of modern IoT networks.
This Special Issue aims to bring together recent advances, theoretical developments and analyses, practical implementations, and innovative methodologies that highlight applications of UAV technologies in high-speed, low latency, energy-efficient, and more optimized IoT/AIoT networks.
We welcome contributions addressing advanced theoretical developments, real-world deployments, testbeds, and experimental studies, as well as interdisciplinary approaches combining UAV technologies with IoT.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Joint localization and clock synchronization in UAV-IoT systems;
- Joint localization and communication in UAV-IoT systems;
- UAV-assisted 3D localization, navigation and positioning in IoT systems;
- UAV-based energy harvesting and wireless power transfer for IoT networks;
- UAV swarm communication architectures for IoT;
- Cooperative localization between UAVs and ground sensors;
- Trajectory optimization and path planning for UAV IoT gateways;
- UAV-based data collection in IoT networks;
- Edge AI on UAVs for real-time IoT data processing;
- Real-time image and video uploading technologies in UAV–server links;
- Task offloading strategies between UAVs and IoT devices;
- UAV-IoT integration for smart applications in precision agriculture, disaster mitigation, emergency response, smart cities, and wildlife monitoring;
- Interoperability, standardization, and scalability challenges;
- Privacy, trust, and security in UAV-IoT networks.
Dr. Le Chung Tran
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- UAV
- IoT
- AIoT
- smart agriculture
- emergency response
- smart cities
- wildlife monitoring
- disaster mitigation
- localization
- positioning
- clock synchronization
- energy harvesting
- UAV swarm
- UAV-IoT integration
- UAV-based data collection
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