A survey on the design aspects and opportunities in age-aware UAV-aided data collection for sensor networks and Internet of Things applications
Due to the limitations of sensor devices, including short transmission distance and constrained energy, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have been recently deployed to assist these nodes in transmitting their data. The sensor nodes (SNs) in wireless sensor networks (WSNs) or Internet of Things (IoT)...
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2023
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| author | Amodu, Oluwatosin Ahmed Nordin, Rosdiadee Jarray, Chedia Bukar, Umar Ali Raja Mahmood, Raja Azlina Othman, Mohamed |
| author_facet | Amodu, Oluwatosin Ahmed Nordin, Rosdiadee Jarray, Chedia Bukar, Umar Ali Raja Mahmood, Raja Azlina Othman, Mohamed |
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| description | Due to the limitations of sensor devices, including short transmission distance and constrained energy, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have been recently deployed to assist these nodes in transmitting their data. The sensor nodes (SNs) in wireless sensor networks (WSNs) or Internet of Things (IoT) networks periodically transmit their sensed data to UAVs to be relayed to the base station (BS). UAVs have been widely deployed in time-sensitive or real-time applications, such as in disaster areas, due to their ability to transmit data to the destination within a very short time. However, timely delivery of information by UAVs in WSN/IoT networks can be very complex due to various technical challenges, such as flight and trajectory control, as well as considerations of the scheduling of UAVs and SNs. Recently, the Age of Information (AoI), a metric used to measure the degree of freshness of information collected in data-gathering applications, has gained much attention. Numerous studies have proposed solutions to overcome the above-mentioned challenges, including adopting several optimization and machine learning (ML) algorithms for diverse architectural setups to minimize the AoI. In this paper, we conduct a systematic literature review (SLR) to study past literature on age minimization in UAV-assisted data-gathering architecture to determine the most important design components. Three crucial design aspects in AoI minimization were discovered from analyzing the 26 selected articles, which focused on energy management, flight trajectory, and UAV/SN scheduling. We also investigate important issues related to these identified design aspects, for example, factors influencing energy management, including the number of visited sensors, energy levels, UAV cooperation, flight time, velocity control, and charging optimization. Issues related to flight trajectory and sensor node scheduling are also discussed. In addition, future considerations on problems such as traffic prioritization, packet delivery errors, system optimization, UAV-to-sensor node association, and physical impairments are also identified. |
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| spelling | upm-1067822024-08-06T06:15:52Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/106782/ A survey on the design aspects and opportunities in age-aware UAV-aided data collection for sensor networks and Internet of Things applications Amodu, Oluwatosin Ahmed Nordin, Rosdiadee Jarray, Chedia Bukar, Umar Ali Raja Mahmood, Raja Azlina Othman, Mohamed Due to the limitations of sensor devices, including short transmission distance and constrained energy, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have been recently deployed to assist these nodes in transmitting their data. The sensor nodes (SNs) in wireless sensor networks (WSNs) or Internet of Things (IoT) networks periodically transmit their sensed data to UAVs to be relayed to the base station (BS). UAVs have been widely deployed in time-sensitive or real-time applications, such as in disaster areas, due to their ability to transmit data to the destination within a very short time. However, timely delivery of information by UAVs in WSN/IoT networks can be very complex due to various technical challenges, such as flight and trajectory control, as well as considerations of the scheduling of UAVs and SNs. Recently, the Age of Information (AoI), a metric used to measure the degree of freshness of information collected in data-gathering applications, has gained much attention. Numerous studies have proposed solutions to overcome the above-mentioned challenges, including adopting several optimization and machine learning (ML) algorithms for diverse architectural setups to minimize the AoI. In this paper, we conduct a systematic literature review (SLR) to study past literature on age minimization in UAV-assisted data-gathering architecture to determine the most important design components. Three crucial design aspects in AoI minimization were discovered from analyzing the 26 selected articles, which focused on energy management, flight trajectory, and UAV/SN scheduling. We also investigate important issues related to these identified design aspects, for example, factors influencing energy management, including the number of visited sensors, energy levels, UAV cooperation, flight time, velocity control, and charging optimization. Issues related to flight trajectory and sensor node scheduling are also discussed. In addition, future considerations on problems such as traffic prioritization, packet delivery errors, system optimization, UAV-to-sensor node association, and physical impairments are also identified. Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2023-04-11 Article PeerReviewed Amodu, Oluwatosin Ahmed and Nordin, Rosdiadee and Jarray, Chedia and Bukar, Umar Ali and Raja Mahmood, Raja Azlina and Othman, Mohamed (2023) A survey on the design aspects and opportunities in age-aware UAV-aided data collection for sensor networks and Internet of Things applications. Drones, 7 (4). art. no. 260. pp. 1-42. ISSN 2504-446X https://www.mdpi.com/2504-446X/7/4/260 10.3390/drones7040260 |
| spellingShingle | Amodu, Oluwatosin Ahmed Nordin, Rosdiadee Jarray, Chedia Bukar, Umar Ali Raja Mahmood, Raja Azlina Othman, Mohamed A survey on the design aspects and opportunities in age-aware UAV-aided data collection for sensor networks and Internet of Things applications |
| title | A survey on the design aspects and opportunities in age-aware UAV-aided data collection for sensor networks and Internet of Things applications |
| title_full | A survey on the design aspects and opportunities in age-aware UAV-aided data collection for sensor networks and Internet of Things applications |
| title_fullStr | A survey on the design aspects and opportunities in age-aware UAV-aided data collection for sensor networks and Internet of Things applications |
| title_full_unstemmed | A survey on the design aspects and opportunities in age-aware UAV-aided data collection for sensor networks and Internet of Things applications |
| title_short | A survey on the design aspects and opportunities in age-aware UAV-aided data collection for sensor networks and Internet of Things applications |
| title_sort | survey on the design aspects and opportunities in age-aware uav-aided data collection for sensor networks and internet of things applications |
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