Paper Info
Title
Time-Constrained Node Visit Planning for Collaborative UAV-WSN Distributed Applications
Abstract
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) are often studied as tools to perform data collection from Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs). Path planning is a fundamental aspect of this endeavor. Works in the current literature assume that data are always ready to be retrieved when the UAV passes. This operational model is quite rigid and does not allow for the integration of the UAV as a computational object playing an active role in the network. In fact, the UAV could begin the computation on a first visit and retrieve the data later. Potentially, the UAV could orchestrate the distributed computation to improve its performance, change its parameters, and even upload new applications to the sensor network. In this paper, we analyze a scenario where a UAV plays an active role in the operation of multiple sensor networks by visiting different node clusters to initiate distributed computation and collect the final outcomes. The experimental results validate the effectiveness of the proposed method in optimizing total flight time, Average Age of Information, Average cluster computation end time, and Average data collection time compared to prevalent approaches to UAV path-planning that are adapted to the purpose.
Year
DOI
Venue
2022
10.3390/s22145298
SENSORS
Keywords
DocType
Volume
distributed computing, UAV, UAV-WSN integration, UAV path planning, UAV task scheduling, UAV-supported IoT systems for smart cities
Journal
22
Issue
ISSN
Citations 
14
1424-8220
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
3
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Andrea Augello100.34
Salvatore Gaglio266088.41
G. Lo Re3386.18
Daniele Peri42410.14