Abstract
One of the well-known topics in wireless sensor networks (WSNs) is energy consumption efficiency in regard to communication needs. An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) that gathers data from a ground WSN can be seen as a gateway for the WSN. The paper presents a solution for improving the communication efficiency of a hybrid UAV-WSN system by using directional antenna and synchronization mechanisms. The final goal is to increase the life of the ground nodes. The targeted architecture is described and some modelling assumptions are discussed.
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The work related to nodes modelling and simulation has been funded by the Sectoral Operational Programme Human Resources Development 2007–2013 of the Ministry of European Funds through the Financial Agreement POSDRU/159/1.5/S/134398.
The work related to the hybrid system architecture has been funded by National Research Program “STAR” (Romanian Space Agency), project 71/2013: Multisensory robotic system for aerial monitoring of critical infrastructure systems-MUROS.
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Nicolae, M., Popescu, D., Dobrescu, R., Mateescu, C. (2016). Improving Communication Efficiency of Hybrid UAV-WSN Systems. In: Borangiu, T. (eds) Advances in Robot Design and Intelligent Control. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 371. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-21290-6_41
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