Air pollution monitoring has recently become an issue of utmost importance in our society. Despite the fact that crowdsensing approaches could be adequate solution for urban areas, they cannot implemented rural environments. Instead, deploying a fleet UAVs considered acceptable alternative. Embracing this approach, paper proposes use equipped with off-the-shelf sensors to perform air tasks. These are guided by proposed Pollution-driven UAV Control (PdUC) algorithm, which is based on...

The impressive advancements in embedded systems and the integration of new types smart devices into Internet Things (IoT) continue to revolutionize communication technologies. Gradually, such are enriched with additional capabilities (e.g., sense, learn, reason, move, act on environment) beyond classic connectivity services. However, there no unified coherent software architectures seamlessly integrate manage high-end devices. This work envisages a novel architectural framework, ITHACA: IoT...

ABSTRACT The concept of smart city has emerged worldwide as a feasible answer to the challenges raised by increasing urbanisation. From technological point view, guaranteeing ubiquitous connectivity, reliable communications and seamless integration multiple network access technologies are mandatory in city. This is contrast with current infrastructure deployment several urban areas, which characterised lack connectivity coverage fragmentation networks that usually deployed different...

The merging of networking and control fields has always brought interesting innovations but the tools structures for proper easy management experiments still lag behind. Different solutions have been proposed to handle general problems and, more in detail, fine UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles) dynamics. They lack, however, an efficient detailed network-side simulation, usually available only on dedicated software. On other hand, current advancements network simulations suites often do not...

This paper formulates the Sport Event Filming with Connectivity Constraints (SEF-C2) problem. The SEF-C <sup xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">2</sup> problem is an event coverage problem, which exploits a team of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) over limited field in order to track movements object (e.g., ball) and deliver video stream events ball passes, goals) spectators meeting certain timeliness quality criteria. Assuming priori...

Due to their deployment flexibility, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles have been found suitable for many application areas, one of them being air pollution monitoring. In fact, deploying a fleet (UAVs) and using take environmental samples is an approach that has the potential become key enabling technologies enforce control in industrial or rural areas. this paper, we propose use algorithm called Pollution-driven UAV Control (PdUC) based on chemotaxis metaheuristic Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO)...

This article considers the problem of swarm rendezvous when robots exchange local coordination messages through an unreliable wireless communication network (i.e., message-loss occurs). First, a discrete-time second-order consensus algorithm is provided to deal with effects channels on networked robot (WNR) systems, and drive given geometric formation. Then, necessary sufficient conditions for controlled WNR converge desired formation, even in presence loss, are formulated simulatively...

Abstract This paper studies the coordination problem for a wireless networked robot (WNR) system. The objective is to drive robots keep desired formation through local exchange of information. Nevertheless, packet losses may occur during communications among robots, thus preventing system reach its specific target. Specifically, effects an unreliable channel on WNR performance are analyzed by considering simulation corrective consensus algorithm into network simulator. use...

A software suite that is capable to simulate Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) dynamics and, at the same time, network-side behaviors still lacking in literature. Despite recent merge between fields of networking and control, existing solutions are either dedicated only one aforementioned topics. In this demonstration paper, we describe a novel simulation architecture implement distributed networked control systems. Our proposal consists integration already-present validated into compact package...

There is a definite possibility that, in recent future, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) will form the backbone of any smart city terms automation and networking. One approach to extend UAVs' resources spectrum provide mean for them opportunistically recharge connect otherwise unreachable networks: Training Recharge Areas (TRAs). In these dedicated areas, UAVs could dock Energy Data Dispensers (EDD) devices resupply their batteries exploit high-speed connection. To autonomously move through...

Leveraging the concept of controlled node mobility in this paper we develop an algorithm for tracking and controlling proximity malware propagation Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN). Our proposal aims at: (i) notifying nodes malwarepropagation, (ii) leading a flying robot along path WSNthat guarantees minimum recovery time to (iii) heal infected nodes. We formulate targeted curing problem as binary integer determine optimal solution by central solver. use analytical result benchmark evaluate...

In this paper we consider the problem of filming sport events, ensuring high quality image transmission to spectators. A fleet drones is used cover area in which play takes place and track all events. Auxiliary are support order transmit disadvantaged spectators with respect event that a certain instant time. The main goal decide position auxiliary drones, aiming provide view satisfaction and, at same time, minimizing distance travelled by drones. two objectives conflict each other, thus...

In this paper, an innovative approach based on a Q-learning algorithm to allow single operator control fleet of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) is presented. To follow independently-controlled UAV (the leader), all the other UAVs followers) use only radio signal strength values received during wireless ad-hoc communications among themselves, without need for any infrastructure, localization technique or additional device. By applying proposed behavior-based scheme in real-time, formation can...

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) represent an important asset in the increasing automation required Smart Cities. However, their short flight autonomy and limited computational resources raise a set of issues to unravel for full exploitation. In this paper, some these are addressed by leveraging deployment Training Recharging Areas (TRA) City. While moving among different Mission (MA), UAVs pass through dedicated TRA, where Energy Data Dispensers (EDD) scattered allow UAV battery recharge...

Smart vehicles, through dedicated sensors, can gather and announce information about road traffic events. This be exploited to improve the transportation system. However, with ubiquity of cyber-attacks, it is challenging safely store share event messages collected Vehicular Ad hoc NETworks (VANETs). Therefore, in this work, we leverage blockchain technology capability establish a decentralized, transparent robust database build, turn, secure management protocol. We adapt Proof Work (PoW)...

The autonomous data collector is a role recently introduced to improve the performance of Wireless Sensor Networks. When prompt response for processing and offloading necessary, i.e. in case event-driven networks, mobile flying sink could be good option that role. In this paper, we introduce FreeFall, distributed algorithm navigation through WSN on-demand does not rely on an absolute coordinate system. We show that, under fairly common circumstances, it possible set trajectory fulfill...

This paper studies the effects of an unreliable communication channel on Wireless Networked Robots (WNR) rendezvous problem. The objective is to drive robots keep a desired formation through local exchange information. A decentralized cooperative packet-loss tolerant algorithm proposed guarantee despite presence packet losses. Realistic NS-3 (Network Simulator) simulation results validate approach effectiveness.