Powering Inaccessible IoT Devices Through a WPT-enabled Sustainable UAV Network
Mekikis PV, Bouzinis P, Mitsiou N, Tegos S, Papanikolaou VK, Tyrovolas D, Diamantoulakis P, Karagiannidis GK (2023)
Publication Type: Conference contribution
Publication year: 2023
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Conference Proceedings Title: IEEE INFOCOM 2023 - Conference on Computer Communications Workshops, INFOCOM WKSHPS 2023
Event location: Hoboken, NJ, USA
ISBN: 9781665494274
DOI: 10.1109/INFOCOMWKSHPS57453.2023.10225986
Abstract
Powering Internet of Things (IoT) devices in hard to reach or hazardous locations could be prohibitive in terms of cost and safety. In this work, we demonstrate a thorough solution that tackles this problem using a network of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) with wireless power transfer (WPT) capabilities. Given the large-scale IoT deployments of the future and the energy needs of the UAVs, we consider an infrastructure of charging stations for the UAVs that allow an uninterrupted and flexible UAV deployment based on the current energy needs of the IoT devices. Then, we exhibit an orchestrator that communicates with the entire infrastructure and handles the UAV traffic and energy decisions, as well as the digital representation and interaction of the network with the user.
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APA:
Mekikis, P.V., Bouzinis, P., Mitsiou, N., Tegos, S., Papanikolaou, V.K., Tyrovolas, D.,... Karagiannidis, G.K. (2023). Powering Inaccessible IoT Devices Through a WPT-enabled Sustainable UAV Network. In IEEE INFOCOM 2023 - Conference on Computer Communications Workshops, INFOCOM WKSHPS 2023. Hoboken, NJ, USA: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc..
MLA:
Mekikis, Prodromos Vasileios, et al. "Powering Inaccessible IoT Devices Through a WPT-enabled Sustainable UAV Network." Proceedings of the 2023 IEEE INFOCOM Conference on Computer Communications Workshops, INFOCOM WKSHPS 2023, Hoboken, NJ, USA Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2023.
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