Evaluating flight coordination approaches of UAV squads for WSN data collection enhancing the internet range on WSN data collection

Journal of Internet Services and Applications

Table 1 Related Works

Related Work	WSN relation	Work & Tour	Comm.	UAV
		approach	approach	Multi-UAV	Coordination
This work	Data collection	Polynomial path planning	ad hoc	Yes	Distributed
Dios et al.[24]	Data collection	TSP straight use	V2I	No	Centralized
Several researches [5, 32–37]	Data collection	TSP optimization	V2I	No	Centralized
Jin Wang et al. [25]	Data collection	Choice of CHs by UAV tour	V2I	Yes, in isolation	Centralized
Wang et al. [26]	Data collection	FPPWR	V2I	No	Centralized
Some researches [43, 44] & [45]	Data collection	Optimization for area Coverage and relay through 5G	V2I	No	Centralized
Mazayev et al.[22]	Data collection with buffer TTL constraints	Tour optimization upon constraints	V2I	Yes, in isolation	Centralized
Ma et al. [51]	Opportunistic data collection from mobile sensors	Predefined static route	ad hoc	No	Centralized
Berrahal et al. [57, 58]	Data collection borders sensoring & video surveillance	Predefined static route	V2I	Yes, in isolation	Centralized
Jawhar et al.[59]	Data collection, but in specific sensor distribution (LSN)	Predefined static route	Hierarchical V2I	Yes, in isolation	Centralized
Yanmaz et al.[47]	Direct sensoring	mTSP straight use	V2I & ad hoc	Yes, in isolation	Centralized
Zhang et al.[42]	Data dissemination w/ constraints	Optimization for area Coverage	V2I	Yes, but static	Centralized
Sharma et al. [31]	Data dissemination	Workload area divided by the number of UAVs	V2I & ad hoc	Yes	Centralized
Thammawichai et al.[46]	Pursue a single target or survey an area of interest for data relay	Constraints optimization	Hierarchical V2I	Yes	Centralized