Optimum Path Planning for Large Scale Distributed IoT Data Collection Using a Rechargeable UAV

This paper designs energy-efficient flight trajectories for a rechargeable uncrewed aerial vehicle (UAV) with battery capacity limitations, performing data collection from widely distributed Internet-of-Things (IoT) ground nodes. We propose a novel optimization framework using dynamic programming, i...

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Main Authors: Dhanushka Kudathanthirige, Hazer Inaltekin, Stephen V. Hanly, Iain B. Collings
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Language:English
Published: IEEE 2025-01-01
Series:IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society
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Online Access:https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/11029481/
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author Dhanushka Kudathanthirige
Hazer Inaltekin
Stephen V. Hanly
Iain B. Collings
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description This paper designs energy-efficient flight trajectories for a rechargeable uncrewed aerial vehicle (UAV) with battery capacity limitations, performing data collection from widely distributed Internet-of-Things (IoT) ground nodes. We propose a novel optimization framework using dynamic programming, incorporating battery recharging as needed. We develop an optimal backward-forward algorithm that jointly determines the service locations for each ground node, the visiting sequence of these locations, and the optimal times to return to a docking station for battery recharging. Our algorithm optimally minimizes the UAV’s total energy consumption, establishing fundamental performance bounds for airborne data harvesting from widely distributed ground nodes.
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spelling doaj-art-aa8a87ef28734900b1f608be653e4da22025-08-20T03:32:42ZengIEEEIEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society2644-125X2025-01-0165155517210.1109/OJCOMS.2025.357841211029481Optimum Path Planning for Large Scale Distributed IoT Data Collection Using a Rechargeable UAVDhanushka Kudathanthirige0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0526-784XHazer Inaltekin1https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0147-4403Stephen V. Hanly2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0524-9927Iain B. Collings3https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4857-2601School of Engineering, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, AustraliaSchool of Engineering, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, AustraliaSchool of Engineering, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, AustraliaSchool of Engineering, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, AustraliaThis paper designs energy-efficient flight trajectories for a rechargeable uncrewed aerial vehicle (UAV) with battery capacity limitations, performing data collection from widely distributed Internet-of-Things (IoT) ground nodes. We propose a novel optimization framework using dynamic programming, incorporating battery recharging as needed. We develop an optimal backward-forward algorithm that jointly determines the service locations for each ground node, the visiting sequence of these locations, and the optimal times to return to a docking station for battery recharging. Our algorithm optimally minimizes the UAV’s total energy consumption, establishing fundamental performance bounds for airborne data harvesting from widely distributed ground nodes.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/11029481/Data harvestingrechargeable UAVwide area IoT
spellingShingle Dhanushka Kudathanthirige
Hazer Inaltekin
Stephen V. Hanly
Iain B. Collings
Optimum Path Planning for Large Scale Distributed IoT Data Collection Using a Rechargeable UAV
IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society
Data harvesting
rechargeable UAV
wide area IoT
title Optimum Path Planning for Large Scale Distributed IoT Data Collection Using a Rechargeable UAV
title_full Optimum Path Planning for Large Scale Distributed IoT Data Collection Using a Rechargeable UAV
title_fullStr Optimum Path Planning for Large Scale Distributed IoT Data Collection Using a Rechargeable UAV
title_full_unstemmed Optimum Path Planning for Large Scale Distributed IoT Data Collection Using a Rechargeable UAV
title_short Optimum Path Planning for Large Scale Distributed IoT Data Collection Using a Rechargeable UAV
title_sort optimum path planning for large scale distributed iot data collection using a rechargeable uav
topic Data harvesting
rechargeable UAV
wide area IoT
url https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/11029481/
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