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UAV-Aided Data Acquisition Using Gaining-Sharing Knowledge Optimization Algorithm

Rania M Tawfik¹, Hazem A. A. Nomer², M. Saeed Darweesh^1,*, Ali Wagdy Mohamed^3,4, Hassan Mostafa^5,6

1 Wireless Intelligent Networks Center (WINC), School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Nile University, Giza, 12677, Egypt
2 School of Information Technology and Computer Science (ITCS), Nile University, Giza, 12677, Egypt
3 Operations Research Department, Faculty of Graduate Studies for Statistical Research, Cairo University, Giza, 12613, Egypt
4 Department of Mathematics and Actuarial Science, School of Science and Engineering, The American University in Cairo, Egypt
5 Electronics and Communications Engineering Department, Cairo University, Egypt
6 University of Science and Technology, Nanotechnology and Nanoelectronics Program, Zewail City of Science and Technology, October Gardens, 6th of October, Giza, 12578, Egypt

* Corresponding Author: M. Saeed Darweesh. Email:

Computers, Materials & Continua 2022, 72(3), 5999-6013. https://doi.org/10.32604/cmc.2022.028234

Received 05 February 2022; Accepted 10 March 2022; Issue published 21 April 2022

Abstract

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) provide a reliable and energy-efficient solution for data collection from the Narrowband Internet of Things (NB-IoT) devices. However, the UAV’s deployment optimization, including locations of the UAV’s stop points, is a necessity to minimize the energy consumption of the UAV and the NB-IoT devices and also to conduct the data collection efficiently. In this regard, this paper proposes Gaining-Sharing Knowledge (GSK) algorithm for optimizing the UAV’s deployment. In GSK, the number of UAV’s stop points in the three-dimensional space is encapsulated into a single individual with a fixed length representing an entire deployment. The superiority of using GSK in the tackled problem is verified by simulation in seven scenarios. It provides significant results in all seven scenarios compared with other four optimization algorithms used before with the same problem. Besides, the NB-IoT is proposed as the wireless communication technology between the UAV and IoT devices.

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