{"id":"https://openalex.org/W7140780561","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/iciis69028.2026.11450718","title":"Signal Strength-Guided Return Navigation for UAVs in GPS-Denied Environments","display_name":"Signal Strength-Guided Return Navigation for UAVs in GPS-Denied Environments","publication_year":2026,"publication_date":"2026-01-16","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W7140780561","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/iciis69028.2026.11450718"},"language":null,"primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1109/iciis69028.2026.11450718","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/iciis69028.2026.11450718","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"2025 IEEE 19th International Conference on Industrial and Information Systems (ICIIS)","raw_type":"proceedings-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5130651196","display_name":"Oshada Rathnayake","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I111199411","display_name":"University of Peradeniya","ror":"https://ror.org/025h79t26","country_code":"LK","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I111199411"]}],"countries":["LK"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Oshada Rathnayake","raw_affiliation_strings":["University of Peradeniya,Dept. Electrical & Electronic Eng.,Peradeniya,Sri Lanka"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"University of Peradeniya,Dept. Electrical & Electronic Eng.,Peradeniya,Sri Lanka","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I111199411"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5130655067","display_name":"Janith C Yapa","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I111199411","display_name":"University of Peradeniya","ror":"https://ror.org/025h79t26","country_code":"LK","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I111199411"]}],"countries":["LK"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Janith C Yapa","raw_affiliation_strings":["University of Peradeniya,Dept. Mechanical Engineering,Peradeniya,Sri Lanka"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"University of Peradeniya,Dept. Mechanical Engineering,Peradeniya,Sri Lanka","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I111199411"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5130715158","display_name":"Lishitha Alahakoon","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I111199411","display_name":"University of Peradeniya","ror":"https://ror.org/025h79t26","country_code":"LK","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I111199411"]}],"countries":["LK"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Lishitha Alahakoon","raw_affiliation_strings":["University of Peradeniya,Dept. Manufacturing & Industrial Eng.,Peradeniya,Sri Lanka"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"University of Peradeniya,Dept. Manufacturing & Industrial Eng.,Peradeniya,Sri Lanka","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I111199411"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5130714456","display_name":"Aloka P Thilakarathna","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I111199411","display_name":"University of Peradeniya","ror":"https://ror.org/025h79t26","country_code":"LK","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I111199411"]}],"countries":["LK"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Aloka P Thilakarathna","raw_affiliation_strings":["University of Peradeniya,Dept. Mechanical Engineering,Peradeniya,Sri Lanka"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"University of Peradeniya,Dept. Mechanical Engineering,Peradeniya,Sri Lanka","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I111199411"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5130661728","display_name":"Biswajith Dissanayake","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I111199411","display_name":"University of Peradeniya","ror":"https://ror.org/025h79t26","country_code":"LK","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I111199411"]}],"countries":["LK"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Biswajith Dissanayake","raw_affiliation_strings":["University of Peradeniya,Dept. Computer Engineering,Peradeniya,Sri Lanka"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"University of Peradeniya,Dept. Computer Engineering,Peradeniya,Sri Lanka","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I111199411"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5074016039","display_name":"Dharshana A Athauda","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I111199411","display_name":"University of Peradeniya","ror":"https://ror.org/025h79t26","country_code":"LK","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I111199411"]}],"countries":["LK"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Dharshana Athauda","raw_affiliation_strings":["University of Peradeniya,Dept. Manufacturing & Industrial Eng.,Peradeniya,Sri Lanka"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"University of Peradeniya,Dept. Manufacturing & Industrial Eng.,Peradeniya,Sri Lanka","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I111199411"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":6,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5130651196"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I111199411"],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":0.0,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":0,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.74609889,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":null,"biblio":{"volume":null,"issue":null,"first_page":"346","last_page":"351"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11325","display_name":"Inertial Sensor and Navigation","score":0.15449999272823334,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2202","display_name":"Aerospace Engineering"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/22","display_name":"Engineering"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11325","display_name":"Inertial Sensor and Navigation","score":0.15449999272823334,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2202","display_name":"Aerospace Engineering"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/22","display_name":"Engineering"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10191","display_name":"Robotics and Sensor-Based Localization","score":0.1468999981880188,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2202","display_name":"Aerospace Engineering"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/22","display_name":"Engineering"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10711","display_name":"Target Tracking and Data Fusion in Sensor Networks","score":0.08150000125169754,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1702","display_name":"Artificial Intelligence"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/signal","display_name":"SIGNAL (programming language)","score":0.3930000066757202},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/noise","display_name":"Noise (video)","score":0.3125999867916107},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/signal-processing","display_name":"Signal processing","score":0.3018999993801117},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/global-positioning-system","display_name":"Global Positioning System","score":0.29649999737739563},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/tracking","display_name":"Tracking (education)","score":0.2849999964237213}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.5450999736785889},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2779843651","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7390335","display_name":"SIGNAL (programming language)","level":2,"score":0.3930000066757202},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C79403827","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3988","display_name":"Real-time computing","level":1,"score":0.32260000705718994},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C99498987","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2210247","display_name":"Noise (video)","level":3,"score":0.3125999867916107},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C104267543","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q208163","display_name":"Signal processing","level":3,"score":0.3018999993801117},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C60229501","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18822","display_name":"Global Positioning System","level":2,"score":0.29649999737739563},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C31972630","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q844240","display_name":"Computer vision","level":1,"score":0.28999999165534973},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2775936607","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q466845","display_name":"Tracking (education)","level":2,"score":0.2849999964237213},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C154945302","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11660","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","level":1,"score":0.2842000126838684},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C62649853","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q199687","display_name":"Remote sensing","level":1,"score":0.275299996137619},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C127413603","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11023","display_name":"Engineering","level":0,"score":0.26919999718666077},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C32283439","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1407014","display_name":"Radar tracker","level":3,"score":0.2651999890804291},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C9652623","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q190109","display_name":"Field (mathematics)","level":2,"score":0.2630999982357025}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1109/iciis69028.2026.11450718","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/iciis69028.2026.11450718","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"2025 IEEE 19th International Conference on Industrial and Information Systems (ICIIS)","raw_type":"proceedings-article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[{"score":0.5743393301963806,"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/7","display_name":"Affordable and clean energy"}],"awards":[],"funders":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320325474","display_name":"University of Peradeniya","ror":"https://ror.org/025h79t26"}],"has_content":{"pdf":false,"grobid_xml":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":17,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W1984685202","https://openalex.org/W2082511306","https://openalex.org/W2155284249","https://openalex.org/W2217445775","https://openalex.org/W2521505821","https://openalex.org/W2551500676","https://openalex.org/W2734642607","https://openalex.org/W2749754673","https://openalex.org/W2891174905","https://openalex.org/W2906780591","https://openalex.org/W2921469264","https://openalex.org/W2946799809","https://openalex.org/W3008911151","https://openalex.org/W3129456095","https://openalex.org/W4293057594","https://openalex.org/W4319878963","https://openalex.org/W4378650688"],"related_works":[],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Unmanned":[0],"Aerial":[1],"Vehicles":[2],"(UAVs)":[3],"have":[4],"become":[5],"vital":[6],"in":[7,28,77,94,143],"a":[8,75,88,110,116],"range":[9],"of":[10,36,43,97,128,136],"applications,":[11],"including":[12],"videography,":[13],"inspection,":[14],"agriculture,":[15],"and":[16,140],"delivery":[17],"services.":[18],"Despite":[19],"their":[20,71],"increasing":[21],"popularity,":[22],"there":[23],"are":[24],"still":[25],"significant":[26],"challenges":[27],"UAV":[29,92,138],"technology,":[30],"particularly":[31,60],"concerning":[32],"navigation":[33,112],"reliability.":[34],"One":[35],"the":[37,41,95,123,134],"foremost":[38],"issues":[39],"is":[40,131],"risk":[42],"UAVs":[44,64],"becoming":[45],"lost":[46],"or":[47],"crashing":[48],"due":[49],"to":[50,82,91,121],"sensor":[51],"failures,":[52],"with":[53,115,133],"Global":[54],"Positioning":[55],"System":[56],"(GPS)":[57],"malfunctions":[58],"being":[59],"critical.":[61],"Given":[62],"that":[63],"significantly":[65],"depend":[66],"on":[67],"GPS":[68,98],"data":[69,108],"as":[70,109],"primary":[72],"localization":[73],"method,":[74],"failure":[76],"this":[78,129],"system":[79],"can":[80],"lead":[81],"catastrophic":[83],"results.":[84],"This":[85],"paper":[86],"proposes":[87],"novel":[89],"approach":[90],"recovery":[93],"event":[96],"signal":[99],"loss,":[100],"utilizing":[101],"Received":[102],"Signal":[103],"Strength":[104],"Indicator":[105],"(RSSI)":[106],"measurement":[107],"supplementary":[111],"resource":[113],"along":[114],"basic":[117],"adaptive":[118],"optimization":[119],"algorithm":[120],"plan":[122],"returning":[124],"path.":[125],"The":[126],"viability":[127],"method":[130],"assessed,":[132],"aim":[135],"enhancing":[137],"safety":[139],"operational":[141],"reliability":[142],"GPS-failure":[144],"situations.":[145]},"counts_by_year":[],"updated_date":"2026-04-09T08:11:56.329763","created_date":"2026-03-27T00:00:00"}