{"id":"https://openalex.org/W1995705041","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/mcom.2014.6852096","title":"Micro aerial vehicle networks: an experimental analysis of challenges and opportunities","display_name":"Micro aerial vehicle networks: an experimental analysis of challenges and opportunities","publication_year":2014,"publication_date":"2014-07-01","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W1995705041","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/mcom.2014.6852096","mag":"1995705041"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1109/mcom.2014.6852096","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/mcom.2014.6852096","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S158797327","display_name":"IEEE Communications Magazine","issn_l":"0163-6804","issn":["0163-6804","1558-1896"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319808","host_organization_name":"Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319808"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"IEEE Communications Magazine","raw_type":"journal-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/A5047420068","display_name":"Mahdi Asadpour","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6938-3837"},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Mahdi Asadpour","raw_affiliation_strings":[],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5019611885","display_name":"Bertold Van den Bergh","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0560-2575"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I99464096","display_name":"KU Leuven","ror":"https://ror.org/05f950310","country_code":"BE","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I99464096"]}],"countries":["BE"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Bertold Van den Bergh","raw_affiliation_strings":["KU Leuven",", KU Leuven"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"KU Leuven","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I99464096"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":", KU Leuven","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I99464096"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5070594563","display_name":"Domenico Giustiniano","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3136-4176"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I2802499160","display_name":"IMDEA Networks","ror":"https://ror.org/04mm9fg30","country_code":"ES","type":"facility","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I105140100","https://openalex.org/I2802499160"]}],"countries":["ES"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Domenico Giustiniano","raw_affiliation_strings":["IMDEA Networks Institute","Imdea Networks Institute"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"IMDEA Networks Institute","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I2802499160"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"Imdea Networks Institute","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I2802499160"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5010997059","display_name":"Karin Anna Hummel","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5833-6832"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I35440088","display_name":"ETH Zurich","ror":"https://ror.org/05a28rw58","country_code":"CH","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I2799323385","https://openalex.org/I35440088"]}],"countries":["CH"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Karin Hummel","raw_affiliation_strings":["ETH Zurich","[ETH, Zurich]"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"ETH Zurich","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I35440088"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"[ETH, Zurich]","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I35440088"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5028689021","display_name":"Sofie Pollin","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1470-2076"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I99464096","display_name":"KU Leuven","ror":"https://ror.org/05f950310","country_code":"BE","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I99464096"]}],"countries":["BE"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Sofie Pollin","raw_affiliation_strings":["KU Leuven",", KU Leuven"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"KU Leuven","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I99464096"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":", KU Leuven","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I99464096"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5014709738","display_name":"Bernhard Plattner","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I35440088","display_name":"ETH Zurich","ror":"https://ror.org/05a28rw58","country_code":"CH","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I2799323385","https://openalex.org/I35440088"]}],"countries":["CH"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Bernhard Plattner","raw_affiliation_strings":["ETH Zurich","[ETH, Zurich]"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"ETH Zurich","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I35440088"]},{"raw_affiliation_string":"[ETH, Zurich]","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I35440088"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":3,"institutions_distinct_count":6,"corresponding_author_ids":[],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":283.9452,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":133,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.99979008,"is_in_top_1_percent":true,"is_in_top_10_percent":true},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":94,"max":100},"biblio":{"volume":"52","issue":"7","first_page":"141","last_page":"149"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11133","display_name":"UAV Applications and Optimization","score":0.9998000264167786,"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/T11133","display_name":"UAV Applications and Optimization","score":0.9998000264167786,"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/T11896","display_name":"Opportunistic and Delay-Tolerant Networks","score":0.9994000196456909,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1705","display_name":"Computer Networks and Communications"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10246","display_name":"Mobile Ad Hoc Networks","score":0.9983000159263611,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1705","display_name":"Computer Networks and Communications"},"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/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.8093143701553345},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/wireless","display_name":"Wireless","score":0.683809757232666},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/wireless-network","display_name":"Wireless network","score":0.5461111068725586},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-network","display_name":"Computer network","score":0.4834176301956177},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/transmission","display_name":"Transmission (telecommunications)","score":0.4698551893234253},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/telecommunications","display_name":"Telecommunications","score":0.4068923592567444},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/distributed-computing","display_name":"Distributed computing","score":0.35433337092399597}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.8093143701553345},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C555944384","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q249","display_name":"Wireless","level":2,"score":0.683809757232666},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C108037233","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11375","display_name":"Wireless network","level":3,"score":0.5461111068725586},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C31258907","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1301371","display_name":"Computer network","level":1,"score":0.4834176301956177},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C761482","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q118093","display_name":"Transmission (telecommunications)","level":2,"score":0.4698551893234253},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C76155785","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q418","display_name":"Telecommunications","level":1,"score":0.4068923592567444},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C120314980","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q180634","display_name":"Distributed computing","level":1,"score":0.35433337092399597}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1109/mcom.2014.6852096","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/mcom.2014.6852096","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S158797327","display_name":"IEEE Communications Magazine","issn_l":"0163-6804","issn":["0163-6804","1558-1896"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319808","host_organization_name":"Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319808"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"IEEE Communications Magazine","raw_type":"journal-article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":false,"pdf":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":21,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W622419499","https://openalex.org/W1576399034","https://openalex.org/W1974063789","https://openalex.org/W1981244260","https://openalex.org/W1987526470","https://openalex.org/W1992555904","https://openalex.org/W1995027284","https://openalex.org/W2037971631","https://openalex.org/W2066435193","https://openalex.org/W2071866183","https://openalex.org/W2098951456","https://openalex.org/W2101963262","https://openalex.org/W2123656427","https://openalex.org/W2133444666","https://openalex.org/W2148118070","https://openalex.org/W2149959815","https://openalex.org/W2162685648","https://openalex.org/W4234913428","https://openalex.org/W6619542660","https://openalex.org/W6634519950","https://openalex.org/W6645621798"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W3089663803","https://openalex.org/W3086285302","https://openalex.org/W27922817","https://openalex.org/W2473184990","https://openalex.org/W3000618160","https://openalex.org/W4310772596","https://openalex.org/W4283834335","https://openalex.org/W2091501295","https://openalex.org/W4317792437","https://openalex.org/W2271736287"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"The":[0],"need":[1],"for":[2,92,111],"aerial":[3,13],"networks":[4],"is":[5,32],"growing":[6],"with":[7,71],"the":[8,35,40,55,72],"recent":[9],"advance":[10],"of":[11,20,39,59,87],"micro":[12],"vehicles,":[14],"which":[15],"enable":[16],"a":[17,85],"wide":[18],"range":[19],"civilian":[21],"applications.":[22],"Our":[23],"experimental":[24],"analysis":[25],"shows":[26],"that":[27],"wireless":[28,69,88],"connectivity":[29],"among":[30],"MAVs":[31,60],"challenged":[33],"by":[34,97],"mobility":[36],"and":[37,50,57,63,78,90,105,109],"heterogeneity":[38],"nodes,":[41],"lightweight":[42],"antenna":[43],"design,":[44],"body":[45],"blockage,":[46],"constrained":[47],"embedded":[48],"resources,":[49],"limited":[51],"battery":[52],"power.":[53],"However,":[54],"movement":[56],"location":[58],"are":[61],"known":[62],"may":[64],"be":[65],"controlled":[66],"to":[67],"establish":[68],"links":[70],"best":[73],"transmission":[74],"opportunities":[75],"in":[76],"time":[77],"space.":[79],"This":[80],"special":[81],"ecosystem":[82],"undoubtedly":[83],"requires":[84],"rethinking":[86],"communications":[89],"calls":[91],"novel":[93],"networking":[94],"approaches.":[95],"Supported":[96],"empirical":[98],"results,":[99],"we":[100],"identify":[101],"important":[102],"research":[103],"questions,":[104],"introduce":[106],"potential":[107],"solutions":[108],"directions":[110],"investigation.":[112]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2026,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":6},{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":5},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":5},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":10},{"year":2021,"cited_by_count":11},{"year":2020,"cited_by_count":16},{"year":2019,"cited_by_count":20},{"year":2018,"cited_by_count":16},{"year":2017,"cited_by_count":17},{"year":2016,"cited_by_count":16},{"year":2015,"cited_by_count":8},{"year":2014,"cited_by_count":2}],"updated_date":"2026-06-11T09:08:48.828518","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}