Ensuring communication infrastructures always alive during disaster mitigation and recovery is of paramount importance. In this case, UAV will be the ideal substitute for the malfunctioning ground base station due to disaster. Henceforth, we suggest a multi-UAV and SAR collaboration model in this letter. To improve its connectivity, we propose an optimal SAR elevation angle for the multi-UAV and SARs to admin?ister larger disaster areas effectively and efficiently. We evaluate the performance of the proposed model in terms of path loss, throughput, and coverage probability. The results demonstrate that the proposed model achieves a significant enhancement in serving the SARs.
This is the peer reviewed author version of the following article: Saif A, Dimyati K, Noordin KA, Alsamhi SH, Hawbani A. Multi-UAV and SAR collaboration model for disaster management in B5G networks. Internet Technology Letters. 2024; 7:e310, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1002/itl2.310
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