Research Article

Multi-UAV Cooperative Assisted RSU Data Acquisition Strategy considering Coverage Quality

Table 2

Symbols and their definitions used in this paper.

ParametersDefinition

Number of RSUs
Number of UAV base stations
Number of UAVs selected
Base station coordinates
Coordinates of the RSU
Size of data collected by RSU
Distance from RSU to RSU
Maximum flying distance of UAV
Energy consumption threshold of UAV
Flying speed of UAV
Data transmission rate of UAV
Data collection path of UAV
Flight time of UAV
Data collection time of UAV
Task time of UAV
Flying distance of UAV
Size of data collected by UAV
Flight energy consumption of UAV
Hovering energy consumption of UAV
Task energy consumption of UAV
Flying power of UAV
Hovering power of UAV
Weight of RSU
Task cost
Coverage quality
Coverage