Review on Recent Applications of Internet of Flying Things

Abstract

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), typically known as drones, are aerial machines that can be programmed and controlled remotely using mobile devices and are connected via wireless communication technology. Because of their ease of deployment, dynamic configuration, low maintenance costs, high mobility, and faster reaction, they are becoming more widely used in a variety of applications. As a result, a new paradigm known as flying ad hoc networks (FANETs) has emerged, which is a subset of mobile ad hoc networks with special aviation-related properties. FANET ideas have been combined with the internet of things (IoT), resulting in the internet of flying things (IoFT), a paradigm that enables a significant new level of applications, solves existing challenges in UAVs and IoT, and broadens the spectrum of potential uses. This study focuses on various IoFT applications and challenges in IoFT implementation.