Optimal recharge scheduler for drone-to-sensor wireless power transfer
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Author(s)
Qiuchen, Qian
Akshayaa, Pandiyan
Boyle, David
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Wireless recharging by autonomous power delivery vehicles is an attractive maintenance solution for Internet of Things devices. Improving the operating efficiency of power delivery vehicles is challenging due to complex dynamic environments and the need to solve difficult optimization problems to determine the best combination of routes, number of vehicles, and numerous safety thresholds prior to deployment. The optimal recharge scheduling problem considers minimizing discharged energy of drones while maximizing devices’ recharged energy. In this paper, a configurable optimal recharge scheduler is proposed that incorporates several evolutionary and clustering approaches. A modified version of the Black Hole algorithm is presented, which is shown to execute on average 35% faster than the state of the art genetic approach, while delivering comparable performance in simulation across 18 scenarios with varying area and density of sensor nodes deployed under different initialization scenarios.
Date Issued
2021-04-13
Date Acceptance
2021-03-24
Citation
IEEE Access, 2021, 9, pp.59301-59312
ISSN
2169-3536
Publisher
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Start Page
59301
End Page
59312
Journal / Book Title
IEEE Access
Volume
9
Copyright Statement
© 2021 The Author(s). This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License. For more information, see https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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Sponsor
Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)
Grant Number
NE/T011467/1
Subjects
08 Information and Computing Sciences
09 Engineering
10 Technology
Publication Status
Published online
Date Publish Online
2021-04-13