Siliang Chen1, Dongri Shan2,*, Yansheng Niu3
CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.85, No.3, pp. 5263-5286, 2025, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2025.067892
- 23 October 2025
Abstract With the increasing deployment of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle-Hangar (UAV-H) clusters in dynamic environments such as disaster response and precision agriculture, existing networking schemes often struggle with adaptability to complex scenarios, while traditional Vertical Handoff (VHO) algorithms fail to fully address the unique challenges of UAV-H systems, including high-speed mobility and limited computational resources. To bridge this gap, this paper proposes a heterogeneous network architecture integrating 5th Generation Mobile Communication Technology (5G) cellular networks and self-organizing mesh networks for UAV-H clusters, accompanied by a novel VHO algorithm. The proposed algorithm leverages Multi-Attribute Decision-Making (MADM) theory combined… More >