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ReviewSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2026

A Review of Wireless Charging Solutions for FANETs in IoT-Enabled Smart Environments.

Nelofar Aslam, Hongyu Wang, Hamada Esmaiel, Naveed Ur Rehman Junejo, Adel Agamy

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Review in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Nelofar AslamSchool of Information and Communication Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China.ORCID 0000-0001-8397-4457
Hongyu WangSchool of Information and Communication Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China.ORCID 0000-0002-1038-412X
Hamada EsmaielElectrical Engineering Department, College of Engineering, King Khalid University, Abha 61411, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0001-7317-8908
Naveed Ur Rehman JunejoDepartment of Computer Engineering, The University of Lahore, Lahore 54000, Pakistan.ORCID 0000-0002-1947-5255
Adel AgamyFaculty of Engineering, Department of Electrical Engineering, Aswan University, Aswan 81542, Egypt.

Funding

Deanship of Research and Graduate Studies at King Khalid University RGP2/301/46
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) are emerging as a fundamental part of Flying Ad Hoc Networks (FANETs). However, owing to the limited energy capacity of UAV batteries, wireless power transfer (WPT) technologies have recently gained interest from researchers, offering recharging possibilities for FANETs. Based on this background, this study highlights the need for wireless charging to enhance the operational endurance of FANETs in Internet-of-Things (IoT) environments. This review investigates WPT power replenishment to explore the dynamic usage of UAVs in two ways. The former is for using a UAV as a mobile charger to recharge the ground nodes, whereas the latter is for WPT applications in in-flight (UAV-to-UAV) charging. For the two research domains, we describe the different methods of WPT and its latest advancements through the academic and industrial research literature. We categorized the results based on the power transfer range, efficiency, wireless charger topology (ground or in-flight), coordination among multiple UAVs, and trajectory optimization formulation. A crucial finding is that in-flight UAV charging can extend the endurance by three times compared to using standalone batteries. Furthermore, the integration of IoT for the deployment of a clan of UAVs as a FANET is rigorously emphasized. Our data findings also indicate the present and future forecasting graphs of UAVs and IoT-integrating UAVs in the global market. Existing systems have scalability issues beyond 20 UAVs; therefore, future research requires edge computing for WPT scheduling and blockchains for energy trading.

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flying ad hoc networkinternet of thingsUAV trajectory optimizationunmanned aerial vehiclewireless power transfer

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PMID41682430
PMCPMC12899638

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