A Review of Technology Research on UAV-assisted Forestry IoT System
The Internet of Things(IoT)technology has been widely applied in forestry.However,due to poor communication and power infrastructure in forest areas,IoT application is challenged by the difficulty in data transmission between sensor nodes,energy shortage,and insufficient computational capabilities.With the advancement of unmanned aerial vehicle(UAV)technology and the diversification of payloads,the UAV with wide coverage and powerful computational can be integrated into IoT systems through data collection,wireless relaying,or participation in mobile edge computing to effectively address the aforementioned challenges and improve the usability of the entire IoT system.This paper reviews the research progress in IoT as well as the path and task planning,data collection strategies,and communication and offloading strategies for mobile edge computation for UAV assisted IoT system,and explores the adaptability of different research approaches in forestry application scenarios,aiming to provide references for the research on UAV-assisted forestry IoT system.