Performance analysis of energy-efficient secured layered architecture with topology control for UAV-based IoT networks

Purpose The advantage of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) is that they transmit data at a rapid speed, secure architecture and safe data transmission through internet of things (IoT). The simulated results were used to compare the performance of the proposed model with those of existing algorithms. Design/methodology/approach This work focuses on addressing these security issues by proposing an energy-efficient secured layered architecture with topology control (EESL-TC) technique to provide efficient communication. The proposed model identifies malicious attacks during data transmission and performs the necessary actions to mitigate them, ensuring secure data transmission between ground stations (GS) and UAV users. Findings The proposed model identifies malicious attacks during data transmission and performs the necessary actions to mitigate them, ensuring secure data transmission between GS and UAV users. Additionally, a cross-layered architecture is used to reduce the energy consumption and clustering mechanism to manage mobility. The advantage of UAVs is that they transmit data at a rapid speed, secure architecture and safe data transmission through IoT. Originality/value The EESL-TC provides a high throughput, high delivery rate and reduced delay. The proposed secured layered architecture effectively mitigates wormhole and grayhole attacks, ensuring secure communication and improving network performance in UAV-based IoT networks.