An NFV-Based Energy Scheduling Algorithm for a 5G Enabled Fleet of Programmable Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Table 1

System parameters.

Parameter	Description	Comments/Units
	Expected availability time	Time units
	Reached availability time	Time units
	Service availability	Percentage,
	Service availability per services	Percentage,
	Number of services (VNFs)	Integer number
	Service identifier
	Initial time of service	Time units
	Power demanded by the service	Power units
	Number of available drones	Integer number
	Drone identifier
	Battery capacity of drone	Power x Time units
	Battery lifetime of drone for service	Time units
	Battery replacement time of drone	Time units