Gyanendra Prasad Joshi (Ph.D.) is an Associate Professor in the Department of Artificial Intelligence & Software at Kangwon National University, South Korea. Prior to this role, he was an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Sejong University, South Korea. He worked at Case School of Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, from March 2018 to February 2019 as a visiting assistant professor and at the Department of Applied Mathematics, Kongju National University, Kongju, Korea, as a researcher. From March 2012 to February 2018, he worked as an assistant professor in the Department of Information and Communication Engineering at Yeungnam University, Gyeongsang buk–do, South Korea. In August 2017, he was appointed an honorary ICT consultant at the Department of Information Technology, Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of Nepal. He received a Ph.D. in information and communication engineering from Yeungnam University in February 2012. He worked at Minigate Co. Ltd., South Korea, as an IT manager after he graduated from Ajou University in February 2007. He received a KRF scholarship and ITSP scholarships from the Korean government for his MS and Ph.D. studies. As a first or corresponding author, he has more than 160 research articles published in books, international journals, and international conferences. His main research interests include UAV localization, MAC, and routing protocols for next-generation wi