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A novel near-field integrated sensing and communications framework for secure unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) networks with high time efficiency is proposed. A ground base station (GBS) with large aperture size communicates with one…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-08-18 Jingjing Zhao , Songtao Xue , Kaiquan Cai , Xidong Mu , Yuanwei Liu , Yanbo Zhu

This paper proposes a real-time movement control algorithm for massive unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) that provide emergency cellular connections in an urban disaster site. While avoiding the inter-UAV collision under temporal wind…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2018-05-25 Hyesung Kim , Jihong Park , Mehdi Bennis , Seong-Lyun Kim

This paper investigates security vulnerabilities and countermeasures for the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) Fifth Generation New Radio (5G-NR) Time Difference of Arrival (TDoA)-based unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) localization in…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-11-17 Zexin Fang , Bin Han , Zhu Han , Yufei Zhao , Yong Liang Guan , Hans D. Schotten

In this paper, we propose a secure short-packet communication (SPC) system involving an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-aided relay in the presence of a terrestrial passive eavesdropper. The considered system, which is applicable to various…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-01-23 Milad Tatar Mamaghani , Xiangyun Zhou , Nan Yang , A. Lee Swindlehurst

This paper investigates the three-dimensional (3D) deployment of uncrewed aerial vehicles (UAVs) as aerial base stations in heterogeneous communication networks under constraints imposed by diverse ground obstacles. Given the diverse data…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-01-16 Senning Wan , Bin Li , Hongbin Chen , Lei Liu

Autonomous Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) have become essential tools in defense, law enforcement, disaster response, and product delivery. These autonomous navigation systems require a wireless communication network, and of late are deep…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-04-29 Vatsal Aggarwal , Arjun Ramesh Kaushik , Charanjit Jutla , Nalini Ratha

Due to its high mobility and flexible deployment, unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is drawing unprecedented interest in both military and civil applications to enable agile wireless communications and provide ubiquitous connectivity. Mainly…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2021-05-25 Jue Wang , Xuanxuan Wang , Ruifeng Gao , Chengleyang Lei , Wei Feng , Ning Ge , Shi Jin , Tony Q. S. Quek

This paper investigates an average secrecy rate (ASR) maximization problem for an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) enabled wireless communication system, wherein a UAV is employed to deliver confidential information to a ground destination in…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-02-23 Milad Tatar Mamaghani , Yi Hong

The use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) operating as aerial base stations (BSs) has emerged as a promising solution especially in scenarios requiring rapid deployments (e.g., in the cases of crowded hotspots, sporting events,…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-06-13 Esma Turgut , Mustafa Cenk Gursoy

Motivated by the need for ubiquitous and reliable communications in post-disaster emergency management systems (EMSs), we hereby present a novel and efficient stochastic geometry (SG) framework. This mathematical model is specifically…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-02-21 Maurilio Matracia , Mustafa A. Kishk , Mohamed-Slim Alouini

In the 21st century, the industry of drones, also known as Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), has witnessed a rapid increase with its large number of airspace users. The tremendous benefits of this technology in civilian applications such as…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2021-10-06 Yassine Mekdad , Ahmet Aris , Leonardo Babun , Abdeslam EL Fergougui , Mauro Conti , Riccardo Lazzeretti , A. Selcuk Uluagac

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) can be deployed to monitor very large areas without the need for network infrastructure. UAVs communicate with each other during flight and exchange information with each other. However, such communication…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2020-11-19 Maryam Faraji-Biregani , Reza Fotohi

This work tackles the physical layer security (PLS) problem of maximizing the secrecy rate in heterogeneous UAV networks (HetUAVNs) under propulsion energy constraints. Unlike prior studies that assume uniform UAV capabilities or overlook…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-07-24 Lijie Zheng , Ji He , Shih Yu Chang , Yulong Shen , Dusit Niyato

We discuss surveillance with multiple unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) that minimize idleness (the time between consecutive visits of sensing locations) and constrain latency (the time between capturing data at a sensing location and its…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-01-12 Jürgen Scherer , Bernhard Rinner

Detecting spoofing attacks on the positions of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) within a swarm is challenging. Traditional methods relying solely on individually reported positions and pairwise distance measurements are ineffective in…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-12-08 Siguo Bi , Kai Li , Shuyan Hu , Wei Ni , Cong Wang , Xin Wang

The deployment of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) for surveillance and monitoring gives rise to the confidential information leakage challenge in both civilian and military environments. The security and covert communication problems for a…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-10-22 Hui-Ming Wang , Yan Zhang , Xu Zhang , Zhetao Li

Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) swarms are increasingly deployed in vast low-altitude applications, owing to their capabilities in distributed sensing, flexible communication, and autonomous coordination. Nevertheless, the open and highly…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2026-05-27 Yuntao Wang , Haojia Yang , Han Liu , Jianle Ba , Zhou Su

Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) system is vulnerable to the control signal spoofing attack due to the openness of the wireless communications. In this correspondence, a physical layer approach is proposed to combat the control signal spoofing…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-04-19 Ke-Wen Huang , Hui-Ming Wang

In recent years, consumer Unmanned Aerial Vehicles have become very popular, everyone can buy and fly a drone without previous experience, which raises concern in regards to regulations and public safety. In this paper, we present a novel…

Robotics · Computer Science 2016-02-29 Thomas Castelli , Aidean Sharghi , Don Harper , Alain Tremeau , Mubarak Shah

This paper proposes an integrated sensing, jamming, and communications (ISJC) framework for securing unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-enabled wireless networks. The proposed framework advocates the dual use of artificial noise transmitted by…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-10-12 Zhiqiang Wei , Fan Liu , Derrick Wing Kwan Ng , Robert Schober