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Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are widely used due to their low cost and versatility, but they also pose security and privacy threats. Therefore, reliable detection for low-altitude UAVs is an important issue. The strong ground clutter…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-02-25 Zeyang Wu , Wenbo Wang , Yuexing Peng

In this work, we performed a thorough comparative analysis on a radio frequency (RF) based drone detection and identification system (DDI) under wireless interference, such as WiFi and Bluetooth, by using machine learning algorithms, and a…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-02-25 Olusiji Medaiyese , Martins Ezuma , Adrian P. Lauf , Ismail Guvenc

This paper proposes an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-based distributed sensing framework that uses orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) waveforms to detect the position of a ground target, and UAVs operate in half-duplex mode.…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-09-12 Xavier Alejandro Flores Cabezas , Diana Pamela Moya Osorio , Markku Juntti

The rise of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) operations, as well as the vulnerability of the UAVs' sensors, has led to the need for proper monitoring systems for detecting any abnormal behavior of the UAV. This work addresses this problem by…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-10-18 Antreas Palamas , Nicolas Souli , Tania Panayiotou , Panayiotis Kolios , Georgios Ellinas

Detecting Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) in low-altitude environments is essential for perception and defense systems but remains highly challenging due to complex backgrounds, camouflage, and multimodal interference. In real-world…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-03-19 Shenghui Huang , Menghao Hu , Longkun Zou , Hongyu Chi , Zekai Li , Feng Gao , Fan Yang , Qingyao Wu , Ke Chen

This paper investigates the problem of classification of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) from radio frequency (RF) fingerprints at the low signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) regime. We use convolutional neural networks (CNNs) trained with both RF…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-09-22 Ender Ozturk , Fatih Erden , Ismail Guvenc

Autonomous deployment of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) supporting next-generation communication networks requires efficient trajectory planning methods. We propose a new end-to-end reinforcement learning (RL) approach to UAV-enabled data…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-01-28 Harald Bayerlein , Mirco Theile , Marco Caccamo , David Gesbert

The use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) as flying radio access network (RAN) nodes offers a promising complement to traditional fixed terrestrial deployments. More recently yet still in the context of wireless networks, drones have also…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-05-09 David Gesbert , Omid Esrafilian , Junting Chen , Rajeev Gangula , Urbashi Mitra

Efficient localization plays a vital role in many modern applications of Unmanned Ground Vehicles (UGV) and Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), which would contribute to improved control, safety, power economy, etc. The ubiquitous 5G NR (New…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-12-03 Meisam Kabiri , Claudio Cimarelli , Hriday Bavle , Jose Luis Sanchez-Lopez , Holger Voos

A network of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) provides distributed coverage, reconfigurability, and maneuverability in performing complex cooperative tasks. However, it relies on wireless communications that can be susceptible to cyber…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-10-27 Rayan Bahrami , Hamidreza Jafarnejadsani

The proliferation of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in controlled airspace presents significant risks, including potential collisions, disruptions to air traffic, and security threats. Ensuring the safe and efficient operation of airspace,…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-10-22 Francisco Giral , Ignacio Gómez , Soledad Le Clainche

In this paper, cyber attack detection and isolation is studied on a network of UAVs in a formation flying setup. As the UAVs communicate to reach consensus on their states while making the formation, the communication network among the UAVs…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2017-01-24 Lebsework Negash , Sang-Hyeon Kim , Han-Lim Choi

The rapid growth of the low-altitude economy has resulted in a significant increase in the number of Low, slow, and small (LLS) unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), raising critical challenges for secure airspace management and reliable…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-10-13 Tianhao Liang , Mu Jia , Tingting Zhang , Junting Chen , Longyu Zhou , Tony Q. S. Quek , Pooi-Yuen Kam

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) are indispensable for infrastructure inspection, surveillance, and related tasks, yet they also introduce critical security challenges. This survey provides a wide-ranging examination of the anti-UAV domain,…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-03-31 Yifei Dong , Fengyi Wu , Sanjian Zhang , Guangyu Chen , Yuzhi Hu , Masumi Yano , Jingdong Sun , Siyu Huang , Feng Liu , Qi Dai , Zhi-Qi Cheng

Air access networks have been recognized as a significant driver of various Internet of Things (IoT) services and applications. In particular, the aerial computing network infrastructure centered on the Internet of Drones has set off a new…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-01-05 Zhe Zhang , Shiyao Ma , Zhaohui Yang , Zehui Xiong , Jiawen Kang , Yi Wu , Kejia Zhang , Dusit Niyato

When users exchange data with Unmanned Aerial vehicles - (UAVs) over air-to-ground (A2G) wireless communication networks, they expose the link to attacks that could increase packet loss and might disrupt connectivity. For example, in…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2022-07-25 Joseanne Viana , Hamed Farkhari , Luis Miguel Campos , Pedro Sebastiao , Katerina Koutlia , Sandra Lagen , Luis Bernardo , Rui Dinis

Detecting UAVs is becoming more crucial for various industries such as airports and nuclear power plants for improving surveillance and security measures. Exploiting radio frequency (RF) based drone control and communication enables a…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-10-30 Sanjoy Basak , Sreeraj Rajendran , Sofie Pollin , Bart Scheers

The proliferation of drones, or unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), has raised significant safety concerns due to their potential misuse in activities such as espionage, smuggling, and infrastructure disruption. This paper addresses the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-11-08 Stefan Glüge , Matthias Nyfeler , Ahmad Aghaebrahimian , Nicola Ramagnano , Christof Schüpbach

Localizing radio frequency (RF) sources with an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) has many important applications. As a result, UAV-based localization has been the focus of much research. However, previous approaches rely heavily on custom…

Robotics · Computer Science 2018-08-15 Louis Dressel , Mykel J. Kochenderfer

The increase in the number of unmanned aerial vehicles a.k.a. drones pose several threats to public privacy, critical infrastructure and cyber security. Hence, detecting unauthorized drones is a significant problem which received attention…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-12-06 Muhammad Asif Khan , Hamid Menouar , Osama Muhammad Khalid , Adnan Abu-Dayya