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Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for wireless communications has rapidly grown into a research hotspot as the mass production of high-performance, low-cost, intelligent UAVs become more practical and feasible. In the meantime, fifth…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-10-30 Yiming Huo , Xiaodai Dong , Tao Lu , Wei Xu , Marvin Yuen

Uncrewed Aerial Vehicle (UAV) computing and networking are becoming a fundamental computation infrastructure for diverse cyber-physical application systems. UAVs can be empowered by AI on edge devices and can communicate with other UAVs and…

Performance · Computer Science 2025-09-09 Qingyang Zhang , Mohammad Dwipa Furqan , Tasfia Nutzhat , Fumio Machida , Ermeson Andrade

The communication system is a critical part of the system design for the autonomous UAV. It has to address different considerations, including efficiency, reliability and mobility of the UAV. In addition, a multi-UAV system requires a…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2021-11-15 Liping Shi , Néstor J. Hernández Marcano , Rune Hylsberg Jacobsen

One typical application of unmanned aerial vehicles is the intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance mission, where the objective is to improve situation awareness through information acquisition. For examples, an efficient way to…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2014-04-15 Yongcan Cao

In this paper we discuss how to use a barrier function that is subject to kinematic constraints and limited sensing in order to guarantee that fixed wing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) will maintain safe distances from each other at all…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-03-11 Eric Squires , Rohit Konda , Pietro Pierpaoli , Samuel Coogan , Magnus Egerstedt

Despite being a hot research topic for a decade, drones are still not part of our everyday life. In this article, we analyze the reasons for this state of affairs and look for ways of improving the situation. We rely on the achievements of…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-10-15 Evgenii Vinogradov , Sofie Pollin

Collision avoidance is a key factor in enabling the integration of unmanned aerial vehicle into real life use, whether it is in military or civil application. For a long time there have been a large number of works to address this problem;…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2015-09-01 Hung Pham , Scott A. Smolka , Scott D. Stoller , Dung Phan , Junxing Yang

This paper considers the complex problem of a team of UAVs searching targets under uncertainty. The goal of the UAV team is to find all of the moving targets as quickly as possible before they arrive at their selected goal. The uncertainty…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-03-18 Mor Sinay , Noa Agmon , Oleg Maksimov , Aviad Fux , Sarit Kraus

The rapid growth of consumer Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) is creating promising new business opportunities for cellular operators. On the one hand, UAVs can be connected to cellular networks as new types of user equipment, therefore…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2019-04-02 Azade Fotouhi , Haoran Qiang , Ming Ding , Mahbub Hassan , Lorenzo Galati Giordano , Adrian Garcia-Rodriguez , Jinhong Yuan

The growing use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) for various applications requires ubiquitous and reliable connectivity for safe control and data exchange between these devices and ground terminals. Depending on the application,…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2019-01-09 Evgenii Vinogradov , Hazem Sallouha , Sibren De Bast , Mohammad Mahdi Azari , Sofie Pollin

Uncertainty is an inherent aspect of autonomous vehicle (AV) decision-making, yet it is rarely communicated to pedestrians, which hinders transparency. This study investigates how AV uncertainty can be conveyed through two approaches:…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2025-07-28 Yue Luo , Xinyan Yu , Tram Thi Minh Tran , Marius Hoggenmueller

The advancement in cyber-physical systems has opened a new way in disaster management and rescue operations. The usage of UAVs is very promising in this context. UAVs, mainly quadcopters, are small in size and their payload capacity is…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2024-05-02 Arindam Majee , Rahul Saha , Snehasish Roy , Srilekha Mandal , Sayan Chatterjee

Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) communications has drawn significant interest recently due to many advantages such as low cost, high mobility, and on-demand deployment. This paper addresses the issue of physical-layer security in a UAV…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-10-13 Guangchi Zhang , Qingqing Wu , Miao Cui , Rui Zhang

The next generation of wireless communication systems will integrate terrestrial and non-terrestrial networks targeting to cover the undercovered regions, especially connecting the marine activities. Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) based…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-06-08 Muhammad Waseem Akhtar , Nasir Saeed

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have gained great interest for rapid deployment in both civil and military applications. UAV communication has its own distinctive channel characteristics compared with widely used cellular and satellite…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2018-01-24 Aziz Altaf Khuwaja , Yunfei Chen , Nan Zhao , Mohamed-Slim Alouini , Paul Dobbins

Each new concept of operation and equipment generation in aviation becomes more automated, integrated and interconnected. In the case of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), this evolution allows drastically decreasing aircraft weight and…

Avionics systems of an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) or drone are the critical electronic components found onboard that regulate, navigate, and control UAV travel while ensuring public safety. Contemporary UAV avionics work together to…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-01-03 Hashim A. Hashim

Many wireless communications systems found in aircraft lack standard security mechanisms, leaving them fundamentally vulnerable to attack. With affordable software-defined radios available, a novel threat has emerged, allowing a wide range…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2019-05-21 Matthew Smith , Martin Strohmeier , Jon Harman , Vincent Lenders , Ivan Martinovic

In the era of cutting-edge autonomous systems, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) are becoming an essential part of the solutions for numerous complex challenges. This paper evaluates UAV peer-to-peer telemetry communication, highlighting its…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-12-03 Pavlo Mykytyn , Marcin Brzozowski , Zoya Dyka , Peter Langendörfer

Wireless systems are of paramount importance for providing ubiquitous data transmission for smart cities. However, due to the broadcasting and openness of wireless channels, such systems face potential security challenges. UAV-assisted…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-03-15 Chan Gao , Linying Tian , Dong Zheng