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Autonomous vehicles (AVs) promise efficient, clean and cost-effective transportation systems, but their reliance on sensors, wireless communications, and decision-making systems makes them vulnerable to cyberattacks and physical threats.…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2026-04-15 Chieh Tsai , Murad Mehrab Abrar , Salim Hariri

In the past decade, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) have grabbed the attention of researchers in academia and industry for their potential use in critical emergency applications, such as providing wireless services to ground users and…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-01-23 Marwan Dhuheir , Aiman Erbad , Ala Al-Fuqaha

The deployment flexibility and maneuverability of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) increased their adoption in various applications, such as wildfire tracking, border monitoring, etc. In many critical applications, UAVs capture images and…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2022-12-22 Marwan Dhuheir , Emna Baccour , Aiman Erbad , Sinan Sabeeh Al-Obaidi , Mounir Hamdi

In this letter, we study the secure communication problem in the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) enabled networks aided by an intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) from the physical-layer security perspective. Specifically, the IRS is deployed…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-11-10 Wen Wang , Hui Tian , Wanli Ni , Meihui Hua

Due to their adaptability and mobility, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) are becoming increasingly essential for wireless network services, particularly for data harvesting tasks. In this context, Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-01-21 Babacar Toure , Dimitrios Tsilimantos , Omid Esrafilian , Marios Kountouris

The 5G Phase-2 and beyond wireless systems will focus more on vertical applications such as autonomous driving and industrial Internet-of-things, many of which are categorized as ultra-Reliable Low-Latency Communications (uRLLC). In this…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-12-04 Zhiyuan Jiang , Siyu Fu , Sheng Zhou , Zhisheng Niu , Shunqing Zhang , Shugong Xu

Driven by the demands of 5G/Beyond 5G and 6G networks, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) have surfaced in critical roles for aerial communications. In the present survey, we explore the multi-mode roles of UAVs as relays, User Equipment (UE),…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2026-04-21 Riddhi Apte , Shubhada Gadgil , Gaurav Kasbekar , Rushikesh Patil , Prasanna Chaporkar

In this paper, we develop a distributed mechanism for spectrum sharing among a network of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) and licensed terrestrial networks. This method can provide a practical solution for situations where the UAV network…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2018-11-14 Alireza Shamsoshoara , Mehrdad Khaledi , Fatemeh Afghah , Abolfazl Razi , Jonathan Ashdown

With the fifth-generation (5G) mobile networks being actively standardized and deployed, many new vehicular communications technologies are developed to support and enrich various application scenarios. Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) enabled…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2018-10-17 Yiming Huo , Xiaodai Dong

This paper presents an autonomous sensing framework for identifying and localizing multiple users in Fifth Generation (5G) cooperative networks using an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) that is not part of the serving access network. Unlike…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-03-03 Niccolò Paglierani , Francesco Linsalata , Vineeth Teeda , Davide Scazzoli , Maurizio Magarini

Reliable and secure communication is essential for mission-critical aerospace and defence operations involving autonomous platforms such as Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), satellites, and ground control systems. In contested or dynamic…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-29 Dhrumil Bhatt , Anakha Kurup

The next generation wireless networks need efficient mechanisms for data dissemination that should support users with better Quality of Service (QoS). Nevertheless, the existing solutions are unable to handle this demand and require either…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2018-04-03 Vishal Sharma , Kathiravan Srinivasan

This paper investigates a novel unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) secure communication system with the assistance of reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs), where an UAV and a ground user communicate with each other, while an eavesdropper…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-04-29 Li Sixian , Duo Bin , Marco Di Renzo , Tao Meixia , Yuan Xiaojun

Recently, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) have attracted the attention of researchers in academia and industry for providing wireless services to ground users in diverse scenarios like festivals, large sporting events, natural and man-made…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-06-26 Marwan Dhuheir , Aiman Erbad , Ala Al-Fuqaha , Mohsen Guizani

The integration of non-terrestrial networks (NTNs) into 6G systems is crucial for achieving seamless global coverage, particularly in underserved and disaster-prone regions. Among NTN platforms, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-12-29 Ammar El Falou

Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) detection and aerial object recognition are critical for modern surveillance and security, prompting a need for robust systems that overcome limitations of single-modality approaches. This research addresses…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-11-20 Mauro Larrat , Claudomiro Sales

With increasing urban population, there is global interest in Urban Air Mobility (UAM), where hundreds of autonomous Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) execute missions in the airspace above cities. Unlike traditional human-in-the-loop air…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-06-25 Alëna Rodionova , Yash Vardhan Pant , Kuk Jang , Houssam Abbas , Rahul Mangharam

Due to their flexible deployment and on-demand mobility, small-scale unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are anticipated to be involved in widespread communication applications in the forthcoming fifth-generation (5G) networks. However, the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-06-25 Hui-Ming Wang , Xu Zhang , Jia-Cheng Jiang

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) offer significant potential in dynamic, perception-intensive tasks such as search and rescue and environmental monitoring; however, their effectiveness is severely restricted by conventional pre-planned…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2025-04-16 Yuhan Hu , Yirong Sun , Yanjun Chen , Xinghao Chen , Xiaoyu Shen , Wei Zhang

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) are integral in various sectors like agriculture, surveillance, and logistics, driven by advancements in 5G. However, existing research lacks a comprehensive approach addressing both data freshness and…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-04-09 Poorvi Joshi , Alakesh Kalita , Mohan Gurusamy