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Safety and security issues for Critical Infrastructures are growing as attackers adopt drones as an attack vector flying in sensitive airspaces, such as airports, military bases, city centers, and crowded places. Despite the use of UAVs for…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-11-16 Domenico Lofù , Pietro Di Gennaro , Pietro Tedeschi , Tommaso Di Noia , Eugenio Di Sciascio

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

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

Nowadays, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are commonly used in search and rescue scenarios to gather information in the search area. The automatic identification of the person searched for in aerial footage could increase the autonomy of…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-01-05 Yannik Blei , Michael Krawez , Nisarga Nilavadi , Tanja Katharina Kaiser , Wolfram Burgard

Today, digital identity management for individuals is either inconvenient and error-prone or creates undesirable lock-in effects and violates privacy and security expectations. These shortcomings inhibit the digital transformation in…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2023-11-06 Matthias Babel , Johannes Sedlmeir

This article proposes Persistence Administered Collective Navigation (PACNav) as an approach for achieving decentralized collective navigation of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) swarms. The technique is based on the flocking and collective…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-02-13 Afzal Ahmad , Daniel Bonilla Licea , Giuseppe Silano , Tomas Baca , Martin Saska

Cooperative perception is an essential and widely discussed application of connected automated vehicles. However, the authenticity of perception data is not ensured, because the vehicles cannot independently verify the event they did not…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2022-11-16 Ye Tao , Yuze Jiang , Pengfei Lin , Manabu Tsukada , Hiroshi Esaki

This paper proposes a novel cooperative secure unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) aided transmission protocol, where a source (Alice) sends confidential information to a destination (Bob) via an energy-constrained UAV-mounted amplify-and-forward…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-10-24 Milad Tatar Mamaghani , Yi Hong

Due to the frequent unauthorized access by commercial drones to Critical Infrastructures (CIs) such as airports and oil refineries, the US-based Federal Avionics Administration (FAA) recently published a new specification, namely RemoteID.…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2022-05-30 Alessandro Brighente , Mauro Conti , Savio Sciancalepore

We study dual-unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) jamming-aided secure communication networks, in which one UAV delivers confidential data to multiple ground users (GUs), while a cooperative UAV provides protective interference against a ground…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-01-29 Xinran Wang , Peng Wu , Xiaopeng Yuan , Yulin Hu , Anke Schmeink

The modern integrated circuit ecosystem is increasingly reliant on third-party intellectual property integration, which introduces security risks, including hardware Trojans and security vulnerabilities. Addressing the resulting trust…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2026-04-13 Sirui Shen , Zunchen Huang , Chenglu Jin

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) are remote-controlled vehicles capable of flight and are present in a variety of environments from military operations to domestic enjoyment. These vehicles are great assets, but just as their pilot can…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-09-05 David Rudo , Kai Zeng

Unmanned Ariel Vehicle (UAV) services with 5G connectivity is an emerging field with numerous applications. Operator-controlled UAV flights and manual static flight configurations are major limitations for the wide adoption of scalability…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2024-06-24 Jiyong Oh , Syed M. Raza , Lusungu J. Mwasinga , Moonseong Kim , Hyunseung Choo

In this correspondence, we propose an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-enabled integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) system, where a full-duplex UAV equipped with uniform planar array (UPA) is adopted as a base station for the multiuser…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-04-11 Chaedam Son , Seongah Jeong

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

The unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) network has gained significant attentions in recent years due to its various applications. However, the traffic security becomes the key threatening public safety issue in an emergency rescue system due to…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-03-27 Yulu Han , Ziye Jia , Sijie He , Yu Zhang , Qihui Wu

The unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) network plays important roles in emergency communications. However, it is challenging to design reliable routing strategies that ensure low latency, energy efficiency, and security in the dynamic and…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2026-01-21 Yulu Han , Ziye Jia , Jingjing Zhao , Lijun He , Yao Wu , Qihui Wu

Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) corridor-assisted communication networks are expected to expand significantly in the upcoming years driven by several technological, regulatory, and societal trends. In this new type of networks, accurate and…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-04-29 Harris K. Armeniakos , Viktor Nikolaidis , Petros S. Bithas , Konstantinos Maliatsos , Athanasios G. Kanatas

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

This paper investigates a novel unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) secure communication system with integrated sensing and communications. We consider wireless security enhancement for a multiple-antenna UAV transmitting ISAC waveforms to…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-09-24 Yue Xiu , Wanting Lyu , Phee Lep Yeoh , Yi Ai , Yonghui Li , Ning Wei