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In the dynamic and ever-changing domain of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), the utmost importance lies in guaranteeing resilient and lucid security measures. This study highlights the necessity of implementing a Zero Trust Architecture…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-03-27 Ekramul Haque , Kamrul Hasan , Imtiaz Ahmed , Md. Sahabul Alam , Tariqul Islam

Research in Anti-UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) tracking has explored various modalities, including RGB, TIR, and RGB-T fusion. However, a unified framework for cross-modal collaboration is still lacking. Existing approaches have primarily…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-12-03 Qionglin Ren , Dawei Zhang , Chunxu Tian , Dan Zhang

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) have gained significant attention for improving wireless communication, especially in emergencies or as a complement to existing cellular infrastructure. This letter addresses the problem of efficiently…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-01-30 Alexander Vavoulas , Konstantinos K. Delibasis , Harilaos G. Sandalidis , George Nousias , Nicholas Vaiopoulos

When considering unidirectional communication for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) as flying Base Stations (BSs), either uplink or downlink, the system is limited through the co-channel interference that takes place over line-of-sight (LoS)…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-05-23 Wenqian Huang , Dong Min Kim , Wenrui Ding , Petar Popovski

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) can be utilized as relay platforms to assist maritime wireless communications. However, complex channels and multipath effects at sea can adversely affect the quality of UAV transmitted signals. Collaborative…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2024-12-10 Jiawei Huang , Aimin Wang , Geng Sun , Jiahui Li , Jiacheng Wang , Hongyang Du , Dusit Niyato

Enabling high-rate, low-latency and ultra-reliable wireless communications between unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and their associated ground pilots/users is of paramount importance to realize their large-scale usage in the future. To…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-04-09 Yong Zeng , Jiangbin Lyu , Rui Zhang

Wireless communication enabled by unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) has emerged as an appealing technology for many application scenarios in future wireless systems. However, the limited endurance of UAVs greatly hinders the practical…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-10-03 Xiaoli Xu , Yong Zeng , Yong Liang Guan , Rui Zhang

In this paper we consider a collection of single-antenna ground nodes communicating with a multi-antenna unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) over a multiple-access ground-to-air wireless communications link. The UAV uses beamforming to mitigate…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2015-03-19 Feng Jiang , A. Lee Swindlehurst

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are anticipated to be widely deployed in future wireless communications, due to their advantages of high mobility and easy deployment. However, the broadcast nature of air-to-ground line-of-sight wireless…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-06-19 Miao Cui , Guangchi Zhang , Qingqing Wu , Derrick Wing Kwan Ng

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have played an important role in air-ground integration network. Especially in Internet of Things (IoT) services, UAV equipped with communication equipments is widely adopted as a mobile base station (BS) for…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-10-23 Bin Li , Xianzhen Guo , Ruonan Zhang , Xiaojiang Du , Mohsen Guizani

This paper considers how to ensure that a system of fixed wing Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) can avoid collisions. To do so we develop a novel method for creating a barrier function, which is similar to a Lyapunov function and can be used…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-07-22 Eric Squires , Pietro Pierpaoli , Rohit Konda , Samuel Coogan , Magnus Egerstedt

By using wireless connectivity through cellular base stations (BSs), swarms of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) can provide a plethora of services ranging from delivery of goods to surveillance. In particular, UAVs in a swarm can utilize…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-06-12 Tengchan Zeng , Mohammad Mozaffari , Omid Semiari , Walid Saad , Mehdi Bennis , Merouane Debbah

CCTV-based surveillance using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) is considered a key technology for security in smart city environments. This paper creates a case where the UAVs with CCTV-cameras fly over the city area for flexible and…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-01-19 Won Joon Yun , Soohyun Park , Joongheon Kim , MyungJae Shin , Soyi Jung , David A. Mohaisen , Jae-Hyun Kim

Drones have been widely used in various services, such as delivery and surveillance. Authentication forms the foundation of the security of these services. However, drones are expensive and may carry important payloads. To avoid being…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-04-16 Chuxiong Wu , Qiang Zeng

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) can provide wireless access services to terrestrial users without geographical limitations and will become an essential part of the future communication system. However, the openness of wireless channels and…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-10-24 Hongjiang Lei , Jiacheng Jiang , Haosi Yang , Ki-Hong Park , Imran Shafique Ansari , Gaofeng Pan , Mohamed-Slim Alouini

In this work uses innovative multi-channel load-sensing techniques to deploy unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for surveillance. The research aims to improve the quality of data transmission methods and improve the efficiency and reliability…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2024-07-19 Raja Vavekanand , Kira Sam , Vijay Singh

The ubiquity of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) or drones is posing both security and safety risks to the public as UAVs are now used for cybercrimes. To mitigate these risks, it is important to have a system that can detect or identify the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-07-13 Olusiji O Medaiyese , Martins Ezuma , Adrian P Lauf , Ayodeji A Adeniran

In recent years, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have become a key role in wireless communication networks due to their flexibility and dynamic adaptability. However, the openness of UAV-based communications leads to security and privacy…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-12-11 Chong Huang , Gaojie Chen , Zhuoao Xu , Jing Zhu , Taisong Pan , Rahim Tafazolli , Wei Huang

Powered by the advances in microelectronics technologies, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) provide a vast variety of services ranging from surveillance to delivery in both military and civilian domains. It is clear that a successful…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-03-10 Burak Ede , Serhan Yarkan , Ali Rıza Ekti , Tunçer Baykaş , Hakan Ali Çırpan , Ali Görçin

The threats on cyber-physical system have changed much into a level of sophistication that elude the traditional security and protection methods. This work addresses a proactive approaches to the cyber security of a formation flying UAVs. A…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-09-29 Lebsework Negash , Han-Lim Choi