Blockchain for securing aerial communications: Potentials, solutions, and research directions

RL Kumar, QV Pham, F Khan, MJ Piran, K Dev - Physical Communication, 2021 - Elsevier
Most natural disasters are consequences of hurricanes, floods, volcano eruptions, and
earthquakes, and can severely disturb traditional communications networks and interrupt …

Integration of UAVs and FANETs in Disaster Management: A Review on Applications, Challenges and Future Directions

S Abbas, M Abu Talib, I Ahmed… - Transactions on …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Rapid growth and technological improvement in wireless communication, driven by
engineers from various disciplines, have reached significant milestones. Unmanned Aerial …

Topology construction and topology adjustment in flying Ad hoc networks for relay transmission

Y Liu, J **e, C **ng, S **e - Computer networks, 2023 - Elsevier
A flying ad hoc network (FANET) is formed by multiple unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in
an ad hoc manner in which UAVs can cooperate more effectively to complete complex tasks …

[HTML][HTML] Force-based self-organizing MANET/FANET with a UAV swarm

F Saffre, H Hildmann, A Anttonen - Future Internet, 2023 - mdpi.com
This paper introduces a novel distributed algorithm designed to optimize the deployment of
access points within Mobile Ad Hoc Networks (MANETs) for better service quality in …

Centroid-guided target-driven topology control method for UAV ad-hoc networks based on tiny deep reinforcement learning algorithm

J Li, P Yi, T Duan, Y Wang, Z Zhang… - IEEE Internet of Things …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Due to the high mobility of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), the network topology may
change frequently, making persistent connectivity and fault tolerance difficult. Deep …

Controllability of an unmanned aerial vehicle

A Mazakova, S Jomartova, T Mazakov… - 2022 IEEE 7th …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The article deals with the problem of analyzing the controllability of an unmanned aerial
vehicle based on interval analysis, computer algebra. On the basis of interval mathematics …

UAV-assisted real-time data processing using deep Q-network for industrial Internet of Things

RKA Sakir, MR Ramli, JM Lee… - … Conference on Artificial …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Industrial internet of things (IIoT) enables edge computing technology to provide
communication between the machines that produce a large amount of data and locate at the …

Optimizing UAV deployment for maximizing coverage and data rate efficiency using multi-agent deep deterministic policy gradient and Bayesian optimization

A Rammohan - Physical Communication, 2025 - Elsevier
The rise of connected vehicles has highlighted the crucial need to cater diverse Quality of
Service (QoS) demands in intricate vehicular networks. To address this, the burgeoning …

FastPlan: A three-step framework for accelerating drone-centric search operations in post-disaster relief

S Lim, I Lee, GS Choi, J Chae, E Ashish, E Ward… - Pervasive and Mobile …, 2025 - Elsevier
Commercially well-known drones are increasingly popular and have been deployed in post-
disaster relief to support traditional search and rescue operations. However, there are still …

Self-co-ordination algorithm (SCA) for multi-UAV systems using fair scheduling queue

VK KA, K PC, M ES - Sensor Review, 2023 - emerald.com
Purpose Data traffic through wireless communication is significantly increasing, resulting in
the frequency of streaming applications as various formats and the evolution of the Internet …