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Drones, Volume 8, Issue 11

November 2024 - 92 articles

Cover Story: The application of joint sensing and communication (JSAC) technology in air–ground networks offers unique opportunities for improving spectral and energy efficiency. However, these types of networks are also sensitive to the peculiar characteristics of the wireless medium, including shadowing and scattering. This paper investigates an aerial JSAC network and proposes a UAV selection strategy that is shown to improve communication performance. The analytical expressions derived for the received SIR are used to analyze outage and coverage probability (communication part), as well as the ergodic radar estimation information rate and detection probability (sensing part). The results presented reveal the impact of shadowing/fading severity and interference on a system’s performance. View this paper
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Articles (92)

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
4,019 Views
22 Pages

20 November 2024

The rapid development of the Internet of Vehicles (IoV) and intelligent transportation systems has led to increased demand for real-time data processing and computation in vehicular networks. To address these needs, this paper proposes a task offload...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
4,005 Views
31 Pages

Drone Swarm for Distributed Video Surveillance of Roads and Car Tracking

  • David Sánchez Pedroche,
  • Daniel Amigo,
  • Jesús García,
  • José M. Molina and
  • Pablo Zubasti

20 November 2024

This study proposes a swarm-based Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) system designed for surveillance tasks, specifically for detecting and tracking ground vehicles. The proposal is to assess how a system consisting of multiple cooperating UAVs can enhanc...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,567 Views
22 Pages

20 November 2024

Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) technology is increasingly gaining attention in localization systems due to its flexibility and mobility. However, traditional localization techniques often fail in complex environments where line-of-sight paths are obst...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,458 Views
21 Pages

20 November 2024

In recent years, the unmanned aerial vehicle-assisted internet of vehicles has been extensively studied to enhance communication and computation services in vehicular environments where ground infrastructures are limited or absent. However, due to th...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,014 Views
20 Pages

19 November 2024

Dams in their natural environment will gradually develop cracks and other forms of damage. If not detected and repaired in time, the structural strength of the dam may be reduced, and it may even collapse. Repairing cracks and defects in dams is very...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,682 Views
16 Pages

Recognition of Maize Tassels Based on Improved YOLOv8 and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles RGB Images

  • Jiahao Wei,
  • Ruirui Wang,
  • Shi Wei,
  • Xiaoyan Wang and
  • Shicheng Xu

19 November 2024

The tasseling stage of maize, as a critical period of maize cultivation, is essential for predicting maize yield and understanding the normal condition of maize growth. However, the branches overlap each other during the growth of maize seedlings and...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,072 Views
28 Pages

19 November 2024

The increasing deployment of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in urban air mobility (UAM) necessitates robust Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) integrity monitoring that can adapt to the complexities of urban environments. The traditional inte...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,518 Views
18 Pages

19 November 2024

Multi-rotor drones have expanded their range of applications, one of which being search and rescue (SAR) missions using infrared thermal imaging. This paper addresses thermal target tracking with track segment association (TSA) for SAR missions. Thre...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,852 Views
27 Pages

19 November 2024

In recent years, the rapid growth of e-commerce and on-demand delivery services has placed a significant strain on urban logistics systems. Technological advances such as unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-based logistics systems have thus emerged as prom...

  • Review
  • Open Access
62 Citations
49,049 Views
30 Pages

19 November 2024

In the face of growing challenges in modern agriculture, such as climate change, sustainable resource management, and food security, drones are emerging as essential tools for transforming precision agriculture. This systematic review, based on an in...

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