13 November 2025
Drones | Selected Papers in 2023–2024 in the “Drone Communications” Section
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We are pleased to invite you to read the selected papers in Drones (ISSN: 2504-446X) in the “Drone Communication” Section, which are listed below:
1. “Cyber4Drone: A Systematic Review of Cyber Security and Forensics in Next-Generation Drones”
by Vikas Sihag, Gaurav Choudhary, Pankaj Choudhary and Nicola Dragoni
Drones 2023, 7(7), 430; https://doi.org/10.3390/drones7070430
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2504-446X/7/7/430
2. “UAV Trajectory and Energy Efficiency Optimization in RIS-Assisted Multi-User Air-to-Ground Communications Networks”
by Yuanyuan Yao, Ke Lv, Sai Huang, Xuehua Li and Wei Xiang
Drones 2023, 7(4), 272; https://doi.org/10.3390/drones7040272
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2504-446X/7/4/272
3. “Automatic Modulation Classification Using Deep Residual Neural Network with Masked Modeling for Wireless Communications”
by Yang Peng, Lantu Guo, Jun Yan, Mengyuan Tao, Xue Fu, Yun Lin and Guan Gui
Drones 2023, 7(6), 390; https://doi.org/10.3390/drones7060390
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2504-446X/7/6/390
4. “Smart Drone Surveillance System Based on AI and on IoT Communication in Case of Intrusion and Fire Accident”
by Minh Long Hoang
Drones 2023, 7(12), 694; https://doi.org/10.3390/drones7120694
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2504-446X/7/12/694
5. “LECast: A Low-Energy-Consumption Broadcast Protocol for UAV Blockchain Networks”
by Haoxiang Luo, Shiyuan Liu, Shizhong Xu and Jian Luo
Drones 2023, 7(2), 76; https://doi.org/10.3390/drones7020076
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2504-446X/7/2/76
6. “Analysis of Wind Effect on Drone Relay Communications”
by Yuya Tajima, Takefumi Hiraguri, Takahiro Matsuda, Tetsuro Imai, Jiro Hirokawa, Hiroyuki Shimizu, Tomotaka Kimura and Kazuki Maruta
Drones 2023, 7(3), 182; https://doi.org/10.3390/drones7030182
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2504-446X/7/3/182
7. “Study on the Evolution Law of Overlying Strata Structure in Stope Based on “Space–Air–Ground” Integrated Monitoring Network and Discrete Element”
by Yuanhao Zhu, Yueguan Yan, Yanjun Zhang, Wanqiu Zhang, Jiayuan Kong and Anjin Dai
Drones 2023, 7(5), 309; https://doi.org/10.3390/drones7050309
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2504-446X/7/5/309
8. “A Novel Collision Avoidance Strategy with D2D Communications for UAV Systems”
by Lin Shan, Huan-Bang Li, Ryu Miura, Takashi Matsuda and Takeshi Matsumura
Drones 2023, 7(5), 283; https://doi.org/10.3390/drones7050283
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2504-446X/7/5/283
9. “Hybrid Data Augmentation and Dual-Stream Spatiotemporal Fusion Neural Network for Automatic Modulation Classification in Drone Communications”
by An Gong, Xingyu Zhang, Yu Wang, Yongan Zhang and Mengyan Li
Drones 2023, 7(6), 346; https://doi.org/10.3390/drones7060346
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2504-446X/7/6/346
10. “Energy-Efficient Device-to-Device Communications for Green Internet of Things Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicle-Mounted Intelligent Reflecting Surface”
by Fangqing Tan, Shuo Pang, Yashuai Cao, Hongbin Chen and Tiejun Lv
Drones 2024, 8(4), 122; https://doi.org/10.3390/drones8040122
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2504-446X/8/4/122