Drone Communications
A section of Drones (ISSN 2504-446X).
Section Information
This Section focuses on the communication aspects of drones. The communication of drones, involving aerial, land, or underwater vehicles, needs effective strategies for smooth deployment and efficient functioning. It ranges from physical layer to application layer and involves several factors of optimization, performance, and security. Effectiveness and efficiency are the two major role players in drone communications. With the advent of ultra-low latency networks and ultra-high reliable communications, it has become apparent that the on-demand deployment of drones will play a huge role in search, rescue, and public safety communications. In one of the applications, drone communications focus on attaining high throughput and enhanced capacity and coverage over the existing networks. Leveraging drones to form an integrated system for resolving issues related to the quality of service/experience, deployment strategies, and reliable communications is of keen interest to academia and industry. This Section, in particular, has been established to understand such requirements as well as to understand all the relevant aspects of drone communications. The scope of this Section is to publish articles on the current state-of-the-art research, recent research, and future directions for drone communications.
Keywords
- Drone networks
- Drone routing
- UAV communication
- Drone physical layer
- Drone security
- Task allocations for drones
- Cooperative drones
- Communication protocols
- Channel security
- Public safety communications
- Underwater vehicles
- Unmanned aerial systems
- Intelligent communications
- Mobility management
- Aerial base stations
- Resource management
Editorial Board
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Special Issues
Following special issues within this section are currently open for submissions:
- Physical-Layer Security in Drone Communications (Deadline: 18 December 2024)
- Wireless Networks and UAV: 2nd Edition (Deadline: 27 December 2024)
- Cybersecure and Trustworthy Deployment of Drones and Autonomous Vehicles (Deadline: 31 December 2024)
- UAV-Assisted Intelligent Vehicular Networks 2nd Edition (Deadline: 31 December 2024)
- Unmanned Aerial Vehicles for Enhanced Emergency Response (Deadline: 16 January 2025)
- Swarm Intelligence in Multi-UAVs (Deadline: 17 January 2025)
- Weather Impacts on Uncrewed Aircraft (Deadline: 18 February 2025)
- Drone Communication, Networking, and Trajectory Control in Urban Environments (Deadline: 28 February 2025)
- Space–Air–Ground Integrated Networks for 6G (Deadline: 21 March 2025)
- Technologies and Applications of UAV Channel Models in Communications and Spectrum Awareness (Deadline: 26 March 2025)
- Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Swarm-Enabled Edge Computing (Deadline: 31 March 2025)
- AI for Cybersecurity in Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) (Deadline: 15 April 2025)
- Advances in Internet of Drones: Applications, Communication Infrastructures, Architectures, and Protocols for FANETs (Deadline: 20 April 2025)
- Path Planning, Trajectory Tracking and Guidance for UAVs: 2nd Edition (Deadline: 30 April 2025)
- UAV-Assisted Mobile Wireless Networks and Applications (Deadline: 9 May 2025)
- Advances in UAV Networks Towards 6G (Deadline: 15 May 2025)
- Biological UAV Swarm Control (Deadline: 31 May 2025)
- Advances in Detection, Security, and Communication for UAV: 2nd Edition (Deadline: 25 June 2025)
- Intelligent Autonomous Control and Swarm Cooperative Control of Unmanned Systems (Deadline: 30 June 2025)
- Advances in GPTs for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (Deadline: 15 August 2025)
