A Survey on Multi-unmanned Aerial Vehicle Communications for Autonomous Inspections

Performance Evaluation of Different ToS Using Heterogeneous Communication Interfaces in FANETs

“…This section summarizes the IEEE standards used in the different combinations of interfaces used in the heterogeneous interface manager. These communication interfaces were chosen because they have wide commercial use and are present in several previous works involving networks composed of UAV nodes (Bekmezci et al, 2015;Sanchez-iborra, 2016;Zeng et al, 2016;Yanmaz et al, 2018;Shi et al, 2019).…”

“…The definition of a communication interface for an mUAV communication system should take into account the specificity of these networks, which includes low delay tolerance, need for high-throughput maintenance, and link quality instability caused by the higher mobility of communication nodes constituted by UAVs (Shi et al, 2019;Skorobogatov et al, 2020). For that, some authors have concentrated their efforts on the use of a single communication standard, applying cognitive radio techniques in order to serve these networks; for example, by reusing white space slots during communication for management or increasing the number of hops between nodes (Yanmaz et al, 2014;Raimundo et al, 2018;Gielis and Prorok, 2021).…”

“…The WLAN group of protocols includes IEEE 802.11a, 802.11p, and 802.11n, which present low cost and easy interoperability with other pre-existing devices, providing sufficient features for common applications as video, voice, and data transmission (Yanmaz et al, 2018;Shi et al, 2019). IEEE 802.15.4 is included here, but it is a PAN protocol instead.…”

“…Network management can be verified or managed in a centralized, distributed, or hybrid (both) manner. In centralized management, the network connectivity is managed by cluster heads, sink nodes, or a ground control station (fixed or mobile) (Sanchez-iborra, 2016;Shi et al, 2019). For a centralized coordination network, in general, it is necessary that the manager node has line of sight with others network nodes or, at least, can communicate with cluster head nodes, sink nodes, or controllers (Chang et al, 2018).…”

An Efficient Distributed Area Division Method for Cooperative Monitoring Applications with Multiple UAVs

“…The large area monitoring problem with multiple UAVs is analyzed in this article. Search and rescue [4,5], exploration of disaster areas [6], photogrammetry and mapping [7], precision agriculture [8], intruder detection [9] or inspection of industries [10] are very relevant applications which require the precise monitoring of large areas. Since UAVs can move fast and monitor large areas from the air, this repetitive and heavy task may be performed in a more efficient and safe manner using a coordinated team instead of other type of platforms or manned vehicles.…”