Flying Ad-Hoc Networks: Technological and Social Implications

Zafar, Wajiya; Khan, Bilal

doi:10.1109/mts.2016.2554418

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“…The insightful surveys [26]- [32], [34] have covered a wide range of fundamental issues, such as channel modelling [32], radio frequency aspects [27], communication protocols [26], [28], simulators and testbeds [31], application issues [26], [30] as well as societal concerns [29]. In Table I, we summarize the most representative survey papers on FANETs from the past five years, which have focused on various subjects of research and challenges.…”

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“…Gupta et al [28] focuses on the three important issues in UAV communications networks, namely on existing and new routing protocols conceived for meeting various requirements, such as seamless handovers to allow flawless communication, as well as energy conservation across different communications layers. Zafar et al [29] touches not only on the technical aspects of previous surveys, but also on the societal concerns in terms of privacy, safety, security and psychology, plus on the military aspects. Meanwhile, Hayat et al [30] primarily focuses on the communication demands of FANETs from two unique perspectives, namely identifying the qualitative communication demands as well as quantitative communication requirements in the context of four main applications.…”

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Aeronautical $Ad~Hoc$ Networking for the Internet-Above-the-Clouds

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The engineering vision of relying on the "smart sky" for supporting air traffic and the "Internet above the clouds" for in-flight entertainment has become imperative for the future aircraft industry. Aeronautical ad hoc Networking (AANET) constitutes a compelling concept for providing broadband communications above clouds by extending the coverage of Air-to-Ground (A2G) networks to oceanic and remote airspace via autonomous and self-configured wireless networking amongst commercial passenger airplanes. The AANET concept may be viewed as a new member of the family of Mobile ad hoc Networks (MANETs) in action above the clouds. However, AANETs have more dynamic topologies, larger and more variable geographical network size, stricter security requirements and more hostile transmission conditions. These specific characteristics lead to more grave challenges in aircraft mobility modeling, aeronautical channel modeling and interference mitigation as well as in network scheduling and routing. This paper provides an overview of AANET solutions by characterizing the associated scenarios, requirements and challenges. Explicitly, the research addressing the key techniques of AANETs, such as their mobility models, network scheduling and routing, security and interference are reviewed. Furthermore, we also identify the remaining challenges associated with developing AANETs and present their prospective solutions as well as open issues. The design framework of AANETs and the key technical issues are investigated along with some recent research results. Furthermore, a range of performance metrics optimized in designing AANETs and a number of representative multi-objective optimization algorithms are outlined.

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“…Furthermore, various routing protocols in flying ad-hoc networks are proposed along with open research problems. In [45], the authors provided an overview of flying ad-hoc networks while considering technological and social implications. In pertaining to routing strategies in flying UAV networks, energy efficiency of UAVs, and seamless handover in UAV-enabled wireless networks.…”

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A Tutorial on UAVs for Wireless Networks: Applications, Challenges, and Open Problems

Mozaffari

Saad

Bennis

et al. 2019

IEEE Commun. Surv. Tutorials

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The use of flying platforms such as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), popularly known as drones, is rapidly growing. In particular, with their inherent attributes such as mobility, flexibility, and adaptive altitude, UAVs admit several key potential applications in wireless systems. On the one hand, UAVs can be used as aerial base stations to enhance coverage, capacity, reliability, and energy efficiency of wireless networks. On the other hand, UAVs can operate as flying mobile terminals within a cellular network. Such cellular-connected UAVs can enable several applications ranging from real-time video streaming to item delivery. In this paper, a comprehensive tutorial on the potential benefits and applications of UAVs in wireless communications is presented. Moreover, the important challenges and the fundamental tradeoffs in UAV-enabled wireless networks are thoroughly investigated. In particular, the key UAV challenges such as three-dimensional deployment, performance analysis, channel modeling, and energy efficiency are explored along with representative results. Then, open problems and potential research directions pertaining to UAV communications are introduced. Finally, various analytical frameworks and mathematical tools such as optimization theory, machine learning, stochastic geometry, transport theory, and game theory are described. The use of such tools for addressing unique UAV problems is also presented. In a nutshell, this tutorial provides key guidelines on how to analyze, optimize, and design UAV-based wireless communication systems. arXiv:1803.00680v2 [cs.IT] 17 Mar 2019 particular, the work in [45] discussed the applications of flying ad-hoc networks, design considerations, communication protocols, and privacy aspects. In [46], a comprehensive review of UAV-based flying ad hoc networks (FANETs) and their challenges are provided. Moreover, several FANET design challenges in terms of mobility, node density, topology change, radio propagation model, and power consumption are investigated. The survey in [47] discussed the design challenges pertaining to the use of UAVs as relay nodes in flying adhoc networks. The work in [48] provided a comprehensive survey on the potential use of UAVs for supporting IoT services. In particular, key challenges and requirements for designing UAV-assisted IoT networks are discussed in [48]. In [49], the authors surveyed different mechanisms and protocols for developing airborne communication networks while considering low-altitude-platform communications, high-altitudeplatform communications, and integrated airborne communication systems. The survey in [50] studied the use of HAPs for broadband communications. Moreover, it described key advantages of HAPs compared to terrestrial and satellite networks, suitable HAP airships, frequency bands, and possible HAP-based network architectures. The authors in [51] studied the challenges and advantages associated with a multi-tier drone network architecture. Moreover, this work investigated the performance of a multi-tier drone...

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“…However, due to the UAVs explicit characteristics, such as link quality variations and fast movement in the 3D space, most of these routing protocols cannot directly address the requirements of FANETs [17,18]. Routing protocol plays a vital role in consistent end-to-end data delivery and reducing signaling overhead.…”

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Dynamic Routing in Flying Ad-Hoc Networks Using Topology-Based Routing Protocols

Khan

Safi

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Abstract:The ever-increasing demand for flexible and portable communications has led to a rapid evolution in networking between unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) often referred to as flying ad-hoc networks (FANETs). However, due to the exclusive characteristics of UAVs such as high mobility, frequent topology change and 3D space movement, make routing a challenging task in FANETs. Due to these characteristics, designing new routing protocols for FANETs is quite difficult. In the literature study of FANETs, a variety of traditional ad-hoc networking protocols have been suggested and tested for FANETs to establish an efficient and robust communication among the UAVs. In this context, topology-based routing is considered the most significant approach for solving the routing issues in FANETs. Therefore, in this article we specifically focus on topology-based routing protocols with the aim of improving the efficiency of the network in terms of throughput, end-to-end delay, and network load. We present a brief review of the most important topology-based routing protocols in the context of FANETs. We provide them with their working features for exchanging information, along with the pros and cons of each protocol. Moreover, simulation analyses of some of the topology-based routing protocols are also evaluated in terms of end-to-end delay, throughput and network load the using optimized network engineering tools (OPNET) simulator. Furthermore, this work can be used as a source of reference for researchers and network engineers who seek literature that is relevant to routing in FANETs.

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Flying Ad-Hoc Networks: Technological and Social Implications

Cited by 130 publications

References 17 publications

Aeronautical $Ad~Hoc$ Networking for the Internet-Above-the-Clouds

Aeronautical $Ad~Hoc$ Networking for the Internet-Above-the-Clouds

A Tutorial on UAVs for Wireless Networks: Applications, Challenges, and Open Problems

Dynamic Routing in Flying Ad-Hoc Networks Using Topology-Based Routing Protocols

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