Guest Editorial Special Issue on Time-Sensitive Networks for Unmanned Aircraft Systems

Abstract

In this special issue, we explored swarming, network management, routing for multipath, communications, service applications, detection and identification, computation offloading, and cellular network-based control in time-sensitive networks of unmanned aircraft systems.

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“…These critical issues are not merely theoretical but have manifested in practical challenges across various drone applications. For instance, communication latency can significantly impair the operational efficiency of drones in time-sensitive missions such as emergency response and disaster management, where every second is crucial [1]. Similarly, ensuring data integrity is fundamental in applications like environmental monitoring and infrastructure inspection, where the accuracy of data collected by drones directly influences decision-making and policy formulation [2].…”