Security and Privacy of Unmanned Aerial Network Communication Systems in 6G Networks

Abstract

The massive deployment of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) is growing in various fields in wireless network of 5G and 6G. It supports huge deployment of UAVs that offer secure, reliable, and low-cost data communications. They are widely deployed in surveillance and military applications for collecting sensitive and critical data, transferring the collected data to the data center, procuring high-definition images of disaster areas, surveying natural disaster zones, and other critical missions. Although, the UAV applications are growing, the risk and security factors associated with it are increasing parallelly. So, a need of secure and reliable network communication system for UAV is mandatory. In this chapter, the performance of UAV network system in 6G environment and the technological challenges faced with respect to security and privacy are discussed. Then a possible solution using blockchain and security policies that can be provided for a secure communication in a 6G network is presented.