Software-defined UAV networks for 6G systems: Requirements, opportunities, emerging techniques, challenges, and research directions

MDABS Abir, MZ Chowdhury… - IEEE Open Journal of the …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The ever-increasing demand for wireless communication has driven the development of
innovative technologies to address the issues that conventional communication networks …

A survey on 6G enabled light weight authentication protocol for UAVs, security, open research issues and future directions

AS Khan, MA Sattar, K Nisar, AAA Ibrahim, NB Annuar… - Applied Sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
This paper demonstrates a broad exploration of existing authentication and secure
communication of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in a '6G network'. We begin with an …

Relaying data with joint optimization of energy and delay in cluster-based UAV-assisted VANETs

S Mokhtari, N Nouri, J Abouei, A Avokh… - IEEE Internet of …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Vehicular networks are known for their dynamic topology, high mobility, and frequent
disconnections. Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have been recently used as instant …

Uavs-aided delay-tolerant blockchain secure offline transactions in post-disaster vehicular networks

R Xing, Z Su, TH Luan, Q Xu… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Vehicular networks which are paralyzed by natural disasters is faced with communication
dilemma. Through building a decentralized communication network, unmanned aerial …

Enhanced UAV-aided vehicular delay tolerant network (VDTN) routing for urban environment using a bio-inspired approach

Y Azzoug, A Boukra - Ad hoc networks, 2022 - Elsevier
The evolution of VDTN routing came to solve the problem of routing in sparse Vehicular Ad-
hoc Networks (VANETs). Recently, the implication of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) in …

UAV assisted traffic offloading in air ground integrated networks with mixed user traffic

B Fan, L Jiang, Y Chen, Y Zhang… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The air ground integrated networks can leverage unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)
communications to tackle the ever-increasing and unbalanced traffic load in future …

QMIX aided routing in social-based delay-tolerant networks

C Han, H Yao, T Mai, N Zhang… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Delay-tolerant network (DTN) is a network that's designed to operate effectively in
heterogeneous networks that may lack continuous network connectivity. It is characterized …

IoDMix: A novel routing protocol for delay-tolerant internet of drones integration in intelligent transportation system

LMS Bine, A Boukerche, LB Ruiz, AAF Loureiro - Ad Hoc Networks, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The Internet of Drones (IoD) aims to organize and control airspace to allow multiple
drones to fly at the same time in a fair and organized way. Thus, applications such as drone …

Surveying Emerging Network Approaches for Military Command and Control Systems

JEC Gomes, RR Ehlert, RM Boesche… - ACM Computing …, 2024 - dl.acm.org
This survey paper examines emerging network approaches for military Command and
Control (C2) systems. An extensive literature review is provided along the text on network …

Integrating Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) with Vehicular Ad-hoc NETworks (VANETs): Architectures, applications, opportunities

MM Ashraf, S Boudjit, S Zeadally, NEH Bahloul… - Computer Networks, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) and Vehicular Ad Hoc NETworks (VANETs)
have evolved significantly in the last decade, providing a wide range of advanced options for …