UAV Networks and Communications

Kamesh Namuduri is a Professor in the Electrical Engineering Department at the University of North Texas. Serge Chaumette is a Professor of Computer Science at the Université de Bordeaux, France, and leader of the Muse (Mobility, Ubiquity, Security) research group at Bordeaux Computer Science Research Laboratory (LaBRI). Jae H. Kim is an Executive and Senior Technical Fellow of Boeing Research and Technology, and an Affiliate Professor at the University of Washington, Seattle. James P. G. Sterbenz is a Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and Director of the Networking Systems Laboratory in the Information and Telecommunication Technology Center at the University of Kansas.

1. Introduction to UAV systems Jean-Marc Moschetta and Kamesh Namuduri; 2. Air-to-ground and air-to-air data link communication Bertold Van den Bergh and Sofie Pollin; 3. Aerial wi-fi networks Evsen Yanmaz and Samira Hayat; 4. Disruption-tolerant airborne networks and protocols James P. G. Sterbenz, Justin P. Rohrer, Mohammed J. F. Alenazi, Truc Anh N. Nguyen, Egemen K. Çetinkaya, Hemanth Narra, Kamakshi S. Pathapati and Keven Peters; 5. Emulations and field demonstrations Jae H. Kim, Natasha Neogi, Claudiu Danilov and Andres Ortiz; 6. Integrating UAS with NAS: regulatory, technical, and research challenges Natasha Neogi and Arunabha Sen; 7. Safety, security, and privacy aspects in UAV networks Kamesh Namuduri and Damien Sauveron; 8. Collaboration between autonomous drones and swarming Serge Chaumette; 9. Real-world applications Leanne Hanson and Kamesh Namuduri.