Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs or commonly known as drones) have various forms, such as small quad-/hexa-/octo-copters, airplanes, or blimps. They are novel mobile unmanned autonomous systems organized in standalone or networked teams, and they are increasingly investigated in various contexts to support human. Recently, applications employing Drones can be extended to a wide range of areas, e.g., surveillance, platooning, traffic control, search-and-rescue missions, wild fire monitoring, product delivery, or video taking. Additionally, drones can also offer the capability to improvise ad hoc wireless networks in case of emergencies. In the course of such missions, drones can perceive their environment through embedded computing power and a variety of sensors, such as IMU sensors (gyroscopes, accelerometers, and magnetometer), GPS units, and various types of cameras. However, their all useful applications and perception of environments require reliable communication systems that are used to share information and coordinate activities among them.
The focus of the workshop will be on dealing with requirements, challenges, constraints, regulations, public safety, theoretical issues, algorithm/protocol/system design, innovative applications, and experimental results of drones and their communication networks.
Communication architectures and protocols for unmanned autonomous vehicles
Drone ad-hoc networks, routing, and hand-over protocol
Aerial communication protocol design and analysis
Theoretical analysis and models for drone-based aerial networks
Delay-tolerant aerial networks
Positioning and localization
Swarming and coordination
Autonomous flight
Vision and object tracking
Energy-efficient operation and energy harvesting of drones
Mobility-awareness
Safety and regulatory issues
Mission-critical and/or context-aware solutions
Emergency applications
Drone-based surveillance
Mapping applications
Smart cities and urban applications of drones
Security and privacy
Empirical results of drone testbeds
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2016
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