1st Edition
UAV Swarm Networks: Models, Protocols, and Systems
Preface
Part I. UAV Network Architecture
Chapter 1. Communication Topology Analysis upon a Swarm of UAVs: A Survey
Chapter 2. Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Navigation using Deep Learning
Chapter 3. A survey of formation control of networked UAVs
Chapter 4. 5G-based UAV Communications
Part II. UAV Mobility
Chapter 5. Machine Learning for Multi-UAV Mobility Prediction
Chapter 6. Routing and Mobility Models for Ad-hoc UAV Networks
Part III. Communication Protocols
Chapter 7. Skeleton Extraction of Routing Topology in UAV Networks
Chapter 8. Routing in 3D UAV Swarm Networks
Chapter 9. UAV Protocol Design for Computation Applications
Part IV. Reliability and Security
Chapter 10. The Future of Directional Airborne Network (DAN): Towards an Intelligent, Resilient Cross-Layer Protocol Design with Low-Probability Detection (LPD) Considerations
Chapter 11. UAV Security Threats, Requirements and Solutions
Chapter 12. Jamming Attacks and Countermeasures in UAV Networks
Chapter 13. Resilient UAV Networks: Solutions and Trends
Part V. Hardware and Software Implementations
Chapter 14. Empirical Evaluation of a Complete Hardware and Software Solution for UAV Swarm Networks
Chapter 15. Efficient and Robust Unmanned Aircraft C-band Communication System
Chapter 16. An analysis of the SwarmOS framework for UAV Swarms: usage in mission plan for rural applications
Biography
Dr. Fei Hu has already published over 10 technical books with CRC publisher. He is currently a Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA. He obtained his Ph.D. degrees at Tongji University (Shanghai, China) in the field of Signal Processing (in 1999), and at Clarkson University (New York, USA) in Electrical and Computer Engineering (in 2002). He has published over 200 journal/conference papers and books. Dr. Hu's research has been supported by U.S. National Science Foundation, Cisco, Sprint, and other sources.
