Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), also commonly known as drones, are aircraft piloted by remote control or embedded computer programs without a human on‐board. UAVs have found numerous applications in a proliferation of fields, such as aerial inspection, photography, precision agriculture, traffic control, search and rescue, package delivery, and telecommunications, among others. The specific communication and spectrum requirements in general differ for non‐payload communication (CNPC) and payload communications. To support the CNPC and payload communication in multifarious UAV applications, proper wireless technologies need to be selected for achieving seamless connectivity and high reliability/throughput for both air‐to‐air and air‐to‐ground wireless communications in 3D space. Towards this end, four candidate communication technologies are listed: direct link, satellite, ad‐hoc network, and cellular network. This chapter also presents an overview of this book.


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    Title :

    Overview


    Contributors:
    Zeng, Yong (editor) / Guvenc, Ismail (editor) / Zhang, Rui (editor) / Geraci, Giovanni (editor) / Matolak, David W. (editor) / Wu, Qingqing (author) / Zeng, Yong (author) / Zhang, Rui (author)


    Publication date :

    2020-12-15


    Size :

    15 pages




    Type of media :

    Article/Chapter (Book)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English




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