Unmanned Aerial Vehicles for Enhanced Emergency Response
A special issue of Drones (ISSN 2504-446X). This special issue belongs to the section "Drone Communications".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 16 January 2025 | Viewed by 146
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Interests: UAV Communications; next-generation radio access; information theory; non-orthogonal multiple access; coding theory and machine learning
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Interests: next-generation satellite communications; non-orthogonal multiple access; advanced interference management; machine learning-aided communication system design; deep learning-based indoor localization; wireless powered communications
Interests: millimeter wave communication; high-precision radar; high data rate modulation; demodulation
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Interests: wireless and mobile communications; information theory and coding; information learning
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The emergency communication system is a crucial infrastructure that ensures connectivity in critical scenarios and core areas during emergencies and harsh environments. Unmanned-aerial-vehicle-based (UAV-based) emergency communication systems can overcome terrain limitations and offer flexible communication capability based on UAVs' mobility and multi-dimensional functions, including communication, sensing and computing. These capabilities make UAV-based systems a crucial part of the emergency response, along with the satellite communication system that offers ubiquitous coverage and terrestrial networks that provide the Internet connection. However, UAV-based emergency communication systems still face challenges in many areas, including real-time situation awareness, autonomous navigation, multi-UAV coordination, efficient on-the-fly data processing strategy under limited energy and processing capability, as well as the coordination of UAV with satellite and terrestrial networks, and secure information exchange of sensitive contexts.
The goal of this Special Issue is to gather original research articles and review papers that provide comprehensive insights into the application of UAVs in emergency response.
This Special Issue invites manuscripts covering the following themes:
- Real-time sensor data gathering for situation awareness;
- Advanced autonomous navigation algorithms for UAVs under dynamic environments;
- Efficient communication systems for coordination among UAVs;
- Edge computing strategy for on-the-fly data processing for UAVs;
- Coordination of UAVs with satellite and terrestrial networks;
- Secure information exchange in sensitive contexts for UAV-aided communication.
We welcome contributions ranging from original research articles to comprehensive reviews that explore the multifaceted applications of drones in emergency contexts.
Dr. Neng Ye
Dr. Wonjae Shin
Dr. Jianguo Li
Prof. Dr. Xiangming Li
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- UAVs
- emergency response
- situational awareness
- autonomous navigation
- edge computing
- multi-UAV cooperation
- space–air–ground-integrated network
- secure information exchange
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