Technical Topics

•Communication architectures and protocols for UAVs.

•Performance analysis and tradeoffs of UAV-enabled communications.

•New cellular network paradigms that rely on UAVs for wireless communications.

•Ad-hoc networking and sensor networks for UAVs.

•Tracking, localization, navigation, and dynamic path planning.

•Agent based mobility, multi-platform control, cognitive capabilities and swarming.

•Optimal deployment strategies for UAVs.

•Big data and machine learning for UAVs.

•Cyber security and physical security of UAV communications.

•Multi-antenna systems for UAV communications.

•Field-trials and prototyping for UAV communications.

•Radio channel models for UAV communications.

•Theoretical frameworks for the analysis of UAV communications.

•Radio resource management for UAV communications.

•Energy efficiency for UAV communications.

•Spectrum sensing techniques for UAVs detection.

•Software-defined Radio and Networking for UAVs.

•5G Millimeter-Wave for UAV communications.