Flying Ad-Hoc Networks (FANETs): A survey

Ad Hoc Networks

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1254-1270

  Bekmezci, Ilker ^a   Sahingoz, Ozgur Koray ^a   Temel, Şamil ^b  

^a TURKISH AIR FORCE ACADEMY   (Turkey)

^b Turkish Air Force Aeronautics and Space Technologies Institute (ASTIN)   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Ad hoc networks; MANET; Multi UAV; VANET

Indexed keywords

AD HOC NETWORKS; FIGHTER AIRCRAFT; SURVEYS; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

AD-HOC NETWORKING; COMMUNICATION ARCHITECTURES; DESIGN CHALLENGES; MANET; MULTI UAV; UNMANNED AIR VEHICLE (UAVS); VANET; VEHICLE AD-HOC NETWORKS;

VEHICULAR AD HOC NETWORKS;

EID: 84875734707     PISSN: 15708705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.adhoc.2012.12.004     Document Type: Short Survey

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