Communication architectures and protocols for networking unmanned aerial vehicles

2013 IEEE Globecom Workshops, GC Wkshps 2013

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 1415-1420

  Li, Jun ^a   Zhou, Yifeng ^a   Lamont, Louise ^a  

^a Industry Canada   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AD HOC NETWORKS; INTERNET PROTOCOLS; MILITARY COMMUNICATIONS; NETWORK ARCHITECTURE;

AD-HOC NETWORKING; CHANGING ENVIRONMENT; COMMUNICATION ARCHITECTURES; COMMUNICATION STANDARDS; COOPERATION AND CONTROLS; IMPORTANT FEATURES; MULTIPLE-GROUP; WIRELESS MEDIUM;

UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

EID: 84902951353     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/GLOCOMW.2013.6825193     Document Type: Conference Paper

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