Flying Ad Hoc Networks: Cooperative Networking and Resource Allocation

l Introduction of Flying Ad Hoc Networks/ Multi-UAV swarm networks

n Basic classification and regulations about UAVs

n Differences between FANET, VANET and MANET

n Compelling applications of FANET

l FANET Communication Channel Modeling

n UAV link budget and channel fading

n UAV channel impulse response and metrics

n UAV communication channel models (air-to-ground, air-to-air, over-sea)

n UAV channels MIMO communications

l Multi-UAV aided seamless coverage

n Introduction of seamless coverage problems

n UAV seamless coverage strategy for dense urban areas

n UAV seamless coverage strategy for QoS-guaranteed IoT

n Dynamic UAV placement for minimum-delay information coverage

l Cooperative Resource Allocation in FANET

n Introduction of the cooperative resource allocation problems

n Joint UAV position and resource allocation optimization

n Joint UAV trajectory and resource allocation optimization

n Resource allocation for Multi-UAV aided IoT NOMA uplink transmission

l Mobile Edge Computing for FANET

n Introduction of mobile edge computing problems

n Load-balance oriented UAV aided edge computing

n Latency and reliability guaranteed UAV aided edge computing

n Energy-efficient and secure UAV aided edge computing

l Conclusions