Owing to the explosive expansion of wireless communication and networking technologies,
cost-effective unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have recently emerged and soon they will
occupy the major part of our sky. UAVs can be exploited to efficiently accomplish complex
missions when cooperatively organized as an ad hoc network, thus creating the well-known
flying ad hoc networks (FANETs). The establishment of such networks is not feasible without
deploying an efficient networking model allowing a reliable exchange of information …

Owing to the explosive expansion of wireless communication and networking technologies,
cost-effective unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have recently emerged and soon they will
occupy the major part of our sky. UAVs can be exploited to efficiently accomplish complex
missions when cooperatively organized as an ad hoc network, thus creating the well-known
flying ad hoc networks (FANETs). The establishment of such networks is not feasible without
deploying an efficient networking model allowing a reliable exchange of information …