A challenging issue for a three-dimensional (3D) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) network is
addressed in this paper-how do we efficiently establish and maintain one or multiple routes …

Flying ad hoc network (FANET) is a promising and special mobile Ad hoc network,
connecting large number of flying unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) on battlefield through …

A heterogeneous medium access control (MAC) scheme (with both scheduled and random
communications) is proposed for airborne networks. These networks have a hierarchical …

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are gaining increasing importance in military and civilian
applications. A challenging problem is the efficient communication between multiple UAVs …

With the rapid increase of the wireless applications, the cognitive radio network as a
promising solution has attracted a lot of researches in recent years. One of the critical issues …

A directional airborne network consisting of nodes equipped with multibeam antennas is
considered. These nodes use the frequency division duplex mode of communication. This …

The emergence of multi-beam directional antennas (MBDAs) has paved the way for fast and
high-throughput data communications by providing concurrent multi-directional …

A node equipped with a multi-beam antenna can achieve a throughput of up to m times as
compared to a single-beam antenna, by simultaneously communicating on its m non …

Recent advances in antenna technology have made the design of multi-beam antennas
(MBA) feasible. Compared to an omni-directional or a single beam directional antenna, an …

A mobile wireless ad-hoc network equipped with full-duplex nodes is considered. This
allows formation of bidirectional routes, where every forward and reverse route between a …