Networks that fly
A subject the papers are about. The loosest grouping, and the one to reach for last.
Networks whose nodes fly. A swarm searching an area spreads out, and the further it spreads the worse its links get, so coverage and connectivity are the same trade-off seen from two ends. The set holds the engineering, the surveys, and one study of the people who would have to use it.
18 references
Development of System to Increase Communication Distance between Drone and Operator
Vakarius Preimantas (2026)
Enhancing Satellite Link Security Against Drone Eavesdropping Through Cooperative Communication
Rajnish Kumar et al. (2025) · International Journal of Satellite Communications and Networking
Thermal Image Tracking for Search and Rescue Missions with a Drone
Seokwon Yeom (2024) · Drones
Search and rescue with sparsely connected swarms
Ulrich Dah-Achinanon et al. (2023) · Autonomous Robots
Drone Swarms to Support Search and Rescue Operations: Opportunities and Challenges
Maria-Theresa Oanh Hoang et al. (2023) · Cultural Robotics: Social Robots and Their Emergent Cultural Ecologies
Analysis of Wind Effect on Drone Relay Communications
Yuya Tajima et al. (2023) · Drones
UAV Computing-Assisted Search and Rescue Mission Framework for Disaster and Harsh Environment Mitigation
Saeed Hamood Alsamhi et al. (2022) · Drones
Reliable Long-Range Multi-Link Communication for Unmanned Search and Rescue Aircraft Systems in Beyond Visual Line of Sight Operation
Johannes Güldenring et al. (2020) · Drones
Comprehensive survey of UAVs communication networks
Aicha Idriss Hentati et al. (2020) · Computer Standards & Interfaces
Area-Optimized UAV Swarm Network for Search and Rescue Operations
Laik Ruetten et al. (2020) · 2020 10th Annual Computing and Communication Workshop and Conference (CCWC)
LSAR: Multi-UAV Collaboration for Search and Rescue Missions
Ebtehal T. Alotaibi et al. (2019) · IEEE Access
Search and Rescue Operations with Mesh Networked Robots
Tristan Brodeur et al. (2018) · 2018 9th IEEE Annual Ubiquitous Computing, Electronics and Mobile Communication Conference (UEMCON)
Communications and Control for Wireless Drone-Based Antenna Array
Mohammad Mozaffari et al. (2018)
Drone networks: Communications, coordination, and sensing
Evşen Yanmaz et al. (2018) · Ad Hoc Networks
Crazyswarm: A large nano-quadcopter swarm
James A. Preiss et al. (2017) · 2017 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)
Self-organizing aerial mesh networks for emergency communication
Marco Di Felice et al. (2014) · 2014 IEEE 25th Annual International Symposium on Personal, Indoor, and Mobile Radio Communication (PIMRC)
Swarm robotics: a review from the swarm engineering perspective
Manuele Brambilla et al. (2013) · Swarm Intelligence
Supporting Search and Rescue Operations with UAVs
Sonia Waharte et al. (2010) · 2010 International Conference on Emerging Security Technologies