Computer Science Department, The University of Sheffield International Faculty, CITY College, 54626 Thessaloniki, Greece.
Department of Networks and Digital Media, Kingston University, Surrey KT1 2EE, UK.
Sensors (Basel). 2018 Nov 17;18(11):4015. doi: 10.3390/s18114015.
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have enormous potential in enabling new applications in various areas, ranging from military, security, medicine, and surveillance to traffic-monitoring applications. Lately, there has been heavy investment in the development of UAVs and multi-UAVs systems that can collaborate and complete missions more efficiently and economically. Emerging technologies such as 4G/5G networks have significant potential on UAVs equipped with cameras, sensors, and GPS receivers in delivering Internet of Things (IoT) services from great heights, creating an airborne domain of the IoT. However, there are many issues to be resolved before the effective use of UAVs can be made, including security, privacy, and management. As such, in this paper we review new UAV application areas enabled by the IoT and 5G technologies, analyze the sensor requirements, and overview solutions for fleet management over aerial-networking, privacy, and security challenges. Finally, we propose a framework that supports and enables these technologies on UAVs. The introduced framework provisions a holistic IoT architecture that enables the protection of UAVs as "flying" things in a collaborative networked environment.
无人机（UAVs）在各个领域的新应用中具有巨大的潜力，包括军事、安全、医疗和监控，以及交通监测应用。最近，人们对无人机和多无人机系统的开发进行了大量投资，这些系统可以更高效、更经济地协作完成任务。新兴技术，如 4G/5G 网络，在为配备摄像头、传感器和 GPS 接收器的无人机提供物联网（IoT）服务方面具有巨大潜力，可以从高空传输物联网服务，在空中形成物联网领域。然而，在有效利用无人机之前，还需要解决许多问题，包括安全、隐私和管理问题。因此，在本文中，我们将回顾物联网和 5G 技术支持的新的无人机应用领域，分析传感器的要求，并概述用于空中网络、隐私和安全挑战的机群管理解决方案。最后，我们提出了一个支持和实现这些技术的无人机框架。该框架提供了一个全面的物联网架构，能够保护无人机作为协作网络环境中的“飞行”物体。
