Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs): A Survey on Civil Applications and Key Research Challenges

The use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) is growing rapidly across many civil application domains, including real-time monitoring, providing wireless coverage, remote sensing, search and rescue, delivery of goods, security and surveillance, precision agriculture, and civil infrastructure inspectio...

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Main Authors: Shakhatreh, H., Sawalmeh, A.H., Al-Fuqaha, A., Dou, Z., Almaita, E., Khalil, I., Othman, N.S., Khreishah, A., Guizani, M.
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spelling my.uniten.dspace-133712020-08-17T05:19:36Z Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs): A Survey on Civil Applications and Key Research Challenges Shakhatreh, H. Sawalmeh, A.H. Al-Fuqaha, A. Dou, Z. Almaita, E. Khalil, I. Othman, N.S. Khreishah, A. Guizani, M. The use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) is growing rapidly across many civil application domains, including real-time monitoring, providing wireless coverage, remote sensing, search and rescue, delivery of goods, security and surveillance, precision agriculture, and civil infrastructure inspection. Smart UAVs are the next big revolution in the UAV technology promising to provide new opportunities in different applications, especially in civil infrastructure in terms of reduced risks and lower cost. Civil infrastructure is expected to dominate more than $45 Billion market value of UAV usage. In this paper, we present UAV civil applications and their challenges. We also discuss the current research trends and provide future insights for potential UAV uses. Furthermore, we present the key challenges for UAV civil applications, including charging challenges, collision avoidance and swarming challenges, and networking and security-related challenges. Based on our review of the recent literature, we discuss open research challenges and draw high-level insights on how these challenges might be approached. © 2013 IEEE. 2020-02-03T03:32:09Z 2020-02-03T03:32:09Z 2019-02 Article 10.1109/ACCESS.2019.2909530 en
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description The use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) is growing rapidly across many civil application domains, including real-time monitoring, providing wireless coverage, remote sensing, search and rescue, delivery of goods, security and surveillance, precision agriculture, and civil infrastructure inspection. Smart UAVs are the next big revolution in the UAV technology promising to provide new opportunities in different applications, especially in civil infrastructure in terms of reduced risks and lower cost. Civil infrastructure is expected to dominate more than $45 Billion market value of UAV usage. In this paper, we present UAV civil applications and their challenges. We also discuss the current research trends and provide future insights for potential UAV uses. Furthermore, we present the key challenges for UAV civil applications, including charging challenges, collision avoidance and swarming challenges, and networking and security-related challenges. Based on our review of the recent literature, we discuss open research challenges and draw high-level insights on how these challenges might be approached. © 2013 IEEE.
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author Shakhatreh, H.
Sawalmeh, A.H.
Al-Fuqaha, A.
Dou, Z.
Almaita, E.
Khalil, I.
Othman, N.S.
Khreishah, A.
Guizani, M.
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Sawalmeh, A.H.
Al-Fuqaha, A.
Dou, Z.
Almaita, E.
Khalil, I.
Othman, N.S.
Khreishah, A.
Guizani, M.
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs): A Survey on Civil Applications and Key Research Challenges
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Sawalmeh, A.H.
Al-Fuqaha, A.
Dou, Z.
Almaita, E.
Khalil, I.
Othman, N.S.
Khreishah, A.
Guizani, M.
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title Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs): A Survey on Civil Applications and Key Research Challenges
title_short Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs): A Survey on Civil Applications and Key Research Challenges
title_full Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs): A Survey on Civil Applications and Key Research Challenges
title_fullStr Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs): A Survey on Civil Applications and Key Research Challenges
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