Abstract Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV)/drones are deployed for military applications such as intelligence gathering, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR). But not confined to military missions but drones are integrating into civilian domains rapidly for Internet of Things (IoT) services from delivering pizzas to mapping land resources. Technological innovation and increased diverse applications are the two key drivers of the rapid expansion of the drone technology. Low cost, ease of deployment, use any type of networks, anywhere 24×7, and ubiquitous usability of drones play an important and key enabler in the IoT vision. The main technology components of drones are structural airframe, propulsion, IoT systems such as ground control station (GCS), autopilot system, radio link, payload, launch and recovery system. Drones can offer IoT services when suitable payload is equipped to carry out value-added services.Some of the challenging issues are drone standards, regulations issues, physical collision, privacy issues, etc. The design standards used are any of the FAR 23, MIL-A-87221, DEF STAN 00-970/ STANAG 4671 to build the air vehicle, and airworthiness certificates are obtained from certification authorities. Regulations for operating UAVs in the military airspace are not restricted by aviation authorities, for civilian applications any individual nation’s civil aviation authority is free to formulate its own aviation rules, roadmap and regulations for operations within their autonomous airspace. The regulations bodies for the USA-FAR, UK-CAP722, Europe-EASA, Canada-SFOC, Australia-CASR part 101 and India-DGCA are building robust roadmap for operation of drones in civilian airspace. In this paper, current trends of drones, classifications, IoT architecture and IoT services are introduced. Civilian airspace regulations, challenges and requirements are presented.


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    Title :

    UAVs/Drones-Based IoT Services


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    Publication date :

    2019-08-28


    Size :

    9 pages




    Type of media :

    Article/Chapter (Book)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English