Dear Adwitiya Mukhopadhyay,

the following "Call for Papers" contain lists of current research topics in FANETs:

• Call for Papers: Journal „IEEE Access“, Special Issue in 2019: Network Resource Management in FANETs: Challenges, Potentials, Future Applications, and Wayforward

http://ieeeaccess.ieee.org/special-sections/network-resource-management-in-flying-ad-hoc-networks-challenges-potentials-future-applications-and-wayforward/

There is a long list of current topics - especially:

• Dynamic traffic load balancing for congestion avoidance through routing in FANETs
• Performance investigation of 5G systems with FANETs
• An optimal data collection and dissemination technique for balanced traffic utilization in FANETs
• Distributed congestion-aware position oriented MAC/Routing protocols for FANETs
• Opportunistic routing for distributed video traffic dissemination over FANETs
• A cross layer design for distributed information dissemination over FANETs
• Agricultural environment monitoring system based on UAV in FANETs
• Distributed clustering approach for FANETs
• Enhanced connectivity for robust multimedia transmission in UAV networks
• Active Queue Management for resource sharing in FANETs
• Multi-hop and relay-based communications for distributed traffic load balancing
• Smart solutions to reduce congestion in FANETs
• Interaction of FANET with IoT
• Distributed Emergency Message Dissemination in FANETs

Call for Papers: Journal „Computers & Electrical Engineering“, Special Issue in 2019 on Recent Advancements in Flying Ad hoc Networks

https://www.journals.elsevier.com/computers-and-electrical-engineering/call-for-papers/special-issue-on-recent-advancements-in-flying-ad-hoc-network

There, among other things, the following topics of interest:

• Mobility, traffic models, and network management for FANETs
• Security, privacy, and trust in FANETs
• UAV-assisted Services (UAV-based Security Services, UAV-based Delivery Service, …)
• Emerging Internet of Things (IoT) and cloud applications with FANETs
• Routing Strategies for FANETs
• Application of Future Internet Architectures in FANETs

The following articles can also supply some ideas:

• Sunil Kr Maakar, Yudhvir Singh, Rajeshwar Singh: Considerations and Open Issues in Flying Ad Hoc Network; International Journal of Scientific Engineering and Research (IJSER); July 2017; DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.28023.93603 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/326080526_Considerations_and_Open_Issues_in_Flying_Ad_Hoc_Network
• Gaurav Choudhary, Vishal Sharma , Takshi Gupta , Jiyoon Kim and Ilsun You: „Internet of Drones (IoD): Threats, Vulnerability, and Security Perspectives“; arXiv:1808.00203v2, Aug 2018 https://arxiv.org/pdf/1808.00203.pdf
• Zhigao Zheng, Arun Kumar Sangaiah, Tao Wang: Adaptive Communication Protocols in Flying Ad Hoc Network https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8255752

Much success and best regards

Anatol Badach

Dear Adwitiya Mukhopadhyay,

the following "Call for Papers" contain lists of current research topics in FANETs:

• Call for Papers: Journal „IEEE Access“, Special Issue in 2019: Network Resource Management in FANETs: Challenges, Potentials, Future Applications, and Wayforward

http://ieeeaccess.ieee.org/special-sections/network-resource-management-in-flying-ad-hoc-networks-challenges-potentials-future-applications-and-wayforward/

There is a long list of current topics - especially:

• Dynamic traffic load balancing for congestion avoidance through routing in FANETs
• Performance investigation of 5G systems with FANETs
• An optimal data collection and dissemination technique for balanced traffic utilization in FANETs
• Distributed congestion-aware position oriented MAC/Routing protocols for FANETs
• Opportunistic routing for distributed video traffic dissemination over FANETs
• A cross layer design for distributed information dissemination over FANETs
• Agricultural environment monitoring system based on UAV in FANETs
• Distributed clustering approach for FANETs
• Enhanced connectivity for robust multimedia transmission in UAV networks
• Active Queue Management for resource sharing in FANETs
• Multi-hop and relay-based communications for distributed traffic load balancing
• Smart solutions to reduce congestion in FANETs
• Interaction of FANET with IoT
• Distributed Emergency Message Dissemination in FANETs

Call for Papers: Journal „Computers & Electrical Engineering“, Special Issue in 2019 on Recent Advancements in Flying Ad hoc Networks

https://www.journals.elsevier.com/computers-and-electrical-engineering/call-for-papers/special-issue-on-recent-advancements-in-flying-ad-hoc-network

There, among other things, the following topics of interest:

• Mobility, traffic models, and network management for FANETs
• Security, privacy, and trust in FANETs
• UAV-assisted Services (UAV-based Security Services, UAV-based Delivery Service, …)
• Emerging Internet of Things (IoT) and cloud applications with FANETs
• Routing Strategies for FANETs
• Application of Future Internet Architectures in FANETs

The following articles can also supply some ideas:

• Sunil Kr Maakar, Yudhvir Singh, Rajeshwar Singh: Considerations and Open Issues in Flying Ad Hoc Network; International Journal of Scientific Engineering and Research (IJSER); July 2017; DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.28023.93603 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/326080526_Considerations_and_Open_Issues_in_Flying_Ad_Hoc_Network
• Gaurav Choudhary, Vishal Sharma , Takshi Gupta , Jiyoon Kim and Ilsun You: „Internet of Drones (IoD): Threats, Vulnerability, and Security Perspectives“; arXiv:1808.00203v2, Aug 2018 https://arxiv.org/pdf/1808.00203.pdf
• Zhigao Zheng, Arun Kumar Sangaiah, Tao Wang: Adaptive Communication Protocols in Flying Ad Hoc Network https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8255752

Much success and best regards

Anatol Badach

With more number of UAVs, tasks can be parallelized which in turn reduce the completion time of mission.

is one of the interesting topic.

What you mean (FANET)?

Is it Networking Models in Flying Ad-Hoc Networks ?

Optimal deployment and cluster head selection.

Follow this paper

Z. Kaleem, M. H. Rehmani, "Amateur Drone Monitoring: State-of-the-Art Architectures, Key Enabling Technologies, and Future Research Directions," IEEE Wireless Communications, vol. 25, no. 2, pp. 150-159, April 2018

I think requirements of optimize routing algorithm for 3-D FANET environment

UAV Placement, optimize routing technology and protocol and finally cross-layer routing protocol

Routing protocol, Clustering, localization, MAC design, path planning, UAV aided WSN, UAV aided VANET and so many

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One of the current research topics is offloading intensive computational tasks towards a fog server. The trend is to make a profit from the powerful capabilities of mobile edge computing to enhance the performance of drones. The main purpose is to save the drone energy and enhance computation delay.

See the articles below:

1) https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?arnumber=9000616

2) Article An Efficient and Provably Secure Certificateless Blind Signa...

I think if you can work in the "cybersecurity defense against Botnet attacks over FANET" will be great research topics

dear researchers

what is the best simulation tool for the FANET research area

Dear Ali H Wheeb

I think one has to investigate the similarities and variations of FANETs with MANETs. Once these similarities and variations are established then researchers can i think use existing protocols models of MANETs and extend them to be applicable for FANETs

Mobility models of nodes in FANETs are one such variation.

Similarly, the simulations tools for MANETs can be extended to be suitable for simulations of FANET scenarios.

Dr Adnan Nadeem