The Internet of Drones

Book excerpt: In recent years, drones have been integrated with the Internet of Things to offer a variety of exciting new applications. Here is a detailed exploration of adapting and implementing Internet of Drones technologies in real-world applications, emphasizing solutions to architectural challenges and providing a clear overview of standardization and regulation, implementation plans, and privacy concerns. The book discusses the architectures and protocols for drone communications, implementing and deploying of 5G-drone setups, security issues, deep learning techniques applied on real-time footage, and more. It also explores some of the varied applications, such as for monitoring and analysis of troposphere pollutants, providing services and communications in smart cities (such as for weather forecasting, communications, transport, safety and protection), for disaster relief management, for agricultural crop monitoring, and more.