
Drones in Smart-Cities
Security and Performance
- 1st Edition - June 3, 2020
- Editor: Fadi Al-Turjman
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 1 9 9 7 2 - 5
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 2 0 4 3 0 - 6
Drones in Smart-Cities: Security and Performance is the first book dedicated to drones in smart cities, helping address the many research challenges in bringing UAVs into practice.… Read more

Drones in Smart-Cities: Security and Performance is the first book dedicated to drones in smart cities, helping address the many research challenges in bringing UAVs into practice. The book incorporates insights from the latest research in Internet of Things, big data, and cloud computing, 5G, and other communication technologies. It examines the design and implementation of UAV, focusing on data delivery, performability, and security. Intended for researchers, engineers, and practitioners, Drones in Smart-Cities: Security and Performance combines the technical aspects with academic theory to help implement the smart city vision around the globe.
- Addresses UAV and IoT for smart cities applications
- Examines topics as UAV safety, challenges, localization methods. QoS, simulation tools, and more
- Collect the relevant knowledge in one resource, saving research time and effort
Intended for researchers, engineers, and practitioners
1. Performability in Drones Networks
2. Drones in Communications: An Overview
3. Critical Analysis of Security and Privacy Challenges for the Internet of Drones: A Survey
4. UAVs : Communication Aspects & Cellular Service Provisioning
5. Exploiting SDN for UAV-enabled applications in smart cities
6. Drones in Military & Surveillance Applications: Security and Privacy Aspects
7. Coastline change determination using UAV technology: A case study along Konyaaltı coast, Antalya, Turkey
8. Performance Analysis Issues of MAC and Routing Protocols for UAVs to Facilitate Stable and Reliable Context-Specific Networks in Disaster Areas
9. Aerial and Underwater Drone Communication: Potentials and Vulnerabilities
10. Cognitive Unmanned Aerial Vehicle using Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access
- Edition: 1
- Published: June 3, 2020
- Language: English
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Fadi Al-Turjman
Prof. Dr. Fadi Al-Turjman received his Ph.D. in computer science from Queen’s University, Canada, in 2011. He is the “advisor to the chairman of the board of trustees on AI and informatics” at Near East University (NEU), Turkey, and the founding dean for AI and Informatics faculty in the same university. Prof. Al-Turjman is the head of Software Engineering Department, and the founding director for the AI and Robotics Institute and the International Research Center for AI and IoT at NEU. He has been awarded the lifetime golden-award of Dr. Suat Gunsel from Near East University for the year 2022, in addition to several other recognitions and best research awards at key international venues. Prof. Al-Turjman is a leading authority in the areas of smart/intelligent IoT systems, wireless, and mobile networks’ architectures, protocols, deployments, and performance evaluation in Artificial Intelligence of Things (AIoT). His publication history spans over 650 SCI/E publications, in addition to numerous keynotes and plenary talks at flagship venues. He has authored and edited more than 100 books about AI, cognition, security, and wireless sensor networks’ deployments in smart IoT environments, which have been published by well-reputed publishers such as IEEE, Taylor and Francis, Elsevier, IET, and Springer. Prof. Al-Turjman is leading a number of international conferences and workshops in flagship AI and IoT societies. Currently, he serves as a book series editor with distinguished publishers, and the lead guest/associate editor for several top tier journals, including the IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials (IF 23.9) and the Elsevier Sustainable Cities and Society (IF 10.8).