Survey on Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Networks for Civil Applications: A Communications Viewpoint

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• Publication year

  2016

• Venue

  IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials

• Publication date

  2016-10-01

• Fields of study

  Computer Science, Engineering, Political Science

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  DOI 10.1109/COMST.2016.2560343
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