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A Comprehensive Review on the Use of AI in UAV Communications: Enabling Technologies, Applications, and Challenges

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Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in Smart Cities

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Abstract

Artificial intelligence (AI) has a great capability to deal with big data and complexity as well as speedy and high-accuracy processing. AI algorithms along with robotics can be used to provide smarter environments. Recently, robots have been smart machines that use their AI abilities and smartness to perform intellectual and smart tasks. Among all the robot-based infrastructures, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are considered as one the most promising solutions regarding the development of smart environments. In this chapter, we provide an overview of the use of AI in UAV communications. Moreover, we overview applied communication protocols and technologies in UAV communications and discuss several AI-based classification and image-based techniques that are used for UAVs. In addition, we present open research issues associated with the AI-based UAV systems.

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Al-Turjman, F., Zahmatkesh, H. (2020). A Comprehensive Review on the Use of AI in UAV Communications: Enabling Technologies, Applications, and Challenges. In: Al-Turjman, F. (eds) Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in Smart Cities. Unmanned System Technologies. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-38712-9_1

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