Flying Ad Hoc Network: A Newest Research Area for Ad Hoc Networks

Flying Ad-hoc Network (FANET) is a special class of MANET that provides the communication among small flying drones called UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) enable with camera, sensor and communication system. The FANET nodes communicate with each others in the air; transfer the data and signals between each other without any human experts and without any physical connectivity between the nodes. FANET has a wide area of applications like reconnaissance and surveillance for military and civil purposes. In this paper, flying ad-hoc network architecture is presented along with its usages, characteristics, advantages, routing protocols and mobility models. Along with delineates open research issues with dissecting openings and future work are also discussed.