Blockchain-Based Spectrum Sharing for FANET Cooperative Communication

Abstract

As unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are being used in more complex scenarios, Multi-UAV networking such as flying ad hoc networks (FANET) has become an important focus of UAV applications. To solve the problem that FANET’s performance is limited by spectrum resources, this letter examines collaborative spectrum sharing between FANET and cellular networks (CN). In order to optimize the transmission rate of the FANET and address incentive and security issues related to collaborative spectrum sharing, this letter proposes a blockchain-based secure cooperative spectrum-sharing auction scheme.