Drone: A Systematic Review of UAV Technologies

With advancement in the growth of network technology, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) attained a new position in imparting its functionality in the diversified domains such as military and civilians through providing a set of services such as data transfer, photography, construction, monitoring and surveillance et al. UAVs provides such services and functionalities with the help of drones. In all domains, Drones help in assisting the human beings but there are several challenges that needs to be tackled, major one is the communication. Drones can be connected in adhoc mode with the help of advancement in the functionality of microprocessors that helps in providing intelligent autonomous control of various systems. The distinguished features possessed by drones are: dynamic behavior of node mobility and network topology, variable network performance, flight range, autonomous and remote operations, fast data delivery and cost effective. In this paper, we present the literature study of all the work related to the UAVs in the field of Drones, several challenges faced in the field of UAVs, applications of Drones, advantages and disadvantages, simulator tools, future work and conclusions. All list of services and functionalities for the Drones applicable in the field of UAVs. We also summarize the most promising Drone applications and outline characteristics of Drones. The paper conclude by providing the future work towards promising directions.