A Review of Trust Models for Flying Ad-hoc Networks
Jerrin Joe Francis, Murali Parmeswaran · 2024
FANETs (Flying Ad-hoc networks) are a type of ad-hoc networks that consist of drones communicating with each other and forming a network. Such a network has multiple applications like providing last-mile connectivity for networks like VANETS when either nodes are too far apart or terrain is causing signals to be obstructed. Also, they can be used in areas where a natural disaster has destroyed the network infrastructure to provide connectivity by replacing damaged ground stations. A major issue identified in such networks is the trust of the FANET nodes as the network is highly dynamic and the chances of malicious nodes entering the network are high. As drones have limited processing capability trust models provide a lightweight solution to allow the network to function even with adversarial nodes. This paper describes current research in this field and classifies the different approaches used in the literature.