Research Article

UNION: A Trust Model Distinguishing Intentional and Unintentional Misbehavior in Inter-UAV Communication

Table 1

Unintentional packet drop reasons.

LayerReasons

Physical layerSignal attenuation/masking/fading/interference
Signal reflection/diffraction/refraction
Multipath
Mobility
Obstacles
Bandwidth occupation
etc.

MAC layerCollision
Hidden-exposed station problem
Near-far problem
Mobility
Energy
Handover
Clustering
etc.

Network layerMobility
Queuing
Network fragmentation/association
ID (IP configuration)
Time-To-Live
Handover
Clustering
etc.