Reservation and Traffic Intent-Aware Dynamic Resource Allocation for FANET

Flying ad hoc network (FANET) is a special network composed of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), which can be regarded as a special mobile ad hoc network. Nodes in FANET move freely at a high speed. In this paper, we propose a distributed time-division multiple access (TDMA) scheduling protocol for FANET, termed as RES-TDMA. This protocol can dynamically allocate time slots by monitoring time slot reservation request packets. By maintaining the traffic table, network nodes can not only obtain time slot allocation information within two hops, but also discover and release time slots in time. In addition, by applying intent-driven network to FANET, the proposed RES-TDMA is with the capabilities of self-analysis and self-configuration according to the traffic intent. Therefore, our proposed protocol reduces the impact of node mobility and improve time slot utilization. We choose typical traffic intent-aware simulation scenarios of the convergent and parallel traffic types to verify the effectiveness and efficiency of our presented RES-TOMA protocol.