A Machine Learning-Based Hybrid Approach for Safeguarding VLC-Enabled Drone Systems

This paper explores the physical layer security performance of collaborative drone fleets enabled by visible light communication (VLC) in a multi-eavesdropper scenario, where multiple drones leverage VLC to serve terrestrial users. To strengthen system security, we formulate a sum worst-case secrecy...

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Published in:	Drones
Main Authors:	Ge Shi, Hongyang Zhou, Huixin Wu, Fupeng Wei, Wei Cheng
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	MDPI AG 2025-10-01
Subjects:	unmanned aerial vehicle physical layer security Q-learning
Online Access:	https://www.mdpi.com/2504-446X/9/10/721

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