Summary

The civilian unmanned aerial vehicles are widely used in industry and consumer areas such as agriculture and plant protection, power line and petroleum pipeline inspection, police and traffic security surveillance, disaster monitoring, aerial photography and videography, express delivery, forestry and forest fire monitoring, meteorological, resource and scientific research, etc.

Recommendation ITU-T F.749.12 presents the general framework for communication application of civilian unmanned aerial vehicle (CUAV) and its functional entities, reference points, etc.