TY - GEN A1 - Shahin, Keyvan A1 - Rotta, Randolf A1 - Archila, Oscar A1 - Mykytyn, Pavlo A1 - Nattke, Matthias A1 - Reichenbach, Marc A1 - Nolte, Jörg A1 - Natarov, Roman T1 - A Modular Communication Architecture for Adaptive UAV Swarms T2 - 2023 IEEE International Conference on Omni-layer Intelligent Systems (COINS) N2 - Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) have vast application potential from industrial logistics and disaster monitoring to smart farming, for example, to create maps with Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) cameras and AI-based image classification or the precision spot application of fertilizers. Operating multiple UAVs in parallel, including those with different specializations, enables efficient coverage of large areas. While existing research focused mainly on predefined flight formations for swarms or autonomous missions for single UAVs, the focus of this work is on multiple UAVs with individually adaptable missions. We derive communication system requirements from swarm coordination algorithms and present a respective design. The resulting modular architecture enables future research on autonomous adaptive UAV swarms and their use as flying sensor platforms. Y1 - 2023 SN - 979-8-3503-4647-3 SN - 979-8-3503-4648-0 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1109/COINS57856.2023.10189245 PB - IEEE CY - Berlin ER -