SatNEx IV - CoO1 Part2 WI1 D1 Mid Term Report, "Multi-homed network architectures for flying ad-hoc networks (FANETs) and nano-satellite swarms"

This report contains a survey of the State of the Art about Flying Ad-hoc Networks (FANETs) and Nanosatellite swarms. Section 1 contains a description of the state of the art about Nanosatellites (hardware characteristics and costs) and Nanosatellite constellations (orbital parameters, different type of constellations, intersatellite links). Section 2 aims to introduce network architectures for FANETs identified in literature. Also a brief overview of software-defined networking is presented with the goal to figure out whether or not in some research studies SDN has already been applied in wireless/mobile networks. Finally, Section 3 briefly presents channel modeling due to local environment effects that may be applied for both Nanosatellite and UAV links taking into account the proper modifications and the used frequency bands.