Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) foster the development of multifield applications and also present opportunities for malicious activities, and thus, comprehensive surveillance of UAVs is indispensable. Taking advantage of rapidly developing communication technology, perceptive mobile networks (PMNs) are emerging to integrate sensing capability into cellular networks, which paves the way for ubiquitous networked sensing with cooperation among interconnected base stations (BSs). This article explores key issues in designing PMNs for reliable UAV surveillance, e.g., sensing coverage, network clutter, and the performance tradeoff between sensing and communication. Procedures and key strategies of cooperative sensing in PMNs are also presented, highlighting the method of conducting cooperative sensing by multiple BSs to reap spatial diversity gain. Finally, we depict our vision for future research directions of cooperative sensing in PMNs.

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无人机监控的感知移动网络：从协作感知的角度


无人机（UAV）促进了多领域应用的发展，也为恶意活动提供了机会，因此对无人机的全面监控必不可少。利用快速发展的通信技术，感知移动网络（PMN）正在兴起，将感知能力集成到蜂窝网络中，这为通过互连基站（BS）之间的协作实现无处不在的网络化感知铺平了道路。本文探讨了设计用于可靠无人机监控的 PMN 的关键问题，例如传感覆盖范围、网络杂波以及传感与通信之间的性能权衡。还介绍了 PMN 中协作感知的流程和关键策略，重点介绍了多个 BS 进行协作感知以获得空间分集增益的方法。最后，我们描述了对 PMN 协作感知未来研究方向的愿景。