Airborneterrestrial integrated architecture for selfdriving vehicles realization Autonomous selfdriving vehicles provide very strict requirements to the network in terms of ultralow latency, high throughput, and wide coverage. In order to support those requirements, additional technologies must be employed. The current paper discusses the possibility of the use of airborne platforms aiming to support the terrestrial networks for autonomous vehicles realization as a part of delaycritical applications. Airborne platforms will help in provisioning of safe road trips by delivering timecritical information to the vehicles globally, even in remote areas. In this paper, we discuss technical requirements and potential solutions for supporting the autonomous vehicle infrastructure, as a part of intelligent transportation system.

Phantom Networks: The Intangible ShootandScoot Communication Paradigm for Future Militaries In this work, we put forth a philosophical treatise on a novel paradigm for intangible, ondemand, and powerfree aerial communication relaying, for which we coin the term phantom network. The proposed phantom network aims to temporarily bridge communication gaps between two or more outofrange communicating devices or infrastructures using aerial nanonodes suspended in atomized aqueous mists. This proposed ondemand shootandscoot communication enabler is of particular interest to scenarios where there is a need for rapid deployment of temporary communication or relaying infrastructures for enabling higher data volume communication networks, primarily associated with military operations. As the conceptualized aerial network is primarily aqueous, its coverage and lifetime are highly dependent on ensuing atmospheric conditions in the deployment area. The possible future use of this proposed paradigm includes establishing temporary infrastructurefree networks during disaster management and battlefield communications. We discuss the design and implementation challenges posed by the intended ondemand aerial nanonetworkbased communication relaying paradigm, its application horizon, and scope for future work.