Unmanned aerial vehicles to survey locations and collect data about different signal sources

A system comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and
• one or more computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
• determining a flight plan for an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to traverse along a route;
• detecting, based at least in part on the UAV surveying one or more signal sources during execution of the flight plan along the route, a first signal source at a first location, the first signal source previously determined to be an untrusted source;
• comparing currently detected attributes of the first signal source to previously detected attributes of the first signal source in signal source data to determine whether the first signal source is now designated as a trusted source or whether the first signal source continues to be designated as the untrusted source, the currently detected attributes being determined a predetermined amount of time after which the previously detected attributes were determined;
• determining that the first signal source is now designated as the trusted source;
• causing a transceiver of the UAV to exchange data with the first signal source;
• detecting a second signal source at a second location;
• comparing the second signal source to the signal source data to determine whether the second signal source is designated as the trusted source or the untrusted source;
• determining that the second signal source is designated as the untrusted source;
• and
• causing the transceiver to refrain from exchanging data with the second signal source.

A method comprising:

• determining a flight plan for an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to traverse along a route;
• determining a first signal source at a first location;
• determining that the first signal source has been active for a predetermined amount of time;
• determining, based at least in part on signal source data and the first signal source being active for the predetermined amount of time, that the first signal source is designated as a trusted source;
• causing data to be exchanged with the first signal source;
• determining, based at least in part on the UAV surveying one or more signal sources during execution of the flight plan along the route, a second signal source at a second location;
• determining, based at least in part on the signal source data, that the second signal source is designated as an untrusted source;
• and
• refraining from exchanging data with the second signal source.