IEEE Vehicular Technology Magazine · 2015 · 312 citations · 14 references
EngineeringTwolayer Cooperative NetworkingAerospace EngineeringIntermediate RelaysUnmanned SystemSpace-air-ground Integrated NetworkNetwork PartitionsSystems EngineeringVehicle NetworkVehicular NetworksMobile Communication VehicleUnmanned VehicleMulti-uav-aided NetworksUnmanned Aerial SystemsUnmanned Aerial Vehicles
UAV assistance enables a two‑layer cooperative network that supports applications such as disaster rescue and pollution monitoring. The paper proposes an aerial‑ground cooperative vehicular networking architecture and outlines research issues and challenges to broaden vehicular network applications in extreme environments. The architecture employs multiple UAVs forming an aerial subnetwork that provides air‑to‑air and air‑to‑ground links, can collect data from areas of interest and relay it to ground vehicles, and serves as flexible relays during ground network partitions. The study identifies key research challenges in multi‑UAV‑aided vehicular networks, offering insights for extending their use in harsh environments.
In this article, an aerial-ground cooperative vehicular networking architecture is proposed. Multiple unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), forming an aerial subnetwork, aid the ground vehicular subnetwork through air-to-air (A2A) and air-to-ground (A2G) communications. UAVs can be dispatched to areas of interest to collect information, and transmit it to ground vehicles. Moreover, UAVs can act as intermediate relays due to their flexible mobility when network partitions happen in the ground vehicular subnetwork. With the assistance of UAVs, the twolayer cooperative networking can facilitate applications such as disaster rescue and polluted area investigation. Potential research issues and challenges in multi-UAV-aided vehicular networks are presented and discussed, which can shed light on extending the applications of vehicular networks in an extreme environment.
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