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Voronoi-Based UAV Flight Method for Non-Uniform User Distribution in Delay-Tolerant Aerial Networks
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This paper considers an emergency communication system controlling multiple unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in the sky over a large-scale disaster-affected area. This system is based on delay-tolerant networking, and information from ground users is relayed by the UAVs through wireless transmission and the movement of UAVs in a store-and-forward manner. Each UAV moves autonomously according to a predetermined flight method, which uses the positions of other UAVs through communication. In this paper, we propose a new method for UAV flight considering the non-uniformity of user distributions. The method is based on the Voronoi cell using the predicted locations of other UAVs. We evaluate the performance of the proposed method through computer simulations with a non-uniform user distribution generated by a general cluster point process. The simulation results demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed method.
- Publication
- IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Communications Vol.E105-B No.11 pp.1414-1423
- Publication Date
- 2022/11/01
- Publicized
- 2022/05/11
- Online ISSN
- 1745-1345
- DOI
- 10.1587/transcom.2022EBP3017
- Type of Manuscript
- PAPER
- Category
- Network
Authors
Hiroyuki ASANO
Nagoya University
Hiraku OKADA
Nagoya University
Chedlia BEN NAILA
Nagoya University
Masaaki KATAYAMA
Nagoya University
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Hiroyuki ASANO, Hiraku OKADA, Chedlia BEN NAILA, Masaaki KATAYAMA, "Voronoi-Based UAV Flight Method for Non-Uniform User Distribution in Delay-Tolerant Aerial Networks" in IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Communications,
vol. E105-B, no. 11, pp. 1414-1423, November 2022, doi: 10.1587/transcom.2022EBP3017.
Abstract: This paper considers an emergency communication system controlling multiple unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in the sky over a large-scale disaster-affected area. This system is based on delay-tolerant networking, and information from ground users is relayed by the UAVs through wireless transmission and the movement of UAVs in a store-and-forward manner. Each UAV moves autonomously according to a predetermined flight method, which uses the positions of other UAVs through communication. In this paper, we propose a new method for UAV flight considering the non-uniformity of user distributions. The method is based on the Voronoi cell using the predicted locations of other UAVs. We evaluate the performance of the proposed method through computer simulations with a non-uniform user distribution generated by a general cluster point process. The simulation results demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed method.
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TI - Voronoi-Based UAV Flight Method for Non-Uniform User Distribution in Delay-Tolerant Aerial Networks
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AU - Hiroyuki ASANO
AU - Hiraku OKADA
AU - Chedlia BEN NAILA
AU - Masaaki KATAYAMA
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DO - 10.1587/transcom.2022EBP3017
JO - IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Communications
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