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A Survey of Wireless Networks for Future Aerial COMmunications (FACOM)
Networking and Internet Architecture · Submitted 7 Nov 2021
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The authors' main claim This study helped us observe that while numerous works focused on cellular technologies for aerial platforms, a single wireless technology is not sufficient to meet the stringent connectivity demands of the aerial use cases.
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Electrification turned over a new leaf in aviation by introducing new types of aerial vehicles along with new means of transportation. Addressing a plethora of use cases, drones are gaining attention and increasingly appear in the sky. Emerging concepts of flying taxi enable passengers to be transported over several tens of kilometers. Therefore, unmanned traffic management systems are under development to cope with the complexity of future airspace, thereby resulting in unprecedented communication needs. Moreover, the increase in the number of commercial airplanes pushes the limits of voice-oriented communications, and future options such as single-pilot operations demand robust connectivity. In this survey, we provide a comprehensive review and vision for enabling the connectivity applications of aerial vehicles utilizing current and future communication technologies. We begin by categorizing the connectivity use cases per aerial vehicle and analyzing their connectivity requirements. By reviewing more than 500 related studies, we aim for a comprehensive approach to cover wireless communication technologies, and provide an overview of recent findings from the literature toward the possibilities and challenges of employing the wireless communication standards. After analyzing the network architectures, we list the open-source testbed platforms to facilitate future investigations. This study helped us observe that while numerous works focused on cellular technologies for aerial platforms, a single wireless technology is not sufficient to meet the stringent connectivity demands of the aerial use cases. We identified the need of further investigations on multi-technology network architectures to enable robust connectivity in the sky. Future works should consider suitable technology combinations to develop unified aerial networks that can meet the diverse quality of service demands.
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| s0 | Electrification turned over a new leaf in aviation by introducing new types of aerial vehicles along with new means of transportation. | background 1.00 | 0.04 | 0.02 | asserted 1.00 |
| s1 | Addressing a plethora of use cases, drones are gaining attention and increasingly appear in the sky. | background 1.00 | 0.05 | 0.02 | asserted 1.00 |
| s2 | Emerging concepts of flying taxi enable passengers to be transported over several tens of kilometers. | background 1.00 | 0.05 | 0.02 | asserted 0.83 |
| s3 | Therefore, unmanned traffic management systems are under development to cope with the complexity of future airspace, thereby resulting in unprecedented communication needs. | background 0.98 | 0.07 | 0.04 | asserted 1.00 |
| s4 | Moreover, the increase in the number of commercial airplanes pushes the limits of voice-oriented communications, and future options such as single-pilot operations demand robust connectivity. | background 1.00 | 0.05 | 0.02 | asserted 0.91 |
| s5 | In this survey, we provide a comprehensive review and vision for enabling the connectivity applications of aerial vehicles utilizing current and future communication technologies. | contribution 1.00 | 0.87 | 0.06 | asserted 0.96 |
| s6 | We begin by categorizing the connectivity use cases per aerial vehicle and analyzing their connectivity requirements. | method 0.52 | 0.86 | 0.02 | asserted 0.88 |
| s7 | By reviewing more than 500 related studies, we aim for a comprehensive approach to cover wireless communication technologies, and provide an overview of recent findings from the literature toward the possibilities and challenges of employing the wireless communication standards. | method 0.60 | 0.86 | 0.05 | asserted 0.56 |
| s8 | After analyzing the network architectures, we list the open-source testbed platforms to facilitate future investigations. | contribution 0.68 | 0.88 | 0.03 | asserted 0.95 |
| s9 | This study helped us observe that while numerous works focused on cellular technologies for aerial platforms, a single wireless technology is not sufficient to meet the stringent connectivity demands of the aerial use cases. | result 0.87 | 0.85 | 0.61 | asserted 0.96 |
| s10 | We identified the need of further investigations on multi-technology network architectures to enable robust connectivity in the sky. | future work 0.36 | 0.90 | 0.47 | asserted 0.99 |
| s11 | Future works should consider suitable technology combinations to develop unified aerial networks that can meet the diverse quality of service demands. | future work 1.00 | 0.10 | 0.24 | hedged possibility 0.73 |
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Electrification turned over a new leaf in aviation by introducing new types of aerial vehicles along with new means of transportation. Addressing a plethora of use cases, drones are gaining attention and increasingly appear in the sky. Emerging concepts of flying taxi enable passengers to be transported over several tens of kilometers. Therefore, unmanned traffic management systems are under development to cope with the complexity of future airspace, thereby resulting in unprecedented communication needs. Moreover, the increase in the number of commercial airplanes pushes the limits of voice-oriented communications, and future options such as single-pilot operations demand robust connectivity. In this survey, we provide a comprehensive review and vision for enabling the connectivity applications of aerial vehicles utilizing current and future communication technologies. We begin by categorizing the connectivity use cases per aerial vehicle and analyzing their connectivity requirements. By reviewing more than 500 related studies, we aim for a comprehensive approach to cover wireless communication technologies, and provide an overview of recent findings from the literature toward the possibilities and challenges of employing the wireless communication standards. After analyzing the network architectures, we list the open-source testbed platforms to facilitate future investigations. This study helped us observe that while numerous works focused on cellular technologies for aerial platforms, a single wireless technology is not sufficient to meet the stringent connectivity demands of the aerial use cases. We identified the need of further investigations on multi-technology network architectures to enable robust connectivity in the sky. Future works should consider suitable technology combinations to develop unified aerial networks that can meet the diverse quality of service demands.
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The authors of [ref] measure the latency performance of 4G networks at 2.6 GHz with a UAV.
A Telecom Perspective on the Internet of Drones: From LTE-Advanced to 5G · Cellular Networks · 0.80
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In addition, another study proposes a deep-learning based 5G A2G network design [ref] .
5G Air-to-Ground Network Design and Optimization: A Deep Learning Approach · Cellular Networks · 0.84
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Early research tackles various topics, e.g., airspace conflict resolution [ref] and flight planning [ref] .
Optimizing Collision Avoidance in Dense Airspace using Deep Reinforcement Learning · Unmanned Traffic Management (UTM) · 0.84
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