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RINGS: Mobility-driven Spectrum-Agile Resilient mmWave Communication Links for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Traffic Management in the Sky

RINGS：用于空中无人机交通管理的移动驱动频谱敏捷弹性毫米波通信链路

基本信息

批准号：
2148178
负责人：
Kamesh Namuduri
金额：
$ 99.99万
依托单位：
University of North Texas
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
Continuing Grant
财政年份：
2022
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2022-05-01 至 2025-04-30
项目状态：
未结题

来源：
https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2148178&HistoricalAwards=false
关键词：
RINGS Mobility driven Spectrum Agile

项目摘要

As the unmanned aviation industry moves towards Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) services, air taxis and air ambulances are expected to become a reality in near future. Handling such a high volume of unmanned air traffic requires innovative solutions for enhanced situational awareness in the airspace. The US Federal Aviation Federal Aviation Administration envisions air tracks specifically reserved for AAM vehicles at altitudes ranging from 500 ft to 2000 ft. Air tracks cross one another at intersections and vehicles may need to share the airspace with other manned and unmanned aerial vehicles. This requires coordination among the vehicles especially during close encounters. Such a coordination requires highly reliable communication links which serve as a substitute for traffic signals on the roads. This proposal addresses this key knowledge gap by investigating strategies for establishing reliable and robust Vehicle-to-Vehicle (V2V) communication links to support AAM services. The two institutions leading this research project, the University of North Texas and the University of New Mexico, are both Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs). With the team’s deep commitment towards broadening participation, the educational initiatives of this project help train the next generation of leaders including those from under-represented and minority groups, contributing to the workforce development both at regional and national levels.This project investigates spectrum-agile millimeter wave-based tunable beamforming strategies needed for establishing reliable and robust V2V communications links to support autonomous flight operations in air corridors along with the supporting radio frequency and mixed signal circuits and steerable antennas. Important research contributions include: (1) investigation of air corridor design and analysis, minimum operational requirements including latency, security, reliability, frequency, and data rates for V2V communications, (2) investigation of software-defined networking for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), design of an application layer protocol to enable a logic network controller to manage the physical layer functions of the UAVs in unstable wireless networks, (3) investigation into federated learning-based online trajectory planning to locally adjust the acceleration of a UAV in a dynamic environment, (4) design of frequency-reuse planning for air corridors in 3D space and investigation into spectrum sensing based dynamic channel allocation approaches to maximize network performance, and to ensure reliable and efficient air corridor traffic management, and (5) design of a phased-array antenna and beamforming for the directed wireless data transmission using mm-wave bands, and adaptive beamforming strategies based on the estimated states of the UAVs.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

随着无人驾驶航空产业向先进空中机动（AAM）服务迈进，空中出租车和空中救护车有望在不久的将来成为现实。处理如此大量的无人空中交通需要创新的解决方案来增强空域的态势感知。美国联邦航空管理局设想在500英尺到2000英尺的高度为空对空车辆专门保留空中轨道。空中轨道在交叉路口相互交叉，车辆可能需要与其他有人驾驶和无人驾驶飞行器共享空域。这需要车辆之间的协调，特别是在近距离接触时。这种协调需要高度可靠的通信链路，以替代道路上的交通信号。本提案通过研究建立可靠和健壮的车对车（V2V）通信链路以支持AAM服务的策略，解决了这一关键知识差距。领导这项研究项目的两个机构，北德克萨斯大学和新墨西哥大学，都是西班牙裔服务机构（HSIs）。随着团队对扩大参与的坚定承诺，该项目的教育举措有助于培训下一代领导人，包括那些来自代表性不足和少数群体的领导人，为区域和国家层面的劳动力发展做出贡献。该项目研究了基于毫米波的频谱敏捷可调波束形成策略，这些策略需要建立可靠和强大的V2V通信链路，以支持空中走廊中的自主飞行操作，以及支持射频和混合信号电路以及可操纵天线。重要的研究贡献包括：(1)研究空中走廊设计和分析，V2V通信的最低操作要求，包括延迟、安全性、可靠性、频率和数据速率；(2)研究无人机的软件定义网络，设计应用层协议，使逻辑网络控制器能够在不稳定的无线网络中管理无人机的物理层功能；(3)研究了基于联邦学习的在线轨迹规划，在动态环境下局部调整无人机的加速度；(4)设计了三维空间空中走廊的频率复用规划，研究了基于频谱感知的动态信道分配方法，以最大限度地提高网络性能，确保可靠和高效的空中走廊交通管理；(5)基于毫米波定向无线数据传输的相控阵天线和波束形成设计，以及基于无人机状态估计的自适应波束形成策略。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

项目成果

期刊论文数量（28）

专著数量（0）

科研奖励数量（0）

会议论文数量（0）

专利数量（0）

Backhaul-Aware Drone Base Station Placement and Resource Management for FSO-Based Drone-Assisted Mobile Networks

DOI：
10.1109/tnse.2022.3233004
发表时间：
2021-12
期刊：
IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering
影响因子：
6.6
作者：
Liang Yu;Xiang Sun;Sihua Shao;Yougan Chen;Rana Albelaihi
通讯作者：
Liang Yu;Xiang Sun;Sihua Shao;Yougan Chen;Rana Albelaihi

A 38° Wide Beam-Steerable Compact and Highly Efficient V-band Leaky Wave Antenna with Surface Integrated Waveguide for Vehicle-to-Vehicle Communication

DOI：
10.1109/wmcs58822.2023.10194262
发表时间：
2023-04
期刊：
2023 IEEE Texas Symposium on Wireless and Microwave Circuits and Systems (WMCS)
影响因子：
0
作者：
P. Sah;I. Mahbub
通讯作者：
P. Sah;I. Mahbub

A 24 GHz Flexible 10 × 10 Phased Array Antenna for 3D Beam Steering Based V2V Applications

适用于基于 3D 波束控制的 V2V 应用的 24 GHz 灵活 10 × 10 相控阵天线

DOI：
发表时间：
2022
期刊：
2022 IEEE International Symposium on Phased Array Systems & Technology (PAST
影响因子：
0
作者：
Kakaraparty, Karthik;Mahbub, Ifana
通讯作者：
Mahbub, Ifana

Advanced Air Mobility Operation and Infrastructure for Sustainable Connected eVTOL Vehicle