Cellular Network Support for Unmanned Traffic Management

蜂窝网络支持无人交通管理

• 批准号: 552117-2020
• 负责人: McInnis, Jamie
• 金额: $ 10.93万
• 依托单位: Southern Alberta Institute of Technology
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Applied Research and Development Grants - Level 3
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2021-01-01 至 2022-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=722486
• 关键词: Cellular; Network; Support; Unmanned; Traffic

The proposed project entitled "Cellular Network Support for Unmanned Traffic Management" is a collaboration between AirMarket Inc., Telus Communications Inc. and SAIT. The project builds on a prior successful NSERC Engage-supported applied research in which the positioning accuracy of AirMarkets Flysafe flight management software was verified to be as good as the accuracy from the Google Earth backdrop. Subsequently, AirMarket approached SAIT to partner on an applied research project to carry out BVLOS trials and establish quality of service (QOS) metrics for wireless communication networks that support data and telemetry traffic between the RPAS and ground station. As the QOS metrics are established, data traffic simulation will be conducted to determine the efficacy of the metrics and determine throughput against the demands of actual RPAS based data services. Next, BVLOS field trails will be conducted with cellular network support from Telus for sensor and flight management data traffic to enable QOS verification. As the project progresses, AirMarket will use the test platform to verify the functionality of commercially available packages for photogrammetry, remote monitoring and inspection, all of which will be supported by Telus's cellular infrastructure. This project promises to become the first comprehensive trial of cellular assisted BVLOS flight missions. The project partners will get an advantage in marketing Unmanned Traffic Management (UTM) products to the RPAS industry and will assume an influential position in Canadian RPAS legislation and business strategy. SAIT will develop valuable expertise in a new research area to add to its already impressive resume of accomplishments in RPAS and aviation science. Students from geomatics and IT disciplines will participate and thus become more employable in the telecom and RPAS aviation industries. The Canadian RPAS industry will benefit from the knowledge obtained in the project and gain recognition globally in a burgeoning industry that will grow as the result of project milestones.

拟议的项目名为“蜂窝网络支持无人交通管理”，是AirMarket公司、Telus通信公司和SAIT公司之间的合作项目。该项目建立在先前成功的NSERC参与支持的应用研究的基础上，在该研究中，AirMarkets flsafe飞行管理软件的定位精度被证实与谷歌地球背景的定位精度一样好。随后，AirMarket与SAIT合作开展一项应用研究项目，开展BVLOS试验，并为无线通信网络建立服务质量（QOS）指标，支持RPAS和地面站之间的数据和遥测流量。随着QOS指标的建立，将进行数据流量模拟，以确定指标的有效性，并根据实际基于RPAS的数据业务的需求确定吞吐量。接下来，BVLOS现场试验将在Telus的蜂窝网络支持下进行，用于传感器和飞行管理数据流量，以实现QOS验证。随着项目的进展，AirMarket将使用该测试平台来验证用于摄影测量、远程监控和检查的商用封装的功能，所有这些都将由Telus的蜂窝基础设施提供支持。该项目有望成为蜂窝辅助BVLOS飞行任务的第一个综合试验。项目合作伙伴将在向RPAS行业销售无人交通管理（UTM）产品方面获得优势，并将在加拿大RPAS立法和商业战略中发挥重要作用。SAIT将在一个新的研究领域开发有价值的专业知识，以增加其在RPAS和航空科学方面已经取得的令人印象深刻的成就。来自地理信息和信息技术学科的学生将参与，从而更容易在电信和RPAS航空行业就业。加拿大RPAS行业将从项目中获得的知识中受益，并在一个蓬勃发展的行业中获得全球认可，该行业将随着项目的里程碑而增长。