A fault-tolerant distributed air-to-ground communication architecture for urban air mobility

Publikationstyp
Conference Paper
Date Issued
2023-07
Sprache
English
Author(s)
Wanniarachchi, Shashini Thamarasie  
Telematik E-17  
Turau, Volker  
Telematik E-17  
TORE-URI
https://hdl.handle.net/11420/44198
Start Page
639
End Page
646
Citation
19th Annual International Conference on Distributed Computing in Smart Systems and the Internet of Things (DCOSS-IoT 2023)
Contribution to Conference
19th Annual International Conference on Distributed Computing in Smart Systems and the Internet of Things, DCOSS-IoT 2023  
Publisher DOI
10.1109/DCOSS-IoT58021.2023.00102
Scopus ID
2-s2.0-85174406496
Publisher
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN
9798350346497
With the increasing demand for urban passenger transportation, the concept urban air mobility (UAM) has gained a lot of research interest. One idea is to employ fully autonomous air crafts. That is, using unmanned and not remotely piloted aerial vehicles as a means of mass transit. Clearly, fully autonomous air taxis constitute a safety critical, time sensitive application. Efficient information management is a prominent requirement and the infrastructure for sensing and fast, reliable communication is the key to mitigate any harm in the aforesaid approach. Nevertheless, failures in such a system are inevitable and need to be addressed. This work investigates the significant aspect of building a fault-tolerant UAM communication network. We introduce a concept of distributed ground station architecture and a protocol for role delegation to improve system availability. This assures an uninterrupted service continuation fulfilling the high standards of safety requirements in an UAM system.
Subjects
communication
fault tolerance
UAM
DDC Class
380: Commerce, Communications, Transport