UAV-Aided Data Delivery Scheme Based on Opportunistic Virtual Intersections for Smart Transportation Networks
Joint Authors
Li, Wei
Liu, Xianxing
Ma, Xiaoyong
Wang, Xianwei
Zhou, Yi
Source
Journal of Advanced Transportation
Issue
Vol. 2019, Issue 2019 (31 Dec. 2019), pp.1-11, 11 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2019-12-18
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
11
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Smart transportation networks, featured by high mobility and intermittent connectivity, are facing critical challenges in data delivery especially when the network is sparse and with less or no support from any infrastructure, such as in disaster and military environments.
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), due to their flexible mobility, can be envisioned to enhance the connectivity of ground vehicular networks.
In this paper, incorporating UAVs into vehicular networks, a novel data delivery scheme, named UAV-assisted data delivery (UADD), is proposed for smart transportation networks.
We introduce a novel concept called “opportunistic virtual intersections”, at which UAVs can communicate with ground vehicles, and assist to deliver data packets.
Specifically, at an opportunistic virtual intersection, UAVs may act as a relay, which can relay data packets between two vehicles as an intermediate hop, or deliver data packets in a store-carry-and-forward manner.
The data forwarding rules are devised based on expected delivery delay and delivery probability of data packets.
The performance evaluation demonstrates that the proposed UAV-assisted data delivery scheme can achieve a significant improvement of data delivery performance in terms of delivery delay and delivery ratio.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Li, Wei& Liu, Xianxing& Ma, Xiaoyong& Wang, Xianwei& Zhou, Yi. 2019. UAV-Aided Data Delivery Scheme Based on Opportunistic Virtual Intersections for Smart Transportation Networks. Journal of Advanced Transportation،Vol. 2019, no. 2019, pp.1-11.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1169625
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Li, Wei…[et al.]. UAV-Aided Data Delivery Scheme Based on Opportunistic Virtual Intersections for Smart Transportation Networks. Journal of Advanced Transportation No. 2019 (2019), pp.1-11.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1169625
American Medical Association (AMA)
Li, Wei& Liu, Xianxing& Ma, Xiaoyong& Wang, Xianwei& Zhou, Yi. UAV-Aided Data Delivery Scheme Based on Opportunistic Virtual Intersections for Smart Transportation Networks. Journal of Advanced Transportation. 2019. Vol. 2019, no. 2019, pp.1-11.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1169625
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1169625