Coordinating cooperative perception in Urban Air Mobility for enhanced environmental awareness
Publication date
2024-06-04
Document type
Konferenzbeitrag
Author
Häckel, Timo
Roenn, Luca von
Juchmann, Nemo
Akkermans, Rinie
Tiedemann, Tim
Schmidt, Thomas C.
Organisational unit
Conference
International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems 2024 (ICUAS 2024) ; Chania, Crete, Greece ; June 4–7, 2024
Publisher
IEEE
Book title
2024 International Conference on Unmanned Aircraft Systems (ICUAS)
First page
1026
Last page
1033
Part of the university bibliography
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Language
English
Abstract
The trend for Urban Air Mobility (UAM) is growing with prospective air taxis, parcel deliverers, and medical and industrial services. Safe and efficient UAM operation relies on timely communication and reliable data exchange. In this paper, we explore Cooperative Perception (CP) for Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), considering the unique communication needs involving high dynamics and a large number of UAS. We propose a hybrid approach combining local broadcast with a central CP service, inspired by centrally managed U-space and broadcast mechanisms from automotive and aviation domains. In a simulation study, we show that our approach significantly enhances the environmental awareness for UAS compared to fully distributed approaches, with an increased communication channel load, which we also evaluate. These findings prompt a discussion on communication strategies for CP in UAM and the potential of a centralized CP service in future research.
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