Title
3D Simulation Modeling of UAV-to-Car Communications.
Abstract
In this paper, we propose a realistic model for simulating communications between unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), or drones, and ground vehicles, which can support mobile infrastructure to broadcast alerts in emergency situations. Three-dimensional positioning features should be considered in these simulations that involve UAVs and ground vehicles since communications links are not based on a flat surface. In fact, irregular terrains in the form of hills and mountains can greatly affect the communications by acting as obstacles that block radio signals partially or totally. Hence, in this paper, we propose a simulation model that conforms to this kind of communication and that was developed in the scope of the OMNeT++ simulator. The simulation results achieved showed a great degree of similarities with those results obtained in a real testbed for different scenarios. In addition, various path loss models and elevation models were considered to improve the level of realism of the simulation model.
Year
DOI
Venue
2019
10.1109/ACCESS.2018.2889604
IEEE ACCESS
Keywords
Field
DocType
Intelligent transportation systems,vehicular and wireless technologies,unmanned aerial vehicles,simulation,channel models,digital elevation models
Broadcasting,Computer science,Terrain,3d simulation,Testbed,Real-time computing,Path loss,Drone,Ground vehicles,Elevation,Distributed computing
Journal
Volume
ISSN
Citations 
7
2169-3536
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
0
6
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Seilendria A. Hadiwardoyo1155.06
Carlos T. Calafate2943109.26
Juan-Carlos Cano31297147.62
Yusheng Ji41459162.16
Enrique Hernández-Orallo512421.66
Pietro Manzoni61364159.33