Small Cells (SCs) installed on board of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) are a promising solution to provide wireless coverage to users escaping from an area affected by a disaster event. In this paper, we target the problem of maximizing the throughput over a set of areas in a disaster-affected territory. More in depth, we take into account: i) the limited capacity of the UAV-SC battery, ii) the maximum throughput that can be managed by each UAV-SC (due to backhauling/processing constraints), iii) the number of UAV-SCs that can simultaneously cover the same area. We then formulate the Maximum Throughput with Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (MT-UAV) problem, which is able to schedule the UAV-SC missions over a set of Time Slots (TSs) to maximize the total area throughput. Results, obtained over a realistic scenario, reveal that the total throughput is clearly impacted by the UAV-SC backhauling/processing constraints, rather than by the number of UAV-SCs providing coverage over the same area. Moreover, we analyze the UAV-SC missions selected by MT-UAV, showing that a typical mission is performed over multiple consecutive TSs. Therefore, we claim that the UAV-SC battery capacity is fundamental to guarantee sufficiently long missions and consequently to ensure the throughput requirements over multiple TSs.
Optimal Throughput Management in UAV-based Networks during Disasters / Chiaraviglio, L.; Amorosi, L.; Malandrino, F.; Chiasserini, C. F.; Dell'Olmo, P.; Casetti, C.. - (2019), pp. 307-312. ((Intervento presentato al convegno 2019 INFOCOM IEEE Conference on Computer Communications Workshops, INFOCOM WKSHPS 2019 tenutosi a Parigi, Francia.
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Titolo: | Optimal Throughput Management in UAV-based Networks during Disasters | |
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Data di pubblicazione: | 2019 | |
Citazione: | Optimal Throughput Management in UAV-based Networks during Disasters / Chiaraviglio, L.; Amorosi, L.; Malandrino, F.; Chiasserini, C. F.; Dell'Olmo, P.; Casetti, C.. - (2019), pp. 307-312. ((Intervento presentato al convegno 2019 INFOCOM IEEE Conference on Computer Communications Workshops, INFOCOM WKSHPS 2019 tenutosi a Parigi, Francia. | |
Handle: | http://hdl.handle.net/11573/1460227 | |
ISBN: | 978-1-7281-1878-9 | |
Appartiene alla tipologia: | 04b Atto di convegno in volume |