The ability to operate anywhere, anytime, as well as their capability to hover and carry cargo on board make Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) suitable platforms to act as Flying Gateways (FGWs) to the Internet. The problem is the optimal placement of the FGWs within the flying network, such that the Quality of Service (QoS) offered is maximized. The literature has been focused on optimizing the placement of the Flying Access Points (FAPs), which establish high-capacity small cells to serve the users on the ground, overlooking the backhaul network design, including the FGW placement. The FGW placement problem is exacerbated in highly dynamic flying networks, where the dynamic traffic demand and the movements of the users may induce frequent changes in the placement of the FAPs.The main contribution of this paper is a fast gateway placement (F-GWP) algorithm for flying networks that determines the optimal position of a FGW. With F-GWP, backhaul communications paths with high enough capacity are established between the FAPs and the FGW, in order to accommodate the traffic demand of the users on the ground. Simulation and experimental results show F-GWP is two orders of magnitude faster than its state of the art counterpart, while ensuring the same flying network performance.


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    Title :

    A Fast Gateway Placement Algorithm for Flying Networks


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    Publication date :

    2021-04-01


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    3458647 byte





    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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