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System intelligence for UAV-based mission critical services with challenging 5G/B5G connectivity
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Authors: Cristiano Bonato Both, Joao Borges, Luan Gonçalves, Cleverson Nahum, Ciro Macedo, Aldebaro Klautau, Kleber Cardoso
Status: Final
Date of publication: 23 June 2022
Published in: ITU Journal on Future and Evolving Technologies, Volume 3 (2022), Issue 2, Pages 359-373
Article DOI : https://doi.org/10.52953/WWDQ6893
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Abstract:
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) and communication systems are fundamental elements in mission critical services, such as search and rescue. In this article, we introduce an architecture for managing and orchestrating 5G and beyond networks that operate over a heterogeneous infrastructure with UAVs' aid. UAVs are used for collecting and processing data, as well as improving communications. The proposed System Intelligence (SI) architecture was designed to comply with recent standardization works, especially the ETSI Experiential Networked Intelligence specifications. Another contribution of this article is an evaluation using a testbed based on a virtualized non-standalone 5G core and a 4G Radio Access Network (RAN) implemented with open-source software. The experimental results indicate, for instance, that SI can substantially improve the latency of UAV-based services by splitting deep neural networks between UAVs and edge or cloud equipment. Other experiments explore the slicing of RAN resources and efficient placement of virtual network functions to assess the benefits of incorporating intelligence in UAV-based mission critical services. |
Keywords: Artificial intelligence, beyond 5G, mission critical services, UAVs
Rights: © International Telecommunication Union, available under the CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO license.
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